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Wednesday, 23 April, 2008 by Nameless
                    
                    
Dr. Dudley Presents:
                    
 A guide"Rincewind!"
Twoflower sprang off the bed.  The wizard jumped back,
wrenching his features into a smile.
"My dear chap, right on time!  We'll just have lunch, and
then I'm sure you've got a wonderful programme lined up for
this afternoon!"
"Er --"
"That's great!"
Rincewind took a deep breath.  "Look," he said desperately,
"let's eat somewhere else.  There's been a bit of a fight
down below."
"A tavern brawl?  Why didn't you wake me up?"
"Well, you see, I - _what_?"
"I thought I made myself clear this morning, Rincewind.  I
want to see genuine Morporkian life - the slave market, the
Whore Pits, the Temple of Small Gods, the Beggar's Guild...
and a genuine tavern brawl."  A faint note of suspicion
entered Twoflower's voice.  "You _do_ have them, don't you?
You know, people swinging on chandeliers, swordfights over
the table, the sort of thing Hrun the Barbarian and the
Weasel are always getting involved in.  You know --
_excitement_."
        [ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]

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     wildlife
"He has a PhD in choosing HealerI swear by Apollo the physician, and Aesculapius, and Health,
and All-heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that, according
to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this
stipulation -- to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear
to me as my parents, to share my substance with him, and relieve
his necessities if required; to look upon his offspring in the
same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if
they shall wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and
that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction,
I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those
of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath
according to the law of medicine, but to none others. I will
follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and
judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain
from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. [...]
        [ Hippocrates' Oath, translated by Francis Adams ]

PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our
dogs when well.
        [ The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce ]

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     |........|     
     |.nazi.@.|     
     |........|     
     |.....@..|     
     |........|     
     -|------|-     
      #      #
@ "A Nazi. Weak, but has a firearm illegally imported from SLASH'EM. Scary." 
                    
     ----------     
     |........|     
     |.nazi.@.|     
     |........|     
     |.T...@..|     
     |........|     
     -|------|-     
      #      #
@ "A Grammar Nazi. Fast and annoying, but harmless. Not scary." 
The newt(kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of
its time in the water.
        [ Oxford's Student's Dictionary of Current English ]

"Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
        [ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]

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Nazi! --More--      
     |........|     
     |.Nazi:%.|     
     |.T......|     
     |........|     
     |......@.|     
     -|------|-     
      #      #
@ "Grammar. Very scary."
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Antheridium April 23, 2008 07:23
First comment: 17 May, 2007 442 comments written
Evidently there's something I'm not getting.
Vin April 23, 2008 08:42
First comment: 7 January, 2008 7 comments written
I think...the 'T' is grammar, and it just turned the little 'n' into a big 'N'...
Mikoangelo April 23, 2008 11:27
First comment: 19 October, 2005 82 comments written
The comment brought it home. Love it <3
Nameless April 23, 2008 12:46
First comment: 29 December, 2004 281 comments written
The 'T' is the Grammar Nazi AKA an internet trollThe troll shambled closer. He was perhaps eight feet tall,
perhaps more. His forward stoop, with arms dangling past
thick claw-footed legs to the ground, made it hard to tell.
The hairless green skin moved upon his body. His head was a
gash of a mouth, a yard-long nose, and two eyes which drank
the feeble torchlight and never gave back a gleam.
[...]
Like a huge green spider, the troll's severed hand ran on its
fingers. Across the mounded floor, up onto a log with one
taloned forefinger to hook it over the bark, down again it
scrambled, until it found the cut wrist. And there it grew
fast. The troll's smashed head seethed and knit together.
He clambered back on his feet and grinned at them. The
waning faggot cast red light over his fangs.
        [ Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson ]

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NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.. It capitalised the 'nazi' and added the colon which, for Dudley, is something very scary.
Xero Storm April 23, 2008 16:58
First comment: 24 February, 2008 32 comments written
Stand back, son of an English major coming through!

Here's the deal: The four letters are just a lable; the actual Nazi is the @ to the immediate right, hence the need to insert a colon.

I think the TrollThe troll shambled closer. He was perhaps eight feet tall,
perhaps more. His forward stoop, with arms dangling past
thick claw-footed legs to the ground, made it hard to tell.
The hairless green skin moved upon his body. His head was a
gash of a mouth, a yard-long nose, and two eyes which drank
the feeble torchlight and never gave back a gleam.
[...]
Like a huge green spider, the troll's severed hand ran on its
fingers. Across the mounded floor, up onto a log with one
taloned forefinger to hook it over the bark, down again it
scrambled, until it found the cut wrist. And there it grew
fast. The troll's smashed head seethed and knit together.
He clambered back on his feet and grinned at them. The
waning faggot cast red light over his fangs.
        [ Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.'s part in this could've been made a bit more clear, but overall it's great.

Guess Who? April 24, 2008 19:49
First comment: 24 April, 2008 1 comments written
"Not Scary." is a sentence fragment.
Slowpoke April 25, 2008 06:04
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
This too.
rpresser May 16, 2008 03:22
First comment: 6 October, 2005 51 comments written
Damn good device.
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