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Wednesday, 11 April, 2007 by Nameless
You sit down.       
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Humpty Dudley sat on a pitAmid the thought of the fiery destruction that impended, the
idea of the coolness of the well came over my soul like balm.
I rushed to its deadly brink. I threw my straining vision
below. The glare from the enkindled roof illumined its inmost
recesses. Yet, for a wild moment, did my spirit refuse to
comprehend the meaning of what I saw. At length it forced --
it wrestled its way into my soul -- it burned itself in upon my
shuddering reason. Oh! for a voice to speak! -- oh! horror! --
oh! any horror but this!
        [ The Pit and the Pendulum, by Edgar Allan Poe ]

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You fall into a pitAmid the thought of the fiery destruction that impended, the
idea of the coolness of the well came over my soul like balm.
I rushed to its deadly brink.  I threw my straining vision
below.  The glare from the enkindled roof illumined its inmost
recesses.  Yet, for a wild moment, did my spirit refuse to
comprehend the meaning of what I saw.  At length it forced --
it wrestled its way into my soul -- it burned itself in upon my
shuddering reason.  Oh! for a voice to speak! -- oh! horror! --
oh! any horror but this!
        [ The Pit and the Pendulum, by Edgar Allan Poe ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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Humpty Dudley fell into it... 
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And all the king's horses and the kings men... 
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   /  REST IN  \    
  /    PEACE    \   
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 |     Dudley    |  
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 |    a horseKing Richard III: A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
Catesby: Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a horse.
King Richard III: Slave, I have set my life upon a cast,
                  And I will stand the hazard of the die:
                  I think there be six Richmonds in the field;
                  Five have I slain to-day instead of him.
                  A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
        [ King Richard III, by William Shakespeare ]

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Made Dudley start Nethack all over again!
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Based on a (vaguely) true story.

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SomeoneElse April 11, 2007 03:05
First comment: 11 September, 2006 143 comments written
It's only a "fair" from me this time, because of the missing apostrophe typo. It's a decent comic, though.
G April 11, 2007 05:12
First comment: 5 October, 2005 82 comments written
Truly amused I am.
jukka April 11, 2007 09:15
First comment: 22 November, 2006 57 comments written
Nice Dudleyish twist at the end.
Roger Barnett April 11, 2007 12:25
First comment: 7 April, 2006 143 comments written
Yay, NetHack for kids!
SQLGuru April 11, 2007 17:25
First comment: 23 October, 2006 77 comments written
Nethack is too violent for kids. It's more violent than Death[Pestilence:] And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals,
and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four
beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white
horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given
unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

[War:] And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the
second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another
horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon
to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one
another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

[Famine:] And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the
third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black
horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his
hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say,
A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley
for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

[Death:] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the
voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and
behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death,
and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over
the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with
hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
[ Revelations of John, 6:1-8 ]

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Qur April 11, 2007 18:44
First comment: 11 April, 2007 2 comments written
I do not get the reference... Can anyone help? Or is it just a rhyme?
Armv April 11, 2007 20:45
First comment: 5 October, 2006 28 comments written
To Qur:

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the kings horses and all the kings men,
Couldn't put Humpty back togather again.

I believe that is how it goes...
Luos April 13, 2007 19:14
First comment: 13 November, 2005 29 comments written
It's in Alice in the Wonderland
Fathead April 17, 2007 02:49
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Cute!
Grognor April 22, 2007 10:21
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
Meh. But increased meh. Better than your average meh.
Antheridium May 30, 2007 10:39
First comment: 17 May, 2007 442 comments written
Insert 'ring ofThree Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne,
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
        [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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