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had had had had...
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.york.ac.uk)
Date: July 16, 2003 11:31AM
Hello, I'm new here but a big fan of Jasper and TN. Just thought I'd say hello and that i'm looking forward to the Leeds book signing tonight.
Has anyone discussed the 'had had had had' paragraph here, I thought it was amazing?!!
Anyway, just wanted to say hi, oh and I don't know what the password is. I forgot to look for it when reading WoLP and even the hints aren't hepling. I'm rubbish at rtemembering what i've just read.
J.
Has anyone discussed the 'had had had had' paragraph here, I thought it was amazing?!!
Anyway, just wanted to say hi, oh and I don't know what the password is. I forgot to look for it when reading WoLP and even the hints aren't hepling. I'm rubbish at rtemembering what i've just read.
J.
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: Jo (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: July 16, 2003 12:39PM
Welcome Jonty!
I loved the 'had had' paragraph - I remember doing it at school when I was 12, but had completely forgotten about it until WOLP.
I think the best hints for the password are in the 'password' thread (try reading PSD's post out loud...) Thursday is given the same password herself to get into a special area.
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I drink to drown my sorrows. Unfortunately they've learnt how to swim.
I loved the 'had had' paragraph - I remember doing it at school when I was 12, but had completely forgotten about it until WOLP.
I think the best hints for the password are in the 'password' thread (try reading PSD's post out loud...) Thursday is given the same password herself to get into a special area.
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I drink to drown my sorrows. Unfortunately they've learnt how to swim.
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.york.ac.uk)
Date: July 16, 2003 12:51PM
Hi Jo, nice to meet you. I'm still none the wiser on the Passwork front....I'll have to go back to the book, it's gonna take me hours...
J.
J.
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: Jo (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: July 16, 2003 12:56PM
You learn about it just before you meet Perkins...
And it is one half of a (British) TV time/crime duo with Joanna Lumley in it, based on the "heavy elements". The series ended with them floating off into space in a cafe...
I drink to drown my sorrows. Unfortunately they've learnt how to swim.
And it is one half of a (British) TV time/crime duo with Joanna Lumley in it, based on the "heavy elements". The series ended with them floating off into space in a cafe...
I drink to drown my sorrows. Unfortunately they've learnt how to swim.
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.york.ac.uk)
Date: July 16, 2003 01:18PM
Thank you Jo! I'm sure I would have got the PW but trawling back through the book for it would have taken ages.
J.
J.
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: Carla (198.179.227.---)
Date: July 16, 2003 01:25PM
i don't get your second hint, and i know the password. maybe it's some odl tv show that never showed on BBC Prime in Portugal...
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: July 16, 2003 02:26PM
Lucky old Portugal! (You missed a right load of rubbish, Carla, believe me).
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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: KT (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: July 16, 2003 04:14PM
I also like
That that is, is.
That that is not, is not.
That that is not, is not that that is.
That that is, is not that that is not.
As a corollary
That ‘that that is, is’, is.
That ‘that that is not, is not’, is.
That ‘that that is not, is not that that is’ is.
That ‘that that is, is not that that is not’ is.
That that is, is.
That that is not, is not.
That that is not, is not that that is.
That that is, is not that that is not.
As a corollary
That ‘that that is, is’, is.
That ‘that that is not, is not’, is.
That ‘that that is not, is not that that is’ is.
That ‘that that is, is not that that is not’ is.
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: Rob (---.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: July 16, 2003 04:47PM
KT: Why do I suspect that you've done some kind of maths nonsense at some point ??
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: KT (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: July 17, 2003 08:46AM
My husband's got a PhD in Maths, does that count?
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: KT (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: July 17, 2003 08:48AM
Ouch, that wasn't meant to be a pun.
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: KT (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: July 17, 2003 08:54AM
I've just noticed that; that 'that that is not, is not that that is not' is not.
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: Big John (---.rit.reuters.com)
Date: July 17, 2003 09:41AM
Oh, for shame, Jon! 'Password and Steel' was a fine upstanding fantasy show, even if it did exhibit the apparent influence of the happy-weed.
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"Whisky-wa-wa," I breathed - she was dressed as Biffo the Bear.
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"Whisky-wa-wa," I breathed - she was dressed as Biffo the Bear.
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: Rob (---.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: July 17, 2003 10:53AM
KT: Not sure that it really counts - they're ten a penny these days. They even gave me one ! However it does explain things. (He wasn't at Leeds Maths dept in the early 90's by any chance was he ?)
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: KT (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: July 17, 2003 11:15AM
Nah - Warwick in the 80's.
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Re: had had had had...
Posted by: jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: July 17, 2003 11:27AM
Password and Steel was bobbins! It annoyed me right from the off because neither password nor steel are elements, for GSD's sake. And then the plots never made any sense whatever. I gave up on it very early. I mean, I like ogling la Lumley as much as the next man, but there's a limit, you know.
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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty
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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: Rob (---.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: July 17, 2003 11:33AM
Ah. I wouldn't know him them. I applied to Warwick both for undergrad and PhD. My mate who went there enjoyed himself but I was put off PhD by David Rand who 'interviewed' me - asked me a couple of questions while reading other stuff, very off-putting...
Pretty sure you're not married to him as I met his wife Vicki (independently through the OU) and she was charming. Other people tell me David's a very good lecturer so I guess I got a bad day.
Pretty sure you're not married to him as I met his wife Vicki (independently through the OU) and she was charming. Other people tell me David's a very good lecturer so I guess I got a bad day.
Re: had had had had...
Posted by: KT (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: July 17, 2003 11:42AM
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Re: had had had had...
Posted by: Big John (---.rit.reuters.com)
Date: July 17, 2003 02:42PM
Well, sure, Jon, if you're going to make a fuss about little things like *facts*... :p
OK, it was factually ropey, the titles were incredibly cheesy, and the stories didn't let a little thing like sense stand in their way, but it was innovative! And fun! And Joanna Lumley, man! Joanna Lumley!!
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"Whisky-wa-wa," I breathed - she was dressed as Biffo the Bear.
OK, it was factually ropey, the titles were incredibly cheesy, and the stories didn't let a little thing like sense stand in their way, but it was innovative! And fun! And Joanna Lumley, man! Joanna Lumley!!
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"Whisky-wa-wa," I breathed - she was dressed as Biffo the Bear.
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