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Wasn't it in the book The Prisoner Of Zenda ?
No idea who wrote it though
No idea who wrote it though
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The Prisoner of Zenda is the book, for sure -- novel published in 1894.
The author was a prolific fiction writer; but readers as a whole don't seem to have rated his stuff highly -- his only well-known works are Zenda and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau. He wrote under a pseudonym which was, simply, the first and second of his three actual names -- like Brunel, say, writing books with "Isambard Kingdom" as a nom de plume. (Don't know if any of this helps.)
The author was a prolific fiction writer; but readers as a whole don't seem to have rated his stuff highly -- his only well-known works are Zenda and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau. He wrote under a pseudonym which was, simply, the first and second of his three actual names -- like Brunel, say, writing books with "Isambard Kingdom" as a nom de plume. (Don't know if any of this helps.)
At end of road here, it seems Im stuck for further hints, and am about to be away from computer till this evening. The author is Anthony Hope full real name Anthony Hope Hawkins.
martinsh, you got the book, even though not the author; your floor.
martinsh, you got the book, even though not the author; your floor.
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The author was Anthony Hope.
However, George MacDonald Fraser in "Royal Flash" (part of his "Flashman Diaries" series), credits our hero Harry Flashman with being the real character behind the story, saying that Flashman told Hope all about his adventures and Hope stole the story!
However, George MacDonald Fraser in "Royal Flash" (part of his "Flashman Diaries" series), credits our hero Harry Flashman with being the real character behind the story, saying that Flashman told Hope all about his adventures and Hope stole the story!
An unfortunate sequence of events ! -- with your post, Ebbw Junction 1, just two minutes after mine. The right thing will be: for my giving martinsh the floor, to stand.
I’ve read both The Prisoner of Zenda and Royal Flash – I admit finding the latter a good deal more entertaining; but I’m a sucker for Fraser and “Flashman”. Royal Flash is of course set not in Ruritania, but in another fictional country, of Fraser’s invention – a sort of German / Danish mix.
I’ve read both The Prisoner of Zenda and Royal Flash – I admit finding the latter a good deal more entertaining; but I’m a sucker for Fraser and “Flashman”. Royal Flash is of course set not in Ruritania, but in another fictional country, of Fraser’s invention – a sort of German / Danish mix.
martinsh
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I've not got anything to hand, so EbbwJunction1 can have the floor
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Okay, thanks.
Apart all from being states of the USA, what two things do the following have in common?
Delaware
Oregon
Tennessee
New Jersey
theageofthetra
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They are all in the Perry Como song What did Delaware for one but no idea of the other.
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Yes, that's one of the things.
DaleCooper
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Their largest cities are not their capitals.
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That might be right, but it's not what I'm looking for - sorry.
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I'm not sure whether it's ridiculous or not (although it is true!), but again it's not what I'm looking for.
Here's what I hope is a clue: You can hear the thing that Mr tra got right, but you could / can see the thing that is outstanding.
DaleCooper
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This is obscure but here goes:
They were episodes in the 2016 season of "National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts" TV documentary.
They were episodes in the 2016 season of "National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts" TV documentary.
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That's interesting, but too obscure for me!
I'm trying to find a clue that will help without giving it away but I can't, so I'll just give the answer. This is that as well as featuring in the Perry Como song, they were all names of battleships of the US Navy.
Delaware - BB28
Oregon - BB3
Tennessee - BB43
New Jersey - BB62
As he got part of it right, I'll invite Mr tra to take the helm and steer us away from Battleship Row!
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Keeping the nautical theme. Historically it was forbidden to whistle on board a ship. Why was this and who was the one member of crew this didn't apply to?
deltic1989
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Whistling was (and depending on the captain still is) forbidden, because in days gone by the main method of passing orders on a ship was the boatswain's call. An instrument that emits a high pitched whistle sound. If a sailor was whistling this could be heard and misinterpreted. Well that's the reason that I was given in my basic training anyway.
Depending on who you talk to they may tell you that whistling was used as a method of communication between mutineers.
If memory serves, whistling was also believed to summon wind, and so the youngest member of the crew is permitted to whistle, as it thought that a young boy will only summon a small about of wind.
Depending on who you talk to they may tell you that whistling was used as a method of communication between mutineers.
If memory serves, whistling was also believed to summon wind, and so the youngest member of the crew is permitted to whistle, as it thought that a young boy will only summon a small about of wind.
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Mostly correct other than a superstition that whistling would summon strong winds- I have a different crew member who had to whistle when performing certain tasks (not the one using a whistle to communicate an order)
deltic1989
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Then all I have is the cooks to show that they are not eating/spitting in the food.
My Captain simply banned whistling in the Standing Orders, because it was irritating. After you got fined 50 quid suddenly the Hornpipe isn't such a cheery tune.
DaleCooper
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If only HMS Manchild was still with us, he'd have known the answer.
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Thats it- it was to prove that the cook when stoning fruit wasn't eating it.
Your poop deck
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I'll call an open deck, as I have shore leave tonight.
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I'll take it if I may:
What is the replacement for the Animal Gelatin in the new polymer £5 going to be in the £20 note?
This hopefully won't last too long!
What is the replacement for the Animal Gelatin in the new polymer £5 going to be in the £20 note?
This hopefully won't last too long!
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Good answer, but no, as I think you know. I think more people than just vegans would get annoyed if that was the real answer!
DaleCooper
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I'm an orphan and could do with losing a bit of weight so that's ok with me.
I think the real answer is the tears of a witch collected in graveyard at midnight under a full moon.
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It's palm oil according to the newspapers lately.
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Not that either! I get from orphan fat an image of a going parentless child being butchered like a pig is for example and the fat torn off!
I do think you are not an 'orphan' as such if your parents die OAPs when you are in your fourties as when you are say five and you're parents die in a freak accident, not that I'm commenting on your situation
edit: well done Peter Mugridge, took longer than I expected,even if the answers sent that serious!
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The environmental damage caused by which is truely staggering.