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Post by ineedyourhelp on Jun 22, 2004 16:11:02 GMT -5
yah, after you type it, send it to us so we can look over it before you send it.
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Post by Whales on Jun 22, 2004 16:47:42 GMT -5
Urm..I have a real typewriter so if you like, you can send me the letter, I'll type it up and send it.
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Post by timartwonis on Jun 22, 2004 19:58:57 GMT -5
I think if you're going for the typewriter-y look you should use Courier New and then put your printer on a low setting or use a dusty paper so it turns out splattery.
DH Qs.
Have you ever bungee jumped?
Have you ever been to Estonia? Latvia?
Do you enjoy cheese? Fine wine and cheese?
LS Qs
What is your favorite food, puttanesca sauce?
What ever happened to dear Justice Strauss?
Where are Hector, Duncan, and Isadora?
Are the members of Olaf's troupe actually evil?
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Post by Ennui on Jun 23, 2004 2:07:46 GMT -5
For Lemony:
Is there a connection between the fishy Prufock names and decorations, the Fish District, and the Stricken Salmon?
What do you think about laissez-faire philosophy? What are its advantages and disadvantages?
And is the real Captain Julio Sham still alive?
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Post by Alchemist on Jun 23, 2004 6:39:11 GMT -5
We should say why we want to know these things. Something like: The attorneys that we have consulted with on how to prove Mr. Snicket is innocent of the crimes for which he has been accused insist that we know everything about you. So we in the secret community would like you to answer the following questions in the name of justice. Or something to that effect.
And I went ahead and did a transcript. If anyone already did it, we can use that instead because mine's kind of short.
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Post by Ennui on Jun 23, 2004 8:01:58 GMT -5
Could we possibly get some odd-looking black and white photos? Put in a message in the Sebald Code? Or put in quotations from poets we like at apparently random intervals?
Perhaps I'm being over-ambitious...
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Post by Antenora on Jun 23, 2004 10:16:55 GMT -5
Thanks for the questions. I'll start putting together the lists today.
Ennui, I don't have any odd black-and-white photos, but I have an odd color photo or two. I could send him a somewhat blurry photo of the back of my history teacher. What kind of random poet quotes do you want to put in? I could probably find some really cool ones on this forum.
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Post by LSfan4life on Jun 23, 2004 10:43:48 GMT -5
If the letter will be handwritten, why not put it on some parchment-like paper? It's easy. Dip a paper in tea overnight, let it dry, and singe the edges.. Tea is good but coffee is better, it gives it a darker more older charred look, and use a caligraphy pen if you want to do it that way, instead of typing I mean. P.S. This is a great idea Tocuna, I applaud you. P.P.S One question I would like to ask Snicket: How do you hide out for so long, don't you miss the people closest to you?
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Post by Ennui on Jun 23, 2004 11:16:50 GMT -5
Baudelaire, Ogden Nash, that kind of thing. Take my signature for starters...
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Post by LSfan4life on Jun 23, 2004 11:22:00 GMT -5
I think you should put some Edgar Allan Poe too. Dark, gothic writers are best to quote.
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Post by negativenine on Jun 23, 2004 11:22:26 GMT -5
I would ask him about if he were planning to do anything after ASOUE, and I'd ask him when adverbs was coming out (because I can't find a date).
Also, ask him which was his favourite Edward Gorey book.
If he were a scandinavian country, which would he be and why?
And which instrument he would play if not the accordian...
As for Snicket, I have no real questions, because most of it will just deal with things we'll find out later anyway. But add in that it would be cool to learn some backstories about the troupe.
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Post by Skalu on Jun 23, 2004 11:55:23 GMT -5
I love this! I LOVE ALL OF IT! Can I be in the Transcript? Can I be another 'J'? And can I be the secretary who takes the minutes? PWEEZ! Also, I can do anything to help? And lastly, How will we know, if he comes on the site, that he is Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler? I mean, how can we/he prove who he is?
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Post by Antenora on Jun 23, 2004 12:12:29 GMT -5
That's a nice poem, and rather fitting because of the rumors about the mechanical octopus in the next book. I love this! I LOVE ALL OF IT! Can I be in the Transcript? Can I be another 'J'? And can I be the secretary who takes the minutes? PWEEZ! Also, I can do anything to help? And lastly, How will we know, if he comes on the site, that he is Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler? I mean, how can we/he prove who he is? You can certainly include some questions for him. I'm not sure if we're doing a transcript, but you can write one and say that you're the secretary. About the possibility that Lemony lurks here, read my thread "Daniel Handler, 667 Lurker?". Another question I'd like to ask DH/LS: What is your favorite poem? I don't think he's ever answered that.
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Post by ineedyourhelp on Jun 23, 2004 12:18:04 GMT -5
edgar all poe would be great. Robert Frost, Lemony says Frost was an associtate of him.
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Post by Ennui on Jun 23, 2004 13:08:37 GMT -5
Baudelaire's "The Albatross" from the Fleurs du Mal is a favourite of mine...also "Au Lecteur" (my signature is the last line of it) and "The Giantess".
Ogden Nash's "A Word to Husbands" sums up Jerome's married life perfectly:
"To keep your marriage flowing With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it Whenever you're right, shut up."
In light of recent events in the SS, perhaps Tennyson's "The Eagle" might be suitable too...
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