Author Topic: discworld (Read 5200 times)

dogg0 · « **on:** August 25, 2005, 11:29:18 am »

just a hunch that there are a lot of fans in here

Stingray · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2005, 11:38:07 am »

Huge, huge fan. I even have a dog named Gaspode.

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #2 on:** August 25, 2005, 11:42:30 am »

huh???

did I miss another memo again...........

BACON

$:-\$

dogg0 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 25, 2005, 11:44:09 am »

... what the hell is a Gaspode?

missioncontrol · « **Reply #4 on:** August 25, 2005, 11:56:52 am »

Quote from: dogg0 on August 25, 2005, 11:44:09 am

... what the hell is a Gaspode?

What is a discworld

pointdablame · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2005, 11:59:27 am »

Quote from: missioncontrol on August 25, 2005, 11:56:52 am

Quote from: dogg0 on August 25, 2005, 11:44:09 am
... what the hell is a Gaspode?

What is a discworld

What the hell is going on in this thread?

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:03:30 pm »

im gonna gaspode in someones mouth if i dont get some answers, and bacon, promptly

Bursar · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:11:47 pm »

Pass the dried frog pills, old chap!

saint · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:18:34 pm »

Mind The Luggage!

Clonedsheep · « **Reply #9 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:19:35 pm »

many moons makes wash the shoes.

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #10 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:19:46 pm »

Quote from: missioncontrol on August 25, 2005, 11:56:52 am

Quote from: dogg0 on August 25, 2005, 11:44:09 am
... what the hell is a Gaspode?

What is a discworld

I was thinking a scifi novel series by Larry Niven, but I believe that was ringworld.

Somehow related, I assume.

saint · « **Reply #11 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:22:13 pm »

Think turtles.

Er...

and elephants.

Think turtles and elephants.

Clonedsheep · « **Reply #12 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:23:52 pm »

why toenails?

missioncontrol · « **Reply #13 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:25:20 pm »

JB · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:35:00 pm »

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on August 25, 2005, 12:19:46 pm

Quote from: missioncontrol on August 25, 2005, 11:56:52 am
Quote from: dogg0 on August 25, 2005, 11:44:09 am
... what the hell is a Gaspode?

What is a discworld

I was thinking a scifi novel series by Larry Niven, but I believe that was ringworld.

Somehow related, I assume.

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #15 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:40:11 pm »

"You couldn't be more wrong if you tried."

Almost sounds like a challenge.

How many elephants can stand on the back of a turtle, anyway?

AmericanDemon · « **Reply #16 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:46:15 pm »

Wasnt there a game a while back on PS1 based on this series? I recall wanting to play it but never got around to it. I could go for some more reading material.

Stingray · « **Reply #17 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:47:14 pm »

Gaspode... the disc's talking non-wonder dog? You brought it up and you don't know who Gaspode is?

"He's in love," said Gaspode. "It's very tricky."
"Yeah, I know how it is," said the cat sympathetically. "People throwing old boots and things at you."

-S

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #18 on:** August 25, 2005, 01:02:21 pm »

Discworld was the name of a Little House On The Prairie book. Gaspod was the name of Laura Ingles dog. At the end of the book she had to shoot it because it got VD from a raccoon.

dogg0 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 25, 2005, 01:05:29 pm »

Quote from: AmericanDemon on August 25, 2005, 12:46:15 pm

Wasnt there a game a while back on PS1 based on this series?

Stingray · « **Reply #20 on:** August 25, 2005, 01:40:22 pm »

Quote from: Dartful Dodger on August 25, 2005, 01:02:21 pm

Discworld was the name of a Little House On The Prairie book. Gaspod was the name of Laura Ingles dog. At the end of the book she had to shoot it because it got VD from a raccoon.

Everything is beautiful in it's own way.

-S

Crazy Cooter · « **Reply #21 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:01:59 pm »

hmmm. Skimming this thread lends me to believe everyone is playing a game as Laura Ingalls where you ride an elephant until you get VD, at which point you turn into a dog atop a turtle. You win when you reach gaspode and shoot the raccoon before it contracts ringworm.

Stingray · « **Reply #22 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:07:13 pm »

Quote from: Crazy Cooter on August 25, 2005, 04:01:59 pm

hmmm. Skimming this thread lends me to believe everyone is playing a game as Laura Ingalls where you ride an elephant until you get VD, at which point you turn into a dog atop a turtle. You win when you reach gaspode and shoot the raccoon before it contracts ringworm.

Now wrap that up in several neat paperback packages and you've got the complete set of Discwrold novels.

-S

shmokes · « **Reply #23 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:24:43 pm »

I always heard it was great, but never got around to it.

dogg0 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:27:28 pm »

i recomend starting with the later books, they older ones are just a lot slower and moer boring.

I haven't read them all, but my favorite so far is probably The Hogfather

what is everyone elses favorite

Stingray · « **Reply #25 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:29:51 pm »

Quote from: dogg0 on August 25, 2005, 04:27:28 pm

i recomend starting with the later books, they older ones are just a lot slower and moer boring.

Don't make me kick you in the head too.

-S

dogg0 · « **Reply #26 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:30:40 pm »

i couldnt even finish light fantastic

Stingray · « **Reply #27 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:31:50 pm »

Quote from: dogg0 on August 25, 2005, 04:30:40 pm

i couldnt even finish light fantastic

You also didn't know who Gaspode is. I'm not sure you're really a Discworld fan at all.

-S

dogg0 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:32:31 pm »

i actually cant read $:-\$

saint · « **Reply #29 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:33:19 pm »

Start at book 1 and read them straight through. Occasionally stop to eat. I buy them in hardback when they come out because I can't wait for paperback.

--- saint

Stingray · « **Reply #30 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:33:58 pm »

The stopping to eat bit can be considered optional.

-S

dogg0 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:35:47 pm »

and if you do stop to eat, make sure its bacon

Stingray · « **Reply #32 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:42:14 pm »

Which would normally go without saying, but since you chose to say it, in this instance it goes with saying instead.

-S

DrewKaree · « **Reply #33 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:49:15 pm »

Quote from: JB on August 25, 2005, 12:35:00 pm

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

It has something to do with a porcupine, an accordion, two sticks of butter, a handful of thumbtacks (does that make them handtacks?), and a pink feather boa.

Don't challenge me. I win

Quote from: Dartful Dodger on August 25, 2005, 01:02:21 pm

Discworld was the name of a Little House On The Prairie book. Gaspod was the name of Laura Ingles dog. At the end of the book she had to shoot it because it got VD from a raccoon.

This racoon?

Stingray · « **Reply #34 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:51:06 pm »

That's the one, but I still dispute the whole "worst" thing. I mean that racoon looks like he'd be pretty easy to shoot.

-S

DrewKaree · « **Reply #35 on:** August 25, 2005, 05:13:27 pm »

Quote from: Stingray on August 25, 2005, 04:51:06 pm

That's the one, but I still dispute the whole "worst" thing. I mean that racoon looks like he'd be pretty easy to shoot.

-S

Personally I think it's supposed to be "wurst". I mean, c'mon, seriously, there's GOTTA be a sausage joke in there somewhere

JB · « **Reply #36 on:** August 25, 2005, 09:38:53 pm »

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on August 25, 2005, 12:40:11 pm

"You couldn't be more wrong if you tried."

Almost sounds like a challenge.

How many elephants can stand on the back of a turtle, anyway?

Four. The fifth one fell off.

Quote from: AmericanDemon on August 25, 2005, 12:46:15 pm

Wasnt there a game a while back on PS1 based on this series? I recall wanting to play it but never got around to it. I could go for some more reading material.

There were TWO games.
The PC version of the first was actually my introduction to the series.

jbox · « **Reply #37 on:** August 26, 2005, 03:47:34 am »

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many moons makes wash the shoes.

Yet many grey lords go sadly to the masterless men? Hooray, hooray for the spinster's sister's daughter? Oh wait, I know this one: To the axeman, all supplicants are the same height!

Think magical fantasy similar in style to Douglas Adams, but written in a straight line. Also, I found that trying to click on Death's chimney was damn near impossible, even though I had already deduced you needed to do that to get Albert out of the kitchen.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #38 on:** August 26, 2005, 07:02:40 am »

rincewind! and cohen the barbarian! ive only read a later book. its pretty cool that you can now buy maps of discworld and the city (forgotten the name) and theres a book featuring illustrations of the main characters. cohen looked just like i imagined (",)

Stingray · « **Reply #39 on:** August 26, 2005, 08:54:45 am »

The city is called Anhk Morpork, home to the famous River Anhk.

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The river itself, over the years has become so polluted as to be the only river in above freezing conditions that you could chew (Although if you should, it is not advised that you swallow). It flows from the Ramtop mountains and by the time it reaches the city is heavily silt laden, and after it has flowed (It moves faster than the land around it) through the city the Watch can trace a bodies outline on it. Despite all logic, there are fish surviving in the Ankh, although the fact that they explode on contact with fresh air (if Morpork's air could be called that) they explode suggests the effects of a magical leak from Unseen University.

-S


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