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Post by Ennui on Feb 26, 2005 7:53:52 GMT -5
A lawyer? Not even Count Olaf would stoop so low!
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Post by Antenora on Feb 26, 2005 8:13:10 GMT -5
Perhaps there is more to the fire than we know of... Maybe the Quagmire "case" involves something besides the fire. Could one of the Quagmires have comitted some sort of crime, or been involved with Olaf? And Lemony does seem too noble to be a lawyer. |
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Post by songbird11989 on Feb 26, 2005 12:39:59 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]That sounds better. Does anyone else find it odd that they just happened to be in Prufock Prep at the same time as the Bauds and that they are also orphans? It does sound too good to be true. [/glow]
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Post by PJ on Feb 26, 2005 17:21:10 GMT -5
A lawyer? Not even Count Olaf would stoop so low! Blast! You beat me to the lawyer joke... |
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Post by Ennui on Feb 27, 2005 14:41:15 GMT -5
Relevant excerpt from the Simpsons:
LISA: Wow, lawyers are amazing!
LIONEL HUTZ (THE SIMPSONS' LAWYER), TO LISA: Imagine a world without lawyers!
(Cut to a load of happy people dancing in a circle in a merry green field. Cut back to Lionel. He shudders.)
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Post by Dante on Feb 27, 2005 14:42:44 GMT -5
Relevant excerpt from the Simpsons: LISA: Wow, lawyers are amazing! LIONEL HUTZ (THE SIMPSONS' LAWYER), TO LISA: Imagine a world without lawyers! (Cut to a load of happy people dancing in a circle in a merry green field. Cut back to Lionel. He shudders.) Lionel's reaction was the funniest thing about that. One of very few things which can make me laugh out loud. Anyway, let's leave behind this lawyer conversation, and get back on-topic. *cracks tagliatelle grande* |
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Post by PJ on Feb 27, 2005 22:12:27 GMT -5
Uh, i'd like to make one more crack.
Extrapolating the statistical growth of lawyers, by the year 2035 every single person in the United States will be a lawyer , including newborn infants.
Ok, I believe that the remark about Sir's childhood is in some way important, and that it somehow involves VFD or its members. Perhaps Sir will return, or perhaps it is not significant. I do not know, and I might never know, but if I DO one day know, it will most likely be after either book 12 or 13.
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Post by Violet on Feb 28, 2005 15:42:35 GMT -5
I agree with that. You can't just say a horrible person like that had a terrible childhood randomly. Something like that is important.
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Post by tifah4 on May 2, 2005 13:00:39 GMT -5
maybe when he was a child he helped start a fier that spread to his house then when he tried and save his family his face got messed up so then he picks up the habbit of smoking to drow out the memories
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Post by i. on May 2, 2005 13:12:25 GMT -5
maybe when he was a child he helped start a fier that spread to his house then when he tried and save his family his face got messed up so then he picks up the habbit of smoking to drow out the memories Why would smoking, which involves fire, drown out memories of a different fire? Oh, and please stop yourself from posting in any thread that hasn’t been posted in for over two months. This is called bumping, and you are now being warned for doing so. |
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Post by Antenora on May 2, 2005 15:55:26 GMT -5
I think Tifah means that Sir uses the smoke to cover up the scars on his face. But if his parents died in a fire, he'd probably hate the sight of smoke or burning things, for they'd revive the tragic memory; hence, he'd never go near cigars.
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Post by Linda Rhaldeen on May 2, 2005 21:32:27 GMT -5
I used to have a strange theory that Sir was still a child. I can't remember why I thought that and I'm sure if there's any evidence for it, but it's an interesting thing to think about...
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Post by PJ on May 2, 2005 21:33:55 GMT -5
I used to have a strange theory that Sir was still a child. I can't remember why I thought that and I'm sure if there's any evidence for it, but it's an interesting thing to think about... Well, for one, he's taller than most children, and his partner says he had a rough childhood, indicating that he's already experienced it. So no, this theory has no actual value. |
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Post by RockSunner on May 9, 2005 13:56:00 GMT -5
I still think what Sir told Charles is merely an excuse to mistreat people.
Violet's response, something like "I'm having a pretty rotten childhood myself," is right on target.
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Post by Grace on May 22, 2005 8:15:07 GMT -5
In the Dickens novel "Hard Times" there is a factory owner named Mr. Bounderby who constantly tells people he had a hard childhood and brought himself up by his own bootstraps. Later, his mother appears on the scene and reveals there was not a word of truth in it; he had a privileged childhood. And Handler LOVES putting in things like that, I betcha it's actually from that. Handler sounds like he would read Dickens, wouldn't he? Unofficial FAQ of ASOUE has a Literary Allusions page. He does do that alot. I don't know what laissez-faire philosophy means, and correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Handler have alot of adults just let the kids have bad things happen to them. Jerome, Hector, etc. Could that be laissez-faire philosophy? I thinks someone at this forum once told me it means "let it be" in French or something. |
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