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Re: You know what surprises me... Nate Send a noteboard - 01/07/2013 12:31:29 AM

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... is that so far everyone has gotten #6 in spite of my deliberate attempt to make it sound like the story of a homeless orphan girl turned hooker. Maybe if I'd substituted 'craven' in for cowardly and left out Kansas?
6. First published in 1899, this book tells the story of an orphan girl after her home is hit by a cyclone, and her travels and encounters as a street walker with a number of cowardly, heartless, and stupid men in a land totally unlike her home in rural Kansas.


I liked the way you phrased it. I thought it was fairly clever. Your suggestions here would probably improve it even further, but that said, as soon as I read "1899", "girl" and "home is hit by a cyclone", I knew what it was — to the point where I had to stop and read the "street walker" bit twice to make sure I wasn't seeing things.

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For my money you should get partial credit for "Mona Lisa Overdrive." Joel - 11/08/2013 11:41:04 PM 692 Views
18, and a couple of them I only got because the title is rephrased in the hint. *NM* Tom - 30/06/2013 08:28:09 PM 389 Views
This won't go well. nossy - 30/06/2013 08:46:13 PM 851 Views
Re: This won't go well. Isaac - 30/06/2013 11:27:23 PM 844 Views
I'm not picking on you, I just wanted more points. nossy - 01/07/2013 07:18:11 PM 787 Views
Well, I'll have to take it up with High Council of Geeks but you raise a valid point Isaac - 01/07/2013 10:20:34 PM 745 Views
Twenty-five. That's more than I was expecting... Legolas - 30/06/2013 08:47:14 PM 786 Views
You should try reading it random thoughts - 30/06/2013 09:09:06 PM 710 Views
That's true Isaac - 30/06/2013 11:14:16 PM 802 Views
Not as strong as my comic or movie replies 16 points ironclad - 30/06/2013 11:03:18 PM 844 Views
You know what surprises me... Isaac - 30/06/2013 11:11:34 PM 736 Views
Re: You know what surprises me... Nate - 01/07/2013 12:31:29 AM 745 Views
Re: You know what surprises me... Isaac - 01/07/2013 02:52:46 AM 757 Views
Re: You know what surprises me... random thoughts - 01/07/2013 05:23:47 PM 729 Views
Re: You know what surprises me... Isaac - 01/07/2013 05:32:02 PM 752 Views
Oi. nossy - 01/07/2013 07:17:05 PM 736 Views
come on the numbers time you have said "random thoughts posted what I was going to post" random thoughts - 02/07/2013 01:11:23 AM 759 Views
That probably includes several people who haven't even read it, or seen the movie. Legolas - 01/07/2013 06:11:51 PM 734 Views
Kansas and cyclone? nossy - 01/07/2013 07:16:08 PM 749 Views
Exactly. Joel - 11/08/2013 11:38:34 PM 657 Views
You would really need to rephrase it for people not to get it. Tom - 01/07/2013 10:16:05 PM 729 Views
I'll have a bash Edit: I got just 14. Should have gotten number 2. Stephen - 01/07/2013 01:38:47 AM 946 Views
Despite having read only a fraction of these, I would have scored 29/32 if I hadn't checked Larry - 01/07/2013 07:40:29 AM 1153 Views
For what it is worth, I recommend the Sprawl Trilogy as entertaining and thought provoking. Joel - 11/08/2013 11:49:41 PM 769 Views
Re no. 2 – did we find out her parentage in that book? If not, I don't think the question's fair. Tim - 02/07/2013 09:42:09 PM 883 Views
Yes, it's around a third of the way into the book Isaac - 02/07/2013 10:16:20 PM 741 Views
Playing along with this one solely for sake of #5; 22. Joel - 11/08/2013 11:35:54 PM 765 Views
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