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mortosthegodly
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7/6/2014
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my reminder for the day: the description of Phosphorescent Beetles includes the phrase "Evidence of Londoners' inordinate fondness for beetles". J.B.S. Haldane, a well known British naturalist and biologist, when asked what could be determined about the Creator from the study of creation said "an inordinate fondness for beetles".
Stumbling across references like this in the middle of random snippets of flavor text always makes me wonder how many thousands of them I miss. Anyone else have favorite moderately obscure references they would like to bring to the attention of the boards?
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theodor_gylden
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8/5/2014
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I was skim-reading Passing English of the Victorian Era, an Edwardian compilation of Victorian terminology, and came across this:
Who sups with the devil must have a long spoon (Historical). Brought into fashion again by Mr J. Chamberlain (1898), meaning of course, that in dealings with rascals one must keep one's eye open.
It all sounds frightfully familiar ... wait ...
A devil of your acquaintance has been corresponding with you in increasingly affectionate terms. Now you've been invited to dinner at the notorious Long Spoon.
edited by theodor_gylden on 8/5/2014
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Journal: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/echo_theodor
Annotations & Epistles: http://theodor-gylden.dreamwidth.org/
Storylet: http://theodor-gylden.dreamwidth.org/11160.html
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mortosthegodly
Posts: 25
7/7/2014
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"all shall be well and the manner of thing shall be well" is evidently a quote from a 14th century anchoress, Julian of Norwich. This freaking game, friends
edited by mortosthegodly on 7/7/2014
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Lashkar
Posts: 109
8/18/2014
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There's also some really random stuff. I was reading an article about hydroelectric dams on Wikipedia and it turns out that the penstock is the the intake for the turbine (obviously earlier it would have referred to watermills), and there's a wicket at the opening to screen out solid objects.
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Wriothesley: Call me "Risley". My first character, around midgame
Asesina Ballenas: whale killer. Alt, recently PoSI
Happy to accept most social actions; will help with menace reduction if it's reciprocated.
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Greenstar54
Posts: 27
7/6/2014
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Though hardly obscure, I am quite enjoying the twist on the story of Deadlus and Icarus in the "Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus" story line. Normally, Icarus is associated with the sun, flying too close, and falling to his death. Yet here he appears in FALLEN London, where he "longs for the deep places". I'm quite intrigued!
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"My life is like a free online game, people always seem to be playing with it." -literarydevices.net
"Sleep like nothing is watching. Gaze at the stars like it will never hurt." -Steven Kaas
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Greenstar54
Accepting social invitations excluding the Affluent Photographer.
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
7/7/2014
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I max out my stats every week after I visit the Nadir and drop them and I still haven't done everything there is to do. They keep adding new things and there are things that I have missed along the way. Also there are some things, like write every type of short story, I intend to do but I just haven't got around to yet.
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Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
storynexus name - reveurciel
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