Where is it from?

[Frostina]

No need to rummage thru our boxes of trash fiction for this one then

 

and, dont you just me for it?

 

Methinks tis by some dead guy who had English as a fourth or fifth language

 

maybe that's what I would want you to think!

[Andy78]

"The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity."

 

 

The line doth not ring any bells. Wouldst the lady fair bestoweth us with a clue?

[Frostina]

ummm... It's written in the late 19th Century.

 

 

 

... in Europe

[Andy78]

I'm tempted to plump for something by Victor Hugo . . . erm . . . knows it's not Les Mis and it's not Hunchback of Notre Dame . . . erm . . . Hernani?

[Frostina]

Nope.. not Hugo.

 

try again!

[Greg_A]

Isn't that one by Maupassant?

[Xtro]

It's Maupassant - but I cheated and went across to Goodreads to confirm it (hey, I'm old - trying to remember things from before most people were born is difficult sometimes! )

[Frostina]

Yeah, G. It's him.

darn! now, just the book...

[Xtro]

Think of something 'soapy' - like Dallas, but set in Europe...

[Andy78]

My knowledge of Maupassant is limited to Day in the Country. Is it Frosty? Please say it is so?

[Red_A]

My knowledge of Maupassant is limited to Day in the Country. Is it Frosty? Please say it is so?

 

No it is not, try again.

Isn't google marvelous

[Greg_A]

If it's the book I'm thinking it is, it's named after the two brothers: Pierre et Jean. Am I remembering correctly?

[Frostina]

yep! Thats the one!

 

your turn, G.

[Greg_A]

Love ya Baby Girl! And I would even if I hadn't guessed correctly!

 

So let's try this one on for size:

 

The alarm was blaring at me. I looked blearily at the clock in the dark, its red letters flashing 4:30 am. I groaned and turned it off. I briefly considered blowing off tryouts today, but then brushed the idea aside. I was determined that high school was going to be different, and the first step in making that happen was to get on the cross country and soccer teams.

[Andy78]

It sounds like DanK's It Started With Brian, but surely I'm the only person who quotes stories from GA because nobody ever gets them

[Frostina]

lol Andy, you're right!

 

G, we got your strategy!

[Andy78]

Well since nobody even got my line from Comsie's GFD Frosty, tis but a sound strategy

 

Let us try this one:

 

"Very soon we'll be eating Lepadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimypotrimmatosilphiotyromelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptokephaliokinklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetragalopterygon"

 

NB:

 

1. That is not a typo

 

2. Yes, it is one word

[Frostina]

okay Andy, the thing is... i KNOW that word. and therefore.. i know where it is from..

 

Imma wait for a bit on this one!

[podga]

I know this one, too

[Frostina]

I know this one, too

 

Of course You do!

[Andy78]

Why am I not surprised that the Greek guy, and the person who loves literature by dead guys who couldn't speak English, both know this one

[Frostina]

Why am I not surprised that the Greek guy, and the person who loves literature by dead guys who couldn't speak English, both know this one

 

'Cus you us???

[podga]

Why am I not surprised that the Greek guy, and the person who loves literature by dead guys who couldn't speak English, both know this one

 

If only I could share this with my mom. Proof that I was actually paying attention in class all those years ago She'd be so proud!

[comicfan]

Okay so I am an English major but even I had to read part of this one. If it wasn't for that god awful long word that I recall asking my professor if it was real I'd never remember this one. And yes the Greek guy should know this one. The question is do I answer or wait. And don't count out us American's. We have gotten our educations too! Comedies. Bah.

[Red_A]

well I went to a classic Grammar school so I have read it but what piece and what author, I cannot remember. and the books are so dusty they went out the window.