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Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby Nox_Savage on Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:46 am

... But did anyone else notice the "Desine iam nec mori" letter is a limerick? And would that have any significance? I mean, limericks and Latin, not exactly a common juxtaposition...
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby HarDHarKoopa on Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:47 am

I didn't notice that...interesting. I love me some Limericks.
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby Dryunya on Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:32 am

Oooh, THAT's what was so off-putting about it. Didn't figure that out.
I don't see how it's relevant, though. Don't forget that the Cabal tried to use different styles.
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby Scarab on Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:58 am

Dryunya wrote:Oooh, THAT's what was so off-putting about it. Didn't figure that out.
I don't see how it's relevant, though. Don't forget that the Cabal tried to use different styles.


Still... somebody who uses rhymes in communication. Who uses rhymes in communication in fiction AND knows Latin?
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby NeverSlender on Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:58 am

Scarab wrote:
Dryunya wrote:Oooh, THAT's what was so off-putting about it. Didn't figure that out.
I don't see how it's relevant, though. Don't forget that the Cabal tried to use different styles.


Still... somebody who uses rhymes in communication. Who uses rhymes in communication in fiction AND knows Latin?


Cheshire?
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby Scarab on Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:01 am

NeverSlender wrote:
Scarab wrote:
Dryunya wrote:Oooh, THAT's what was so off-putting about it. Didn't figure that out.
I don't see how it's relevant, though. Don't forget that the Cabal tried to use different styles.


Still... somebody who uses rhymes in communication. Who uses rhymes in communication in fiction AND knows Latin?


Cheshire?


Oh yeah... duh, from me there, I never thought.
Could be, but then he warned us about the four in the first place. Maybe soembody else from the Alice in Wonderland series... anybody else in there obsessed with limericks?
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby NeverSlender on Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:06 am

Maybe that's how he knew about them. He's met them.

And I'm not sure, possibly.
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby HarDHarKoopa on Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:06 am

Hmm. Yeah, I don't think Cheshire's a good guess. Beyond that...an Irish character maybe? I have no clue.
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby Guyshane on Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:12 pm

I say we nuke it from orbit...its the only way to be sure.
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby Qara-Xuan Zenith on Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:49 am

...ignoring the spam post above...

I think we've already discussed the rhyming nature of that one back in the day. We considered it could be Cheshire, but by now we know it's not (though he did admit to sending the Welcome to Hogwarts letter). How do we know it's not? Well, his trolling session proves that a) the Cabal had no clue who he was and b) he's not TOTALLY evil (he did use it to give us their names).

Also, we know from the Pheeble chats that the VAST majority, if not all, of Joe's threatening letters were from the Cabal. Now that we know who the Cabal is, it's not really relevant for us to analyze the letters to figure out who wrote them.
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby eli_gone_crazy on Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:35 pm

Scarab wrote:
Oh yeah... duh, from me there, I never thought.
Could be, but then he warned us about the four in the first place. Maybe soembody else from the Alice in Wonderland series... anybody else in there obsessed with limericks?


In the book there's a scene with a dragon and a sea cow that is pretty... mindbending. and full of rhymes. a
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby Scarab on Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:14 pm

eli_gone_crazy wrote:
Scarab wrote:
Oh yeah... duh, from me there, I never thought.
Could be, but then he warned us about the four in the first place. Maybe soembody else from the Alice in Wonderland series... anybody else in there obsessed with limericks?


In the book there's a scene with a dragon and a sea cow that is pretty... mindbending. and full of rhymes. a


The walrus and the carpenter? I uh, know the American Mcgee game better than the book.
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby eli_gone_crazy on Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:54 pm

Scarab wrote:
eli_gone_crazy wrote:
Scarab wrote:
Oh yeah... duh, from me there, I never thought.
Could be, but then he warned us about the four in the first place. Maybe soembody else from the Alice in Wonderland series... anybody else in there obsessed with limericks?


In the book there's a scene with a dragon and a sea cow that is pretty... mindbending. and full of rhymes. a


The walrus and the carpenter? I uh, know the American Mcgee game better than the book.


No, not that. That's just run-of-the-mill weird. let me find it...
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby Scarab on Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:59 am

eli_gone_crazy wrote:No, not that. That's just run-of-the-mill weird. let me find it...
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The mock-turtle and the gryphon. Now I remember.


*Reads that page you just liked her to* Man, I never realised Alice in Wonderland's ORIGINAL version was so... existential.
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Re: Not sure how relevant this is...

Postby Pixelmage on Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:36 am

Scarab wrote:
eli_gone_crazy wrote:No, not that. That's just run-of-the-mill weird. let me find it...
summary
The mock-turtle and the gryphon. Now I remember.


*Reads that page you just liked her to* Man, I never realised Alice in Wonderland's ORIGINAL version was so... existential.

Hey, in some lights you could say the original is more Mind Fucky-ish than McGee can ever hope to achieve. Both are awesome, but the original is quite a trip too. (The good sort, for me at least. :D)
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