"Who am I?" game part 3

Moving my clues to a new thread. The old one was getting long.

Clue 1: I left my job to take a trip around the world

Clue 2: I managed to go around the world in less than 80 days!

Clue 3: I am a member of the Western American Explorers Club in San Francisco.

Clue 4: My mode of transportation was a balloon.

I know the book! But I don't remember his name.

Phileas Fogg's companion . . . went by one name, I think . . .

I googled it--normally I'd think that was cheating, but I believe Cmbohn gets the credit for this one, anyway. Assuming we're right! JP?

Hmmm...wrong book.

Clue 1: I left my job to take a trip around the world

Clue 2: I managed to go around the world in less than 80 days!

Clue 3: I am a member of the Western American Explorers Club in San Francisco.

Clue 4: My mode of transportation was a balloon.

Clue 5: I was balloon-wrecked along the way and landed on a remote volcanic island with curious inhabitants.

Woops, Professor Challenger? The Lost World?

Professor William Waterman Sherman! All right, I had to look it up. I only remembered the book, 21 Balloons. I loved that one when I was a kid!

Yes! dingdingding cmbohn!

Sorry I guess I made that one too difficult.

Nothing wrong with making them a bit tricky! You never know what someone else will be able to guess.

Clue 1: I have a funny name, with a funny story attached to it.

Nothing wrong with making them a bit tricky! You never know what someone else will be able to guess.

Clue 1: I have a funny name, with a funny story attached to it.

And because that's pretty vague,

Clue 2: My mom is seriously messed up.

9 - Part of me wants to say T S Garp? But the bigger part of me thinks I'm wrong...

Sorry, no.

Clue 3: I make a great pancake.

Pansy Pooter The Super Pancake Maker With The Dysfunctional Mother?

my favorite book, Mr A! very funny

#12- How did you do that?

I imagine he used the "a href" command. It's not a touchstone because the book isn't listed at the top of the page.

Ah! Very funny.

And yes, MrA, you made me look. :o)

yup, silly name . Looks like a touchstone, dunnit? I hope they never change that. I need something to play with instead of photos these days.

cmbohn, if i didn't get it, we probably need a new clue. Puh-leese?

oooooh, you were so close! But no.

Clue 4: I considered a career as a tire salesman or a shoe salesman, but my girl talked me out of it.

Possibly you are all stumped, so I'll give another clue.

Clue 5: I live in a small town in California where some really weird stuff happens.

(doesn't weird stuff happen in all small towns in california?)

Did someone write a book about Kerian?

This sounds familiar, it's driving me nuts. Was it ever made into a movie or TV show?

No, not yet anyway!

Clue 6: My first book is named after me, and there are 4 books altogether in this series.

You've got me beat. Intrigued, but beat.

Should I go ahead and reveal all? Or do you want more clues?

Throw out another clue. Seven's my lucky number. :o)

KIK I don't think I've ever read them or heard of them. Nothing is ringing a bell for me. One more clue cmbohn and I give up.

If no one gets it with one more clue maybe something along the lines of first name starts with the letter... second name has six letters... etc.

Clue 7: In my first book, published in 2003, I start off by explaining that I see dead people.

Is it Odd Thomas?

I was actually going to guess that before but I don't remember anything about his mother. And I'm not sure about he pancake thing, but he is a fry cook... If this is right it will totally be a *facepalm* moment for me...

Yes, that's it! I'm so glad someone guessed it! The pancakes came along in the latest book, and the whole thing with his mom is in the first book.

off topic What does this "facepalm" mean?

Oh okay! thx

Cool! I read the first three in the series a while ago but forgot a lot of the details. Now had you said "I hang out with Elvis" I might have gotten it a lot sooner. ;) Time for a new one....

Clue #1: I'm the leader of my group (but I'm quite a bully).

Dudley Dursley!

Nope... (I would say "close..." but that would throw people off...)

Clue #2: A former friend is now my arch enemy and gets blamed for everything that goes wrong, accidental or otherwise.

awwwww.....

Well I was going to guess Draco, but I guess that's wrong too.

Hummmmm.....let me think....

Clue #1: I'm the leader of my group (but I'm quite a bully).

Clue #2: A former friend is now my arch enemy and gets blamed for everything that goes wrong, accidental or otherwise.

Clue #3: I make the rules but I break and then rewrite them for the comfort and pleasure of myself and those like me.

Is it Voldy? is it an HP character?

Not an HP character...from a much older book...

(I guess that's clue 4?)

Napoleon from Animal Farm?

dingdingding!! Welcome to the game! (And the group if you're new around here!)

(And the "close..." to Dudley was kind of a joke because Napoleon is a pig and Dudley is... well....)

I get the comparision! LOL!

Thank you for the welcome! Let's see if I'm any good at this.

Clue #1: I am on a quest for revenge.

Edmund Dantes?

Inigo Montoya?

Dingdingding ejj1955!

Okay . . .

Clue #1: I spend a lot of my time answering the door and serving meals.

a butler

Cinderella?

Somebody from The Hardy Boys?

the Hardy boys? where did that come from?

Hitch-hikers Guide To The Galaxy !

(Marvin the Paranoid Android)

either that, or Jeeves ...

Such good guesses, but no.

Clue #1: I spend a lot of my time answering the door and serving meals.

Clue #2: I do this for two professional gentlemen.

54 - Didn't they have a housekeeper or something? They're always talking about the huge meals they have after a case.

Mrs. Hudson?

Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle?

Mrs. Pearce from Pygmalion?

Ding, Ding, Ding! Cmbohn gets it, it was Mrs. Hudson, waiting on Holmes and Watson.

Aaaah! I'd better do an easier one, after last time!

Clue 1: Everyone else got to eat milk and blackberries for supper, but I got sent to bed with medicine and no supper.

Peter Rabbit!

Ding ding!

Clue #1: I have a knack for solving crimes. For example, the woman I love was accused of poisoning her last boyfriend, but I cleared her name.

Lord Peter Whimsey?

#65 -- Dingdingding!

Clue #1: I am known by a number of different names, and I am a renowned marksman.

Robin Hood?

No . . .

Clue #1: I am known by a number of different names, and I am a renowned marksman.

Clue #2: I was orphaned as a boy and adopted by those who taught me the ways of the forest.

Mowgli?

Natty Bumppo?

Ding, ding, ding! Cmbohn, this is just too scary--are you reading my mind?

Natty Bumppo, the Pathfinder, the Deerslayer, Long Rifle . . . it's him.

who the hell is Natty Bumppo?

the hero of James Fenimore Cooper's books (well, many of them), including The Last of the Mohicans.

oh right - never read 'em, but thanks for the heads up

Clue 1: My father was betrayed by a friend to his death.

Paul Atreides?

Harry Potter?!

We've got this mind-link thing going, ejj! You're freaking me out!

Ding ding ding!

This is weird--of course, Lady N's guess fits perfectly, too.

Okay, here goes:

Clue #1: I'm writing a novel, but I can't get past the opening lines.

Looks like the mind-link is broken! I'm stumped.

80, ejj,
I would say myself, as I fit the description; however, I'm not a fictional character (I hope). lol

Clue #1: I'm writing a novel, but I can't get past the opening lines.

Clue #2: Sometimes I put on my scarf and goggles and go flying.

Snoopy?

Ding, ding, ding! Yes. "It was a dark and stormy night . . ."

Yay!

Clue #1: I am very ugly, but I am also extremely talented.

Cyrano de Bergerac?

No, but good guess.

Clue #1: I am very ugly, but I am also extremely talented.

Clue #2: My wife doesn't like me at all because of my ugliness.

Hephaestus?

Ding ding ding! That's it!

Clue #1: My uncle went away on a journey, but he left a mysterious heirloom for me.

off topic 89 > who?

#91: Lyra Silvertongue?

#92: Hephaestus is one of the Greek gods. He's known for his metal work. When he took the part of his mother (Hera) in an argument instead of his father's (Zeus), Zeus allowed him to fall and he became horribly disfigured. His wife is Aphrodite.

Hephaestus = Vulcan, but the Pon Farr is unknown to him.

#93 -- No, but good guess!

Clue #2: My uncle and I share a birthday. In fact, it was on our birthday that he set off on his journey.

Frodo Baggins?

Will Stanton ?

#96 -- Dingdingding! Your turn!

Thanks for answering!

Pandyana - your turn to post a clue since you got the last one right!

Clue #1: Meeting a convict in a marsh would later change my life.

Sounds like Pip from Great Expectations.

damn, I never get to these in time - that HAS to be the answer

#102 - That's right.

I'm going for easy (I hope) so I don't need to keep checking. :o)

Clue #1: I'm my own worst enemy.

Is it me??

Dr. Jekyll?

KIK! Nope, not you.

Let me see...

Clue #2: I really shouldn't drink what I concoct.

#107: DingDingDing! You are fast. Here I was thinking of a second clue!

Woot!

Clue 1: My mom takes me on a walk with her.

Clue 2: We find little snack along the way.

The little bear from Blueberries for Sal? Or, for that matter, Sal herself?

Sal it is. Nice guess!

That is one of my favorite picture books!

Clue #1: I am desperately in love with my childhood sweetheart.

Scarlett O'Hara?

Nope.

Clue #2: I'm not necessarily a nice person because of it -- in fact, you might describe me as "brooding" or "unsociable."

Oh! Oh! Severus Snape?

LOL! No, but I can see how you might come to that conclusion!

Clue #3: I am in a book generally considered to be "classic literature."

Heathcliff?

#119 -- Dingdingding!

Clue 1: I have a brain the size of a planet.

Marvin the Paranoid Android!!

"Life. Don't talk to me about life."

Yes, I'm sorry to say that you've gotten that one right.

Clue #1: I really hate my uncle.

harry potter?

#125 -- Nope.

Clue #2: I'm not really happy with my mother right now, either.

ah, give us more, foggi! (from #124 I'm thinking Katsa btw)

#127 -- Nope.

Clue #3: I'm starting to see plots everywhere, and I don't feel that I can trust anyone: my girlfriend and her brother, my old friends from college . . . they're all against me.

Hamlet

#129 -- Dingdingding!

Oh, that means I have to do one....umm.....give me a minute.

Clue #1: I'm married to a famous sleuth.

Mary Russell Holmes?

Nora Charles?

Harriet Vane?

dingdingding (Mary Russell)

*phew, I hate being the clue giver. I prefer guessing.*

btw, a new Mary Russell book is coming out soon. Yay.

Yay, indeed.

Clue #1: My favorite girl is going on a trip, and I go with her.

Clue #1: My favorite girl is going on a trip, and I go with her.

Clue #2: We meet a lot of interesting people on our trip, and two or three really scary ones.

Toto from The Wizard of Oz?

Ding, ding, ding! Toto it is.

Oh, wow . . . now I have to come up with a new one.

Clue #1: I live and work on a ranch, and I take my job there very seriously. I don't think the folks I work for always appreciate my true worth, though.

Anne Shirley (of Green Gables) ?

Nope.

Clue #2: You might say I have a nose for mysteries.

Lassie ?

Nope. Closer, though.

Clue #3: I have a dim-witted assistant, but he's a bit of a coward. I don't think he's good for much, but the management seems to like him.

Ok, I have to go to bed, but I'm having one guess before I go :

George out of Steinbeck's "Of Mice And Men"

(I'm a Brit so wallowing out of of my depth here lol )

#145 -- Nope.

I'm going to recap the clues I've given so far, on the chance that another poster may recognize this character:

Clue #1: I live and work on a ranch, and I take my job there very seriously. I don't think the folks I work for always appreciate my true worth, though.

Clue #2: You might say I have a nose for mysteries.

Clue #3: I have a dim-witted assistant, but he's a bit of a coward. I don't think he's good for much, but the management seems to like him.

Hank the Cowdog?

I never even heard of Hank the Cowdog! I'm not sure too many people in Britain have..

#147 -- Dingdingding!

I'm American and I've never heard of it either.

Oh! Hank the Cowdog rocks!

Love Hank the Cowdog! Our newspaper had choosen one of the stories to print in the kids section last year. They choose a story and print a chapter a week (of course they have permission), which is cool for the kids. Our library has the entire series.

I've never read any of the Hank the Cowdog stories, but I had a friend who used to love them.

Clue #1: I allowed a child to try to swim out to an island.

Vera Claythorne in Christie's And Then There Were None?

# 154 - You're right.

Wow, never would have gotten that if I hadn't read it pretty recently.

Okay . . .

Clue #1: People thought I was dead, but I actually managed to hide in plain sight for years.

Hermione from The Winter's Tale?

No . . .

Clue #1: People thought I was dead, but I actually managed to hide in plain sight for years.

Clue #2: I used magic to help me hide.

Elvis?

Yes! er, no. Not at all.

Peter pettigrew!

Ding, ding, ding! Polly has it!

Well at least I'm consistent with all these "Who Am I"s - I never heard of any of them !

Peter Pettigrew is a Harry Potter character.

Okay...OMG its my turn ..okay

clue 1 I traveled to england for a big event

William of Normandy?

Or, oh, Fleur Delacroix?

> 164

That means I should have heard of him? I hate Harry Potter!

I like the William of Normandy suggestion. My own guess is Helene Hanff, from 84 Charing Cross Road.

>167 Tid:

It's unlikely that anyone is going to recognize every character in this game, so no, there's no reason you should have heard of this character if you hate Harry Potter. But this is the Hogwart's Express group, so finding an HP character here can hardly be surprising!

> 169 "But this is the Hogwart's Express group"

True! Though between this and Green Dragon and Off-Topic, and all the Scrabble, Word Association, Hangman, Add / Drop Word, games I post into, I lose track of which group runs what game! (It's probably the one part of the threads I don't bother to read lol).

#167: I was in no way trying to imply that you should have known, I remembered you expressing your feelings about Harry Potter before, I was simply telling you who it was.

It was indeed Fleur Delacour! Who said it? Oh! ejj! Go ahead, your turn

>#167: Are you... Voldemort?

Clue #1: I've taken on a building project, even though my family thinks I'm crazy for doing it.

Noah.

Over to you, cmbohn, who reads my mind! (To make it official: Ding, ding, ding!)

Oh boo. I'd have got that one if it hadn't been for you pesky kids... *grumble grumble*

Carry on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iWn4PDlA6Y

Okay 178 that was ....interesting......

I Love Zoolander :-)

Clue 1: I run into trouble with a witch and a tree.

Jimmy from H.R. Pufnstuf ?

Nope.

2. My appetite gets me into trouble.

Dorothy?

Nope.

3. I'm pretty darn funny sometimes.

JP?

MrA?

Donkey! (I'm not calling you guys donkeys I'm just making a reference to Shrek 2)

Caliban? (long shot maybe...)

4. I'm fuzzy and blue.

Gonzo.

5. My story about the witch, the tree, and me was in a Little Golden Book.

Oh! Oh! Oh! It's Cookie Monster! I'm sure I know this one, we have it somewhere!

But there was already a "no" to #187.... ;)

It is Cookie Monster! I love this book!

Yay! I did it! (and LOL to el!)
All my kids loved to hear me read Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree. :o)

Clue #1: I am a very good judge of human nature.

Hercule Poirot?

Nope.

Clue #2: I know about human nature because people have told me their deepest darkest secrets.

Voldemort's diary?

Nope.

Clue #3: I'm rather comical in appearance.

Yoda ?

Nope.

Clue #1: I am a very good judge of human nature.
Clue #2: I know about human nature because people have told me their deepest darkest secrets.
Clue #3: I'm rather comical in appearance.
Clue #4: My name is also a color.

Ooh, I know I know!! It's...erm...Mr...Purple.... Isn't it?

no no no, It's Mrs. White in the LibraryThing with the DH book.

Hmmm...

Clue #1: I am a very good judge of human nature.
Clue #2: I know about human nature because people have told me their deepest darkest secrets.
Clue #3: I'm rather comical in appearance.
Clue #4: My name is also a color.
Clue #5: Detective work is not my first calling.

Midnight Louie?

Oh gosh, I'm running out of clue ideas...

Clue #1: I am a very good judge of human nature.
Clue #2: I know about human nature because people have told me their deepest darkest secrets.
Clue #3: I'm rather comical in appearance.
Clue #4: My name is also a color.
Clue #5: Detective work is not my first calling.
Clue #6: Much like my height, most of the stories about my adventures are short.

is this a grown up book or a kids book?

It's a mystery series.
Originally published in the Saturday Evening Post and then gathered in collections.

that doesn't answer my question!( grumble grumble)

Sorry polly! I just edited it! I was verifying my information. ;o)

Thanks. ........I'm still stumped

On the off chance no one has read it (I checked a couple of books and didn't see anyone I knew with it. Should have done that first. *blushing*) you could always check my library polly. It's tagged under mystery. :o)

Ok I feel like I'm cheating but....Father Brown!!

Cheating is completely within the rules of this game.

Yay Ron! dingdingding!

Oh! Chesterton has been on my TBR list for years . . . since college, actually. He's one of those authors that I'm sure I would enjoy, if I ever just managed to take the time to read his stuff.

Ohh the pressure... Let me check my library and the connections feature...

Clue #1: I have great magical abilities and I'm not a witch nor a wizard.

Jack from The Warrior Heir?

Dobby?

Nope.

clue #2: They offered to pay me at my new job but I refused to get paid.

Winky?

#222: Ding Ding Ding! bib! Your turn!

Oh...shoot!

clue 1: I'm not good with finance.

They wrote a book about me???

225 - hee hee!

Becky Bloomwood from the Shopaholic series?

#226: Dingdingding!

That was fast!

Oh shoot that means it's my turn.... I'll post one after lunch....

Clue 1: My compassion for a stranger changed my life.

Richard from Neverwhere?

dingdingding!!!

Alright!

Clue 1: Some people might say that I'm immoral for being attracted to a certain girl.

Jace from The Mortal Instruments (any book will do of the trilogy)

#233 -- Oedipus?

#233 - Jaimie from Game of Thrones?

(we're on a role with immoral men here...)

Humbert Humbert (Lolita) ?

#237

Dingdingding!

WOOT! I finally got one ! YAY

I've been longing to start one of these. Ok, you have all night to think about this one.

Clue #1 : My life changed after a meeting in a bus station

Clue #2 : My teacher has the same name as a famous lover

All I'm getting is that the teacher's name is Casanova. :o) I may need more clues before I start cheating.

erm, I mean researching.

Clue #3 : I became a sorcerer's apprentice

Clue #4 : I divided my time between Los Angeles and Mexico

I don't think I've read this one.

Clue #5 : I leaped from a mountain top and apparently lived to tell the tale

Oh dear, I'm getting a bit panicky about this one now. Well I will leave you with a couple of giveaway clues as I go off to bed.

Clue #6 : I encountered the "Little Sisters": Josefina, Lydia, Rosa, and La Gorda

Clue #7 : I was taught The Art Of Dreaming and The Art Of Stalking as part of my apprenticeship

Carlos Castaneda.

I guess a lot of people haven't read him, Tid, cause I got it on the second clue. I just haven't been in this thread for a while.

ETA: and the teacher's name is Don Juan. Although I always like Don Genaro even more.

What book is that from?

Carlos Casteneda wrote a series of autobiographical books about his apprenticeship to a real Yaqui shaman. He billed his books as anthropology, but many people believe they were at least partly fictional. They were very popular in the '60's and '70's, partly because his training involved the use of drugs to induce shamanic trance states. I devoured them when I was young; they are great stories, regardless of how much "fact" is involved. Plus, Don Juan and later, Don Genaro, are just awesome characters. And I love La Gorda, too.

The first book is called The Teachings of Don Juan.

> 248

Ding!ding!ding!

You got it. And yes - I loved Don Genaro and La Gorda too. (By the way, you mentioned 'fiction'; actually I don't believe the books are fictional - you couldn't make it up - but does that matter in this thread? I've never seen the rules actually stated, I've always just assumed that "Who Am I?" must refer to a character in a book, fictional or otherwise - and we've already had Noah as one character. Would you be allowed to use Samuel Pepys, Jesus Christ, Socrates ... all characters in books?)

Yours was fine Tid! LG knew it. I'm pretty sure we've had real people before.
So funny, I went to Casanova and my daughter kept thinking either Casanova or Romeo. When LG mentioned Don Juan I had a Duh moment!

Re whether Castaneda played with the truth: I believe much of it, but I have trouble with the jumping off the mountain part.

Have you ever read any books by the others in Castaneda's group of sorcerers? I have skimmed a couple. Some of the women have some rather scathing things to say about Carlitos.

Anyhoo, my turn. Clue #1: I am known as a surgeon, although I have many talents.

Clue #2: I have travelled the world.

Clue #3: I married a charming and willful woman.

Frankenstein?

#255 No.

Clue #4: I am a spy for the British throne.

Clue #5: I am a crack shot with a pistol.

> 253

No, I haven't read books by any of the other apprentices - do you have any titles for me?

As to the jumping off the mountain part : I think this was an occasion when he had to get his 'second attention' (his 'dreaming body') working for him, and it was this that jumped off the mountain, but because of what Juan Matus and Genaro had done to him, he didn't know what was happening, or rather he simply couldn't rationalise it. "There are more things in heaven and earth ... Horatio" ...

I don't have any titles, I just skimmed one or two in book stores. One is by Florinda, and one by someone I never heard of, who was in the group for which Castaneda was the nagual.

I don't have any titles, I just skimmed one or two in book stores. One is by Florinda, and one by someone I never heard of.

When I've seen them in bookstores, they've been right next to Castaneda's own books.

No guesses? OK, I'm about to leave for Roller Derby bout shortly, so I'll give you the last 3 clues. Someone should get it from these:

Clue #6: My best friend is a British naval officer.

Clue #7: I play the cello.

Clue #8: I love a good toasted cheese.

Sir Percy Blakeney?

Oh, wait, I just saw post 261. Hmm. Stephen Maturin?

ding!ding!ding!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has read those books.

Yay!

Clue 1: I am usually referred to as 'The Woman.'

Vianne?

Eve?

Irene Adler?

JP?

ding ding ding for ejjj1955.

Okay, this is getting seriously weird. We really do seem to read each other's minds!

Clue #1: I'm an orphan, but fortunately my aunt takes me in.

...Harry Potter?

No . . .

Clue #1: I'm an orphan, but fortunately my aunt takes me in.

Clue #2: I soon become friends with just about everyone in town.

Tom Sawyer?

Clue #1: I'm an orphan, but fortunately my aunt takes me in.

Clue #2: I soon become friends with just about everyone in town.

Clue #3: I'm a girl.

Pollyanna!

Of course! Ding, ding, ding, Polly!

yay me! okay....
I'm a redhead whose official job is PR relations but sometimes....well I don't ask for these dead bodies to show up!

uhoh no takers?

clue 1 I'm a redhead whose official job is PR relations but sometimes....well I don't ask for these dead bodies to show up!

Clue 2 I have a black cat who always seems to show up at the murder scenes

Sorry, Polly, I got nuttin.

I know other people have read these books!

clue 1 I'm a redhead whose official job is PR relations but sometimes....well I don't ask for these dead bodies to show up!

Clue 2 I have a black cat who always seems to show up at the murder scenes

clue 3 I am in love with an ex-magician and an ex-preist really has the hots for me.

clue 4 I live in Las Vegas

Temple Barr?

dingdingding! good job cmbohn!

Woot!

I am running out of characters!

Clue 1: I like to wear suspenders.

Mr. Putter?

Eloise? :)

Clue 2: My best friend is a worm.

Oh -- can't think of the name . . . wait, Huckle the cat from Richard Scarry's Busy Town books?

Yep! Huckle the Cat.

Okay!

Clue 1: I'm a middle-schooler with a great idea.

Oggie Cooder?

(oh wait...he's younger I think...)

Nope!

Junie B ?

Nope. (And I don't think she's made it to middle school yet, has she?)

Clue 2: I'm good at sports and very organized. (There are other things I'm good at, but those would be a real giveaway!)

Still stuck!

Harriet the Spy?

Nope!

Clue 1: I'm a middle-schooler with a great idea.

Clue 2: I'm good at sports and very organized. (There are other things I'm good at, but those would be a real giveaway!)

Clue 3: My great idea (the one from clue 1) sparked a huge series of books about me and my friends. In fact, they're being remade as graphic novels now!

Kristi Thomas from The Babysitters Club?

#298 -- Dingdingding! Babysitting, of course, being the other thing she's good at.

Yay me! Okay, lets see....

Clue 1: I married my first husband for his brains.

Well, not Scarlett O'Hara. Poor Charles Hamilton.

One of the zombies from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? ;)

LOL! no

Clue 2: I married my second husband for love.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ????? You're kidding me!


"My poor Jane - my heart is all a-flutter in sympathy with your truly dreadful predicament"
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"Oh Lizzie, I know, and I feel wonderfully for your concern of me."
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"What can it have been like, dear Jane? The moment that Mr. Wickham arose from the ground covered in putrefaction and sores, and yet moving around as if still living?"
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"Oh Lizzie, yes, it was terrible. And when Mr.Darcy struck Mr.Wickham hard in the face and his head fell off and he continued walking towards me with no head, and Lord! I swear that Lydia and Kitty went as white as chalk though even that was to be preferred to the green-ness of Wickham."
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Mr.Bennett entered the living room.
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"Now my dear daughters, please let us have no more of this for now. Mr.Coffins has called and wishes to pay his respects ..."
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(I hasten to add I have NOT read P&P&Z - this is my "best guess" lol)

I saw it today at Costco and flipped through it, but that was enough for me. Just too weird a combination to work for me.

Oh, and my guess is Moll Flanders.

Not even one single small giggle? I'd best not give up the day job, had I..

LOL!

Aww bless you MrA - I know you were prompted, but *hugs* anyway :-)

#306: Nope

Clue 1: I married my first husband for his brains.
Clue 2: I married my second husband for love.
Clue 3: My husbands were related to each other.

I am so sure I'm going to kick myself when I find out who this is . . . it sounds familiar. *perhaps more caffeine will help?*

It is 21 Balloons!!!!!!

#312 -- Surely not! I mean, twice in one thread? Either way, the idea of the game is to give the character's name, though if you can only think of the book title, that does sometimes help jog someone's memory. Welcome, by the way, since I don't think I've seen you posting before.

Bib, this does sounds really familiar to me. Is it a "classic"?

#313: It is most definitely a classic...and I guess we'll consider that the fourth clue!

clue 1: I married my first husband for his brains.
clue 2: I married my second husband for love
clue 3: My husbands were related to each other
clue 4: My book is considered a classic
clue 5: My parents are gone but my uncle and my sister live nearby

Grrrr....It sounds so familiar. I know I'm going to do a :facepalm: when I find out.

Okay, I was sure people would get this a lot faster...

clue 6: My first husband's will stipulated I would lose the inheritance if I married my second husband.

It might be time for a couple of questions to help us out here . . .

Were the two husbands brothers?
Was the inheritance a kingdom/throne?

No and no

clue 7: The book I'm in takes it's name from the town I live near.

(I really hope that's a dead giveaway!)

Dorothea Brooke?

#321: Dingdingding! Thank you!

I was AFK pretty much all weekend. I got it right away, but I just reread Middlemarch last year.

So, I have to come up with someone....uh....lemme think on it a bit.

Ok, this should be an easy one.

Clue #1: I SPEAK IN ALLCAPS, THOUGH NOT OF RAGE.

DEATH in the Terry Pratchett Discworld?

dingdingding! (I told you it was easy.)

WOOT!

Ok, here's my second ever attempt at this game.

Clue #1 : I experienced an extremely violent descent, but survived.

Geez. I would have sworn that I had either read Middlemarch or seen a dramatization of it, but it is now clear that I have done neither. Maybe I just own it and it's on the Mount TBR?

Carry on, Tid!

Lucifer?

nope

Alfred Kropp?

nope

Clue #1 : I experienced an extremely violent descent, but survived.
Clue #2 : My species first appeared about 100 years ago.

I will leave one more clue then retire for the night.

Clue #1 : I experienced an extremely violent descent, but survived.
Clue #2 : My species first appeared about 100 years ago.
Clue #3 : I was part of a team involved with dietary research (in this particular case, for a tiger).

I'll admit to being stymied, especially by the second clue.

Spaceman Spiff?

Ok, I'm going to be a bit less "obscure" about my clues, as this is SUCH a well-known character! (But it still needs a bit of lateral thinking, lol).

Clue #1 : I experienced an extremely violent descent, but survived.
Clue #2 : My species first appeared about 100 years ago.
Clue #3 : I was part of a team involved with dietary research (in this particular case, for a tiger).
Clue #4 : I used a balloon to engage in some climatic research.
Clue #5 : I have a friend who is extremely learned, at least he thinks he is.
Clue #6 : My best friend is a member of another species.

(This is one of the most famous characters ever ...)

Hamlet?
Tom Sawyer?
Edward Cullen?

Nope.

Ok, here is the absolute giveaway.

Clue #7 : Footprints in the snow caused me and my friend a lot of confusion.

Miss Smilla?
Nanook?
Victor Frankenstein?

nope - I'll repost all the clues together.

Clue #1 : I experienced an extremely violent descent, but survived.
Clue #2 : My species first appeared about 100 years ago.
Clue #3 : I was part of a team involved with dietary research (in this particular case, for a tiger).
Clue #4 : I used a balloon to engage in some climatic research.
Clue #5 : I have a friend who is extremely learned, at least he thinks he is.
Clue #6 : My best friend is a member of another species.
Clue #7 : Footprints in the snow caused me and my friend a lot of confusion.

(Oh I'm laughing so much! You will all HATE me when you get it.)

Is it one of the guys from Left Hand of Darkness? It's been ages since I've read it, but the clues might fit with my scattered memories. (I wouldn't necessarily call either of them a "most famous character" though...especially since I can't even remember their names...)

Nope - great novel though, I loved that.

This is MUCH MUCH more famous. (Oh, you will hate me so much..)

Winnie the Pooh?

That is what i was just thinking.

Except for the balloon clue, I thought it might be Little Fuzzy, but I don't think it's that famous.

Oh! Duh! I just saw LG's. Hahahaha! Of course!

> 344

ding!ding!ding!

(Did you all like the "disguised" clues? - I really couldn't have said "What do Tiggers like to eat", could I!)

well done, Tid.

Good one, Tid. Now I have to come up with one. Gimme a wee bit of time.

OK, here goes.

Clue #1: My parentage is a tangled web.

Charlotte?

Charlie Bone?

No.

Clue #1: My parentage is a tangled web.
Clue #2: I am really good with animals.

Clue #1: My parentage is a tangled web.
Clue #2: I am really good with animals.
Clue #3: My mentor taught me all the secret passageways in the castle.

Aragog?

No. (clever guess, tho)

Clue #1: My parentage is a tangled web.
Clue #2: I am really good with animals.
Clue #3: My mentor taught me all the secret passageways in the castle.
Clue #4: My best friend has some strangely ambiguous qualities.

Hellboy?

No.

Clue #1: My parentage is a tangled web.
Clue #2: I am really good with animals.
Clue #3: My mentor taught me all the secret passageways in the castle.
Clue #4: My best friend has some strangely ambiguous qualities.
Clue #5: My girlfriend has a large stash of beeswax.

Yogi bear?

No.

Clue #1: My parentage is a tangled web.
Clue #2: I am really good with animals.
Clue #3: My mentor taught me all the secret passageways in the castle.
Clue #4: My best friend has some strangely ambiguous qualities.
Clue #5: My girlfriend has a large stash of beeswax.
Clue #6: I have inherited a very special Skill.

Oh, Will Parry in The Subtle Knife ?

No. I can't believe no one has read this.

Clue #1: My parentage is a tangled web.
Clue #2: I am really good with animals.
Clue #3: My mentor taught me all the secret passageways in the castle.
Clue #4: My best friend has some strangely ambiguous qualities.
Clue #5: My girlfriend has a large stash of beeswax.
Clue #6: I have inherited a very special Skill.
Clue #7: My other best friend is a wolf.

It doesn't sounds like something I've read . . . but it sounds like something I'd like to read!

me too! it sounds intriguing, a children's book?

Definitely not a children's book.

If someone doesn't guess it soon, I will have to bring in a ringer.

OK, here's another clue. Do you guys give up yet? And foggi, I really think you'd like these books.

Clue #1: My parentage is a tangled web.
Clue #2: I am really good with animals.
Clue #3: My mentor taught me all the secret passageways in the castle.
Clue #4: My best friend has some strangely ambiguous qualities.
Clue #5: My girlfriend has a large stash of beeswax.
Clue #6: I have inherited a very special Skill.
Clue #7: My other best friend is a wolf.
Clue #8: If you are unfriendly to the king, it would be best if you didn't drink or eat anything I serve to you.

I'm with Foggi--I don't know, but it does sound like something I'd like to read.

Yeah, this is a series of books and I really enjoyed them.

Clue #1: My parentage is a tangled web.
Clue #2: I am really good with animals.
Clue #3: My mentor taught me all the secret passageways in the castle.
Clue #4: My best friend has some strangely ambiguous qualities.
Clue #5: My girlfriend has a large stash of beeswax.
Clue #6: I have inherited a very special Skill.
Clue #7: My other best friend is a wolf.
Clue #8: If you are unfriendly to the king, it would be best if you didn't drink or eat anything I serve to you.
Clue #9: I was once tasked with eliminating the victims of a zombie attack.

Is it someone from the Song of Ice and Fire series? I'm pretty stumped. Maybe we need another clue about the book - recent, classic, genre?

#369 No. It's a series of fantasy novels begun in the late '90s.

Clue #1: My parentage is a tangled web.
Clue #2: I am really good with animals.
Clue #3: My mentor taught me all the secret passageways in the castle.
Clue #4: My best friend has some strangely ambiguous qualities.
Clue #5: My girlfriend has a large stash of beeswax.
Clue #6: I have inherited a very special Skill.
Clue #7: My other best friend is a wolf.
Clue #8: If you are unfriendly to the king, it would be best if you didn't drink or eat anything I serve to you.
Clue #9: I was once tasked with eliminating the victims of a zombie attack.
Clue #10: Dragons give an assist in one or more of my adventures.

Another giant hint: Clue #8 gives a very leading hint as to the titles in the first trilogy.

Might as well add clue #11-15. I'm not going to get it. Sounds interesting though.

I'll be darned. I have read this trilogy.

It's Fitz, the king's assassin from Robin Hobb's Farseer series.

Never would have gotten it without the giant hint.

DING! DING! DING!!! (Were the clues that hard?)

D'oh, I knew I should have moved Assassin's Apprentice up the TBR stack!

No, my memory is that fuzzy!

Clue #1: I'm still young, but I speak several languages and am quite well traveled.

I figured Skill with a capital S would be a dead giveaway.

catbastet?

Artemis Fowl?

No . . .

Clue #1: I'm still young, but I speak several languages and am quite well traveled.
Clue #2: I travel with my parents, who work away from home.

Ramses Peabody?

ETA: That's not the right last name, but I can't think what is -- Emerson?

Ding, ding, ding!

Yes, I think his last name would be Emerson. Now I can't think what Emerson's first name is--doesn't Amelia always call him Emerson?

The family name is Emerson

Radcliffe is Amelias husband, she always calls him Emerson

Peabody is Amelias maiden name but He always calls her Peabody

So romantic!

If I used my husband's last name, he would think I was insulting him. I guess that only works if you have a cool last name.

My sister, and a lot of other people, call my brother-in-law by his last name. It's just who he is.

And Ramses full real name is Walter Peabody Emerson.

Ah, so the Peabody part was technically correct!

Hmmmm . . . . okay, new one:

Clue 1: I come from another planet.

Megatron?

Nope.

Mork?

Kal-El?

Superman?

ooo...eerie.

I am beginning to exercise my psychic ability here on LT, but it's not helping at all with the Scripp's National Spelling Bee. The final three contestants are scary good, bless their little hearts. Sobering to think that they're all too young for LT! (correction: two out three are too young, I think)

Salo?

No to all.

Clue 1: I come from another planet.
Clue 2: I came to Earth to do research, but started out with some vastly incorrect assumptions.

Ford Prefect?

#397 -- Dingdingding!

All right. I think this one might be relatively easy...

Clue 1: I find this entire thread depressing.

Lemony Snicket?

Marvin the Paranoid Android?
"Life? Don't talk to me about life. . . ."

Snape?

All great guesses, but no.

Clue 1: I find this entire thread depressing.
Clue 2: I like to read, I really do. It's just that everyone on this site is such a god--- phony.

Um, are YOU the answer?

Holden Caulfield.

#404

I should hope not. I'd hate being this character.

Dingdingding, MrAndrew!

Phew. For a minute, the Eyebrow of Certain Death was looming. :-P

My post did seem like a source of potential drama for a minute there, didn't it? :)

Haha, it did indeed. And I'm obviously feeling feisty and ready to pounce on anyone dissin' my LT peeps!

yay me! But i don't have one.

*thinks, thinks*

*smoke comes out ears*

*runs to fire extinguisher*

*rolls around on floor for a while*

I know!

Clue 1: I was born a simple goatherd.

There. That should narrow it down.

The Cyclops?

Heidi !

Heidi's grandpa!

Someone poke MrA. He's keeping those crazy Australian hours again.
*pulls out markers* This will teach him to sleep when he should be giving clues!

*plays didgeridoo (spelling??) loud enough to wake the dead*

*fights off hordes of zombies*

*gets hot pink and purple hair die*

#415 Ooh, jp, give him some Chris Pine eyebrows!

ooooh, yum yum

#418 re #415: Noooo...
Frida Kahlo's eyebrows are much better!!

Ah yes, the unibrow. *scribbles unibrow on MrA*
I can't decide, what kind of mustache goes with blacked out teeth?

One of those old movie villain ones that turns up at the corners (so he can twirl it while leering suggestively at the frightened, but pure, young heroine . . .)

(Ron, it was just an excuse to post a pretty boy.)

Hitler mustache? Salvador Dali? Mutton chops?

Yes. Oh, you wanted me to choose?

*scribbles in muttonchops and a twirly villain mustache*
I wonder if laia would like to add some tattoos?

*primes the tattoo gun with lime green ink*

*glances at laia's work*
Oh, nice color choice!

Very nice. It needs a little more pop. How about adding something right here in hot pink? It would match his hair.

Hang on, I need to put on my sunglasses.
laia! That's so cute! I especially like the lime green rubber duckie surrounded by the hot pink hearts.

It's all about complementary colors; you can't go wrong by following the neon color wheel.

#423: Since when do you need an excuse for that, lg? kik :P

#431 Good point!



*LG comes in carefully carrying bowl of warm water.*

Shhhh, Johnny, don't wake MrA up. Here, let's put his hand in.

Well that worked fast. Maybe we should leave before he wakes up. Or before Donna finds him. If we're not here, they won't know it was us.

*cat walks in and sees MrA*

Who on earth is this blindingly neon, heavily drawn on, tattooed sleeping person?

*shakes head*

Strange.

That's what we're trying to find out, but he's not responding! Or is that a new question for the game since we're at a standstill until Oz wakes up? I guess ---- MrA!

Is it my turn now??

It's Saturday in Oz, isn't it? He probably thought he could sleep in. Silly man.

Let's hope Donna wakes up first so she can add to his look.

hmmmm. Maybe i was here all along, but refused to respond until there was a serious guess.

Heidi, indeed. *shakes head*

Clue 1: I was born a simple goatherd.
Clue 2: My first mentor was a man of few words.

Wild guess here.......Eragon?

nup. Pre-Eragon.

Clue 1: I was born a simple goatherd.
Clue 2: My first mentor was a man of few words.
Vlue 3: I had an unusual little pet. Not for long, though.

Fezzik? (And Cyclops was a serious guess. :oP~~~)

Nup. (it was good, but i haven't forgotten the marker :P~)

Clue 1: I was born a simple goatherd.
Clue 2: My first mentor was a man of few words.
Clue 3: I had an unusual little pet. Not for long, though.
Clue 4: I got into a little bit of bother at my all-boy school.

*smiles sheepishly and hands MrA a wet towel*

Ged?

ding ding ding baa! you got it!

Ged from A Wizard of Earthsea.

ETA the book. I don't know 90% of the books that the characters in this thread are from.

I think adding the book is always a good idea.

Woohoo! You still have a little mark right there, MrA. Too the left..Up a little...there, that got it. :o)

OK now, think, think, think, think, think...

Clue 1: I've always been socially awkward

MrAndrew?

Everybody on the internet?

*snort-laugh*
No.

Clue 1: I've always been socially awkward

Clue 2: Apparently, I don't do things the way they are supposed to be done.

MrAndrew? oh come on, it is too! Now you're just playing with me.

Clue 1: I've always been socially awkward

Clue 2: Apparently, I don't do things the way they are supposed to be done.

Clue 3: I'm a princess

*waits for MrA's response*

*SNORT*

Um, Princess Fiona?

It's me, isn't it?

Seriously . . . Cimorene, from Dealing with Dragons?

dingdingding to foggi!

I think I scared away MrA.

Ooh, it was me! ;-)

Drat, now I have to think of a new clue.

Clue 1: I'm a famous sidekick.

Dr. Watson?

MsDonna?

Karate?

Pinky?

>#450: darn. missed it.

Narf!

Robin?
Tonto?
Renfield?
Piglet?

#455 -- Dingdingding! Elementary! (I will put more effort into my clues next time.)

Clue #1: I am, as the phrase goes, "in service" at a large estate.

Jeeves? (Jeeves and Wooster)
Mrs. Danvers? (Rebecca)
Stevens? (The Remains of the Day)

Beauty?
O?

Err, Jane Eyre? Miss What's-her-name from Emma? That one woman from that one play?

Ding ding ding, Foggi. Mrs. Danvers it is.

Augh! That means I have to think of another one! Lemme see . . .

Actually, I think we need a new thread.