One quiz at a time

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:50 Sat 07 Dec 2013

You rented a delivery van and moved some port.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 17:52 Sat 07 Dec 2013

BOGOF hydrotherapy?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:54 Sat 07 Dec 2013

LGTrotter wrote:BOGOF hydrotherapy?

same to you!

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 18:05 Sat 07 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:BOGOF hydrotherapy?
same to you!

I've always been furious with hydrotherapy.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:08 Sat 07 Dec 2013

I refuse to guess again until the questioner answers my last guess and gives me a clue.

Post by **DRT** » 18:28 Sat 07 Dec 2013

All the answers above are incorrect.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:29 Sat 07 Dec 2013

Clue.

Post by **DRT** » 18:31 Sat 07 Dec 2013

Nineteen other people were doing the same thing as I was, all for the same reason.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:32 Sat 07 Dec 2013

Did it involve driving

Post by **DRT** » 18:33 Sat 07 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:Did it involve driving

Yes.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:39 Sat 07 Dec 2013

I think I know.

Post by **DRT** » 18:43 Sat 07 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:I think I know.

Not your turn.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 18:52 Sat 07 Dec 2013

A coach and four through Godalming?

Post by **DRT** » 20:28 Sat 07 Dec 2013

LGTrotter wrote:A coach and four through Godalming?

Yes! Owen's turn.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:43 Sat 07 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:A coach and four through Godalming?
Yes! Owen's turn.

I don't believe you.

Post by **DRT** » 20:45 Sat 07 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:A coach and four through Godalming?
Yes! Owen's turn.
I don't believe you.

Answer avoidance should have occasional unexpected consequences.

Owen, get in the shed and start whittling, it's you turn. Please try not to dislocate your elbow.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 22:17 Sat 07 Dec 2013

I often re-read books.

What book am I re-reading?

It has a glossary in the back which begins with 'Ala Hazrat and ends with Yakdan.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:42 Sat 07 Dec 2013

LGTrotter wrote:I often re-read books.

What book am I re-reading?

It has a glossary in the back which begins with 'Ala Hazrat and ends with Yakdan.

The Quran.

Post by **DRT** » 22:50 Sat 07 Dec 2013

The Tehran telephone directory?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 23:51 Sat 07 Dec 2013

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ?

Post by **DRT** » 23:58 Sat 07 Dec 2013

One Thousand and One Nights (known as Arabian Nights by infidels)?

Post by **DRT** » 00:01 Sun 08 Dec 2013

I just noticed this!

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Should it not be "thy Port"?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:01 Sun 08 Dec 2013

Nothing close yet but you are broadly in the right geographical area.

It is a book of ten stories, with a bit of poetry at the start.

Post by **DRT** » 00:03 Sun 08 Dec 2013

I think I am on the right track, but it isn't my turn.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:13 Sun 08 Dec 2013

I'm drinking a Bunnahabhain and not guessing. Prior to that we were finishing a whisky society bottling. And prior to that the Fonseca 85 which was disappointing and short. It was clearly oxidised from having been stood up in the shop since 1987.

Post by **PhilW** » 00:14 Sun 08 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:I just noticed this!
Screen Shot 2013-12-07 at 23.59.34.png
Should it not be "thy Port"?

yes. Was this intended to be in the crimes thread?

Post by **DRT** » 00:15 Sun 08 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:I'm drinking a Bunnahabhain

Nothing wrong with that. Good stuff.

djewesbury wrote:and not guessing.

As JDAW might say, "Are you being helpful?"

Post by **DRT** » 00:16 Sun 08 Dec 2013

PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:I just noticed this!
Screen Shot 2013-12-07 at 23.59.34.png
Should it not be "thy Port"?
yes. Was this intended to be in the crimes thread?

No. I was giving a first-time offender the chance to repent and avoid further sanction.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:17 Sun 08 Dec 2013

Double Nelson.

Bad news about the Fonseca. I have the end of a bottle of Rhone and the brandy I paint the Christmas cake with. I'm classy me.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 00:21 Sun 08 Dec 2013

PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:I just noticed this!
Screen Shot 2013-12-07 at 23.59.34.png
Should it not be "thy Port"?
yes. Was this intended to be in the crimes thread?

Thanks for your advice. I updated my signature.
After all, I'm not a native speaker and only had one class on Middle English (back in '98). And the fake bible quotation would have been Early Modern English anyway.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:22 Sun 08 Dec 2013

I can report that the Bunnahabhain is extremely good. Did Owen say whether any of our guesses were correct?
Is it Coleridge?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:23 Sun 08 Dec 2013

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:24 Sun 08 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:I can report that the Bunnahabhain is extremely good. Did Owen say whether any of our guesses were correct?
Is it Coleridge?

No. As in; you are incorrect.

Post by **DRT** » 00:26 Sun 08 Dec 2013

AW77 wrote:I updated my signature.

The world is a better place. Fear not, you will never be sent to the Apostrophe Crimes thread as your first language is not English. I am surprised that Phil did not spot that, he is normally very observant.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:26 Sun 08 Dec 2013

Why do mariners always have to be represented in that way. It undermines the authenticity of the whole design.

Even down to the hand shading the eyes. Looking into the offing I'll warrant. Only really lacks an inflatable parrot.

Post by **DRT** » 00:27 Sun 08 Dec 2013

The Train?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:30 Sun 08 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:The Train?

Is this a guess? No, just in case.

Post by **PhilW** » 00:33 Sun 08 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:
AW77 wrote:I updated my signature.
The world is a better place. Fear not, you will never be sent to the Apostrophe Crimes thread as your first language is not English. I am surprised that Phil did not spot that, he is normally very observant.

Your quote did not say where it came from - I had no idea it was AW77's signature.

Post by **DRT** » 00:36 Sun 08 Dec 2013

LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:The Train?
Is this a guess? No, just in case.

It was a guess. It is top of the list on google when you search for "arab book of ten stories".

Post by **DRT** » 00:37 Sun 08 Dec 2013

PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:
AW77 wrote:I updated my signature.
The world is a better place. Fear not, you will never be sent to the Apostrophe Crimes thread as your first language is not English. I am surprised that Phil did not spot that, he is normally very observant.
Your quote did not say where it came from - I had no idea it was AW77's signature.

So no analysis of the problem before giving an answer? Are you ill? Drunk? Taking drugs?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:41 Sun 08 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:The Train?
Is this a guess? No, just in case.
It was a guess. It is top of the list on google when you search for "arab book of ten stories".

It was published in 1982 by an Englishman. Go a little more to the right on the map.

Post by **DRT** » 00:43 Sun 08 Dec 2013

LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:The Train?
Is this a guess? No, just in case.
It was a guess. It is top of the list on google when you search for "arab book of ten stories".
It was published in 1982 by an Englishman. Go a little more to the right on the map.

And much older?

Post by **PhilW** » 00:48 Sun 08 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:
PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:
AW77 wrote:I updated my signature.
The world is a better place. Fear not, you will never be sent to the Apostrophe Crimes thread as your first language is not English. I am surprised that Phil did not spot that, he is normally very observant.
Your quote did not say where it came from - I had no idea it was AW77's signature.
So no analysis of the problem before giving an answer? Are you ill? Drunk? Taking drugs?

hey man, don't get so like heavy dude, relax and be mellow

LGTrotter wrote:I often re-read books.

What book am I re-reading?

It has a glossary in the back which begins with 'Ala Hazrat and ends with Yakdan.

is it a book of Californian orthopaedic surgeons?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:50 Sun 08 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:The Train?
Is this a guess? No, just in case.
It was a guess. It is top of the list on google when you search for "arab book of ten stories".
It was published in 1982 by an Englishman. Go a little more to the right on the map.
And much older?

The collection includes very old stories, all collected in about 1943. The oldest storiy relates to a king from around 317-293 BC.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:53 Sun 08 Dec 2013

PhilW wrote:is it a book of Californian orthopaedic surgeons?

No, strangely enough a book containing a Persian glossary lacks any mention of California, orthopaedics or surgeons. Maybe just smoke a little less Phil.

Post by **DRT** » 00:56 Sun 08 Dec 2013

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves?

Post by **PhilW** » 01:05 Sun 08 Dec 2013

LGTrotter wrote:
PhilW wrote:is it a book of Californian orthopaedic surgeons?
No, strangely enough a book containing a Persian glossary lacks any mention of California, orthopaedics or surgeons

A directory of Bakersfield orthopaedic surgeons however does by coincidence start with Hazrat and end with Yakdan

Perhaps a book discussing Qur'an translations?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:10 Sun 08 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves?

No.

PhilW wrote:A directory of Bakersfield orthopaedic surgeons however does by coincidence start with Hazrat and end with Yakdan Perhaps a book discussing Qur'an translations?

Sure.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:21 Sun 08 Dec 2013

Can't you boys behave for five minutes?
Owen, no treats tomorrow.
Derek, no playing with the dog.
Phil, no smoking the big feller.

Is it some bonkers orientalist tract collected by Lawrence of Arabia or something?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:27 Sun 08 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:Is it some bonkers orientalist tract collected by Lawrence of Arabia or something?

No but it was written by a Representative of the British government. Not bonkers, quite gentle and simple, plain even.

And I never did nuffink, I need my treats.