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Anquet Posted Sep 25, 2001
i'm afraid to say you were all wrong
it was the opening line from "The Light Fantastic" Graphic Novel by Terry Pratchett. 
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Menza Posted Sep 25, 2001
I knew I'd read it somewhere. 
Time to give the brain a jump start I think.
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Bagpuss Posted Sep 25, 2001
I'm going to use the fact I don't like Pratchett as an excuse for not getting that one. The fact that The Light Fantastic is one of the few I've read is besides the point.
It was a cold, bright day in November and all the clocks were striking thirteen.
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Tinkerbell *tumbleweed* Posted Sep 25, 2001
*grins* OOOH!!! OOH!!! I know!!! That's "Topsy and Tim Tell The Time" right? 
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Tinkerbell *tumbleweed* Posted Sep 25, 2001
Doh, I was sure I'd got that one 
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Linus...42, i guess that makes me the answer... Posted Sep 25, 2001
no idea...which of course may be more a statement on my state of mind rather than an answer to the book question...
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Gedge :-) Posted Sep 27, 2001
1984 - George Orwell
Is the 
still flowing here?
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Bagpuss Posted Sep 27, 2001
Well done Gedge! As a prize, you can get the next round in.
Mine's a .
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Tinkerbell *tumbleweed* Posted Sep 27, 2001
Oh I should have known that one... I'd offer a start line but it'd probably go along the lines of "Michael Schumacher was born in Kerpen in..." or "Formula one dates back to the..." etc etc Either that or "Hello party people, this is your Captain Kim speaking, welcome aboard Venag airways"
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Tinkerbell *tumbleweed* Posted Sep 27, 2001
Oh I should have known that one... I'd offer a start line but it'd probably go along the lines of "Michael Schumacher was born in Kerpen in..." or "Formula one dates back to the..." etc etc Either that or "Hello party people, this is your Captain Kim speaking, welcome aboard Venga airways"
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Gedge :-) Posted Sep 28, 2001
*sneaks behind the bar, steps over Menza*
There you go 
And a 
for me while i'm here.
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Linus...42, i guess that makes me the answer... Posted Sep 29, 2001
"The year that Buttercup was born, the most beautiful woman in the world was a French scullery maid named Annette."
*pours a for himself to allow contemplation while waiting for answers/guesses*
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