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Post by Alchemist on May 27, 2004 3:40:51 GMT -5
It means Volunter Fire Department. Here is my proof:
In TSS, page 231, it says that the eye insignia meant, before the schism, integrity, the prevention of fire, and being well-read.
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Post by ineedyourhelp on May 27, 2004 15:52:10 GMT -5
DH would not give away what VFD means in the tenth book. read what the bottom says.
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Post by kjlsnicket29 on May 27, 2004 16:14:55 GMT -5
Well, Ineedyourhelp, although you strongly say it still isn't Volunteer Fire Dept., you don't have proof that it ISN'T, other than saying he wouldn't give it away in the tenth book. Although it still is very likely it is something else.
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Post by Antenora on May 27, 2004 19:46:22 GMT -5
Quigley says that it's Volunteer Fire Department, but then the question is: How much does he know? Investigating this mystery, you find questions whose spurious and possibly intentionally deceptive answers lead only to more questions. That's the great thing about Mr. Snicket's books.
Anyway, look up VFD in a reputable dictionary(a heavy one where not every word is illustrated) or on a dictionary website. You may be surprised, unless you've been told to look it up before.
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Post by ineedyourhelp on May 27, 2004 20:08:32 GMT -5
anywhere you go on the web, the most popular thing for VFD is Volunteer Fire Department. Wouldnt it be too easy for it to be it. Handler is much deeoer than that.
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Post by Celinra on May 27, 2004 22:23:09 GMT -5
On websters.com, I found an "acronym finder," these were the 12 most popular:
VFD Volunteer Fire Department
VFD Vacuum Fluorescent Display
VFD Valorous Farms Dairy (fictional, Lemony Snicket)
VFD Variable Field Data
VFD Variable Frequency Drive
VFD Verbal Fridge Dialogue (Lemony Snicket)
VFD Verified Free Distribution
VFD Very Fancy Doilies
VFD Veterinary Feed Directive
VFD Village of Fowl Devotees (books by Lemony Snicket)
VFD Virtual Flight Deck (aviation)
VFD Volunteers Fighting Disease
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Post by QuagmireSnicket on Jun 5, 2004 23:48:01 GMT -5
I agree with Ineedyourhelp; DH is too smart to do that, Volunteer Fire Department is too obvious, especially if you can look it up in a dictionary and thats the definition. Also, the reason it says that in the dictionary is because if you drive by your local fire department, it will most likely say VFD; Volunteer Fire Department. So I think it must stand for something else.
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Post by Sora on Jun 6, 2004 0:54:29 GMT -5
I think it means Volueenter Fire Detectives. Or something that has nothing to do with fire. The Fire could be putting us off track.
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Post by QuagmireSnicket on Jun 6, 2004 1:18:52 GMT -5
I dont think so, because the evil side of VFD like to burn things down, and the good side of VFD is against the evil side, obviously, so...
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Post by ineedyourhelp on Jun 6, 2004 9:13:02 GMT -5
I dont think so, because the evil side of VFD like to burn things down, and the good side of VFD is against the evil side, obviously, so... yes, but before the schism their were no fires. so fire COULD be throwing us off track. you never know. |
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Post by Antenora on Jun 6, 2004 10:15:33 GMT -5
On websters.com, I found an "acronym finder," these were the 12 most popular: VFD Volunteer Fire Department VFD Vacuum Fluorescent Display VFD Valorous Farms Dairy (fictional, Lemony Snicket) VFD Variable Field Data VFD Variable Frequency Drive VFD Verbal Fridge Dialogue (Lemony Snicket) VFD Verified Free Distribution VFD Very Fancy Doilies VFD Veterinary Feed Directive VFD Village of Fowl Devotees (books by Lemony Snicket) VFD Virtual Flight Deck (aviation) VFD Volunteers Fighting Disease That's pretty cool. The Snicket-based ones show Snicket's growing influence on the internet's culture. However, why isn't Volunteers Fighting Disease labeled "fictional, Lemony Snicket"? I'll go Google it. Having Googled it, I found sites that just happened to have the words "volunteers" "fighting" and "disease" on the same page. However, an exact phrase search turned up Lemony Snicket sites. Perhaps the dictionary people just forgot to label it as fictional. What do you think? |
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Post by ineedyourhelp on Jun 6, 2004 11:38:37 GMT -5
hmm.. maybe theyre is a Volunteers Fighting Disease out there in some hospital. you never know...
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Post by Sora on Jun 7, 2004 15:38:46 GMT -5
That would be scary. Forty people singing songs to you in a hospital to make you feel better is something I don't want to see.
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Post by Antenora on Jun 7, 2004 18:07:16 GMT -5
Perhaps the real-world Volunteers Fighting Disease are actually ordinary doctors. Or paramedics. Or people who do whatever they can to stop the spread of contagious diseases. It's better than the alternative. Were I sick or bone-broken, I wouldn't want heart-shaped-balloon-weilding folks singing insipid verses about coughing up bile within 20 miles of my hospital bed.
Just a side note: The first letters of each line of the first stanza of the infamous VFD song spell out WAIT.
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Post by Celinra on Jun 8, 2004 13:48:38 GMT -5
I think maybe whoever sent it in forgot to label it as Snicket, or something like that. Same with "very fancy doilies."
That's interesting that it says "wait" in the song. I wonder if that was done on purpose. If so, probably telling us to wait to find out what VFD really stands for...
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