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Post by BSam on Jan 31, 2013 0:05:01 GMT -5
I think it would be funny if you said "Would you like a hug now?" Unless you were going for more subtlety. It's a reference to a previous competition where we managed to get questions answered by Handler and Snicket. I can't remember the full text of the question however. Dante, is that thread still around? |
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Post by BSam on Jan 31, 2013 2:00:11 GMT -5
for reference, here is the reply i received ;D  would a reply to that be too obscure? something like "While I know you prefer the aesthetic and ideological embraces you've already received from your readers, and distrust physical embraces from those you don't know very well, I trust enough time has passed since my previous offer that I am no longer a stranger, and furthermore, with this new information coming to light about ***can someone suggest a good description of ordeals he's faced in the new book, i haven't read it quite yet***, I feel compelled to ask again, would you like a hug?" |
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Post by Charlie on Jan 31, 2013 2:04:38 GMT -5
That sounds marvellous. Also, everyone is on at the same time. I am filled with so much joy.
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Post by Skelly Craig on Jan 31, 2013 2:21:56 GMT -5
BSam: Maybe insert "Hangfire" there, that would fit well.
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Post by Dante on Jan 31, 2013 2:32:47 GMT -5
Or something more long-winded, like "the ordeals of your youth." I think the odd very long question is fine so long as it remains a single sentence.
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Post by BSam on Jan 31, 2013 2:49:04 GMT -5
"While I know you prefer the aesthetic and ideological embraces you've already received from your readers, and distrust physical embraces from those you don't know very well, I trust enough time has passed since my previous offer that I am no longer a stranger, and furthermore, with this new information coming to light about the ordeals of your youth, I feel compelled to ask again, would you like a hug?"
terry, if hangfire is a thing fromt he new books which would make sense in this context, and you can add it to my question without it becoming (even more) unwieldy and over comma'd, then change it to that, otherwise i'm happy with the above being my question.
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Post by Cafe SalMONAlla on Jan 31, 2013 3:18:55 GMT -5
OK, my questions:
- If an aspiring author speaks his mind in a forest, and no editors are around to hear him, is he still out of line?
- Are introductions more irritating than footnotes?
- Are you sure it is wise to answer this question?
- Sir, what is this large black case doing in your luggage?
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Post by Lucas on Jan 31, 2013 3:21:53 GMT -5
I read the last question as
-Sir, what is this large black cat doing in your luggage?
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Post by Cafe SalMONAlla on Jan 31, 2013 3:22:53 GMT -5
It's for bad luck, my dear flight attendant.
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Post by Lucas on Jan 31, 2013 3:23:54 GMT -5
Oh I see
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Post by Charlie on Jan 31, 2013 3:43:51 GMT -5
Maybe the regulars?
Like-
-Are you who I think you are?
- Is the World Quiet Here?
-If nothing is out there, then what was that noise?
-Have you been good to your mother?
etc.
Or perhaps some 667 injokes. Like,
-Why is Bryan so unlucky?
-How does Sherry Ann stalk so well
- If Dante is father of all knowledge, and Antenora the mother of all knowledge, isn't Dantenora a wonderful shipping portmanteau ?
- Why do Sorsha and Draven love CV so much?
- Who will be most compassionate now
On recollection that seems like an awful idea
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Post by MisterM on Jan 31, 2013 3:45:35 GMT -5
- Who does Bee love more?
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Post by Charlie on Jan 31, 2013 3:57:02 GMT -5
Haha, yes!
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Post by Anka on Jan 31, 2013 16:50:06 GMT -5
-Have you been good to your mother? No, but "Has she been good to me?" would be a great question. |
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Post by Lucas on Jan 31, 2013 17:06:42 GMT -5
^Agreed
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