Discussing: Famous First Lines
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At least take a placeholder and think about it?
Please?
Lindorien
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Lindorien, you are so evil. The answer is no!
But, there is a good reason the answer is no. Witness this first paragraph of Moby Dick:
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
Now, you are probably wondering what my point is. Well, it is quite obvious: Except for the first line, it is already written in Entish.
- Barbara
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I shall outdo even myself.
The prospect should frighten you horribly.
And since it is already written in Entish - that makes it all the more easy.
hehe. I had somebody tell me that Lorien Glass was making no sense!
How pleased was I? How concerned would I be if somebody actually began to understand it?
If you write those Ent Pirates a drinking song for when they carve up the booty (poor whale) you can enter THAT in the drinking song challenge.
Although - Moby Dick is definitely a case of sometimes you eat the whale and sometimes the whale eats you.
I'm shutting up again.
Lindorien
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Agreed. And how convenient, just today at HA I put in a plea for an Entish drinking song.
Though to be fair, would Ents sail in boats made of wood? Somehow I'm not so sure.
Moby-Dick's already in Entish? All right. How about Entish Hemingway? Now there's a challenge.
Cheers,
Marta
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In that case I must tell you that i had just about managed to restrain myself from suggesting that post Gimli/hill troll you do cave troll/hill troll with implied Legolas/Gimli, just to even things out.
I'll shut up now.
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You would? *Barbara backs away very slowly and carefully trying not to alarm this dangerous creature with the wild eyes and the flaring nostrils... not to mention the "I (heart) Legolas" T-shirt and bare midriff and alarmingly skinny body...*
*Trying to placate the creature, Barbara mumbles...* Um, if you write it, I'll read it! Yeah, that's the ticket...
- Barbara *nearly out the door now*
