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Tuesday, 29 April, 2008 by Barker
You hear someone    
cursing shoplifters 
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@ "Closed for staffSo they stood, each in his place, neither moving a finger's
breadth back, for one good hour, and many blows were given
and received by each in that time, till here and there were
sore bones and bumps, yet neither thought of crying "Enough,"
or seemed likely to fall from off the bridge. Now and then
they stopped to rest, and each thought that he never had seen
in all his life before such a hand at quarterstaff. At last
Robin gave the stranger a blow upon the ribs that made his
jacket smoke like a damp straw thatch in the sun. So shrewd
was the stroke that the stranger came within a hair's breadth
of falling off the bridge; but he regained himself right
quickly, and, by a dexterous blow, gave Robin a crack on the
crown that caused the blood to flow. Then Robin grew mad
with anger, and smote with all his might at the other; but
the stranger warded the blow, and once again thwacked Robin,
and this time so fairly that he fell heels over head into the
water, as the queen pin falls in a game of bowls.
        [ The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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@ "I'll block the doorThrough me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
        [ The Inferno, from The Divine Comedy of Dante
                Alighieri, translated by H.F. Cary ]

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Is there a Trading Standards office in the dungeon?

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Rating

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Average rating: Excellent
Number of ratings: 18

Comments

Wellan April 29, 2008 00:16
First comment: 27 November, 2007 247 comments written
No, there is no Trading Standards in the dungeon. If there wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting
the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a
were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province,
"notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase."
The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins,
halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the
said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to
take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other
penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may
judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following
year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who
ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little
children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears,
had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French
pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from
eating infants on a fast day.
        [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ]

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NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details., the shopkeepers wouldn't kill you when you steal stuff.

Good comic!
IcanIcan't April 29, 2008 00:46
First comment: 29 April, 2008 1 comments written
Wonderful, more like this please!!
gneek April 29, 2008 02:33
First comment: 18 January, 2008 159 comments written
Haha! The best one I've seen in a while.
Kernigh April 29, 2008 04:05
First comment: 6 April, 2005 349 comments written
http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20060405
Loof April 29, 2008 07:36
First comment: 2 May, 2005 22 comments written
Pure Genius!
Eskimo April 29, 2008 11:45
First comment: 14 April, 2004 166 comments written
Best this year!
Every Submitter Who Isn't Barker April 29, 2008 12:06
First comment: 29 April, 2008 1 comments written
We feel rather disheartened now. :(
Still, 'E' and all.
Slowpoke April 29, 2008 16:56
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
I apologize for rating this one Excellent, but I couldn't find a higher one to give it.
Wonderer April 29, 2008 17:09
First comment: 22 March, 2007 106 comments written
Hmmm...trained monkeys, the standard staffSo they stood, each in his place, neither moving a finger's
breadth back, for one good hour, and many blows were given
and received by each in that time, till here and there were
sore bones and bumps, yet neither thought of crying "Enough,"
or seemed likely to fall from off the bridge. Now and then
they stopped to rest, and each thought that he never had seen
in all his life before such a hand at quarterstaff. At last
Robin gave the stranger a blow upon the ribs that made his
jacket smoke like a damp straw thatch in the sun. So shrewd
was the stroke that the stranger came within a hair's breadth
of falling off the bridge; but he regained himself right
quickly, and, by a dexterous blow, gave Robin a crack on the
crown that caused the blood to flow. Then Robin grew mad
with anger, and smote with all his might at the other; but
the stranger warded the blow, and once again thwacked Robin,
and this time so fairly that he fell heels over head into the
water, as the queen pin falls in a game of bowls.
        [ The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. in retail...
Barker April 30, 2008 08:54
First comment: 30 April, 2008 5 comments written
Thanks for the great comments! Guess I'll have to start working on some other ideas now...
Deshmeister Prime May 15, 2008 01:03
First comment: 15 May, 2008 20 comments written
Unfunny
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