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Posted by: Kickimanjaro

Posted by: Frag Ingot
catrding to Schrodinger, until it has been revieled, he has both everything, and nothing in his pocket.
How does Tim's knowledge of what is in Ben's pocket affect the Schrodinger question, though?
It's all about relativity...

  • 07.27.2012 4:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: spartain ken 15

Posted by: hi 222
Is it a halo 1 pistol?


I don't think people are allowed to own weapons of mass destruction.

How about a fake one?

  • 07.27.2012 4:24 PM PDT

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  • 07.27.2012 4:25 PM PDT

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Scrubs season 5, episode 20. Or the recent Batman movie.
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Was that the one where Dr. Cox loses several patients in a single day due to Jill Tracy's tainted organs?

  • 07.27.2012 4:26 PM PDT

“Oh, it’s a little bit of everything, it’s the mountains, it’s the fog, it’s the news at six o’clock, it’s the death of my first dog, it’s the angels up above me, it’s the song that they don’t sing, It’s a little bit of everything.”
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Posted by: Frag Ingot

Posted by: Kickimanjaro

Posted by: Frag Ingot
catrding to Schrodinger, until it has been revieled, he has both everything, and nothing in his pocket.
How does Tim's knowledge of what is in Ben's pocket affect the Schrodinger question, though?
It's all about relativity...
Right, I had pictured Tim as an observer like us, but this is a false assumption.

  • 07.27.2012 4:28 PM PDT

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Posted by: Primo84
What was your most emotional moment in any form of media?

Scrubs season 5, episode 20. Or the recent Batman movie.
Nate Hawbaker
Was that the one where Dr. Cox loses several patients in a single day due to Jill Tracy's tainted organs?
I think it's the one where Laverne dies. Or is that season 6? Let me do a quick watch, I have all the seasons on my iphone.

[Edited on 07.27.2012 4:28 PM PDT]

  • 07.27.2012 4:28 PM PDT

Here is what Ben told me.

It's straight up a reference to Tolkien's "The Hobbit". Tim and I just had the same idea which we discussed earlier, and decided to collude for fun.

Here's a passage from the book, stolen from the Tolkien homepage:

Gollum was disappointed once more; and now he was getting angry, and also tired of the game. It had made him very hungry indeed. This time he did not go back to the boat. He sat down in the dark by Bilbo. That made the hobbit most dreadfully uncomfortable and scattered his wits.

"It's got to ask uss a quesstion, my preciouss, yes, yess, yesss. Jusst one more quesstion to guess, yes, yess," said Gollum.

But Bilbo simply could not think of any question with that nasty wetcold thing sitting next to him, and pawing and poking him. He scratched himself, he pinched himself; still he could not think of anything.

"Ask us! ask us!" said Gollum.

Bilbo pinched himself and slapped himself; he gripped on his little sword; he even felt in his pocket with his other hand. There he found the ring he had picked up in the passage and forgotten about.

"What have I got in my pocket?" he said aloud. He was talking to himself, but Gollum thought it was a riddle, and he was frightfully upset.

"Not fair! not fair!" he hissed. "It isn't fair, my precious, is it, not fair, is it? To ask us what it's got in its nassty little pocketses?"

Bilbo seeing what had happened and having nothing better to ask stuck to his question. "What have I got in my pocket?" he said louder.

"S-s-s-s-s," hissed Gollum. "It must give us three guesseses, my preciouss, three guesseses."

"Very well! Guess away!" said Bilbo.

"Handses!" said Gollum.

"Wrong," said Bilbo, who had luckily just taken his hand out again. "Guess again!"

"S-s-s-s-s," said Gollum more upset than ever. He thought of all the things he kept in his own pockets: fish bones, goblins' teeth, wet shells, a bit of bat-wing, a sharp stone to sharpen his fangs on, and other nasty things. He tried to think what other people kept in their pockets.

"Knife!" he said at last.

"Wrong!" said Bilbo, who had lost his some time ago. "Last guess!"

Now Gollum was in a much worse state than when Bilbo had asked him the egg-question. He hissed and spluttered and rocked himself backwards and forwards, and slapped his feet on the floor, and wriggled and squirmed; butstill he did not dare to waste his last guess.

"Come on!" said Bilbo. "I am waiting!" He tried to sound bold and cheerful, but he did not feel at all sure how the game was going to end, whether Gollum guessed right or not.
"Time's up!" he said.

"String, or nothing!" shrieked Gollum, which was not quite fair working in two guesses at once.

"Both wrong," cried Bilbo very much relieved; and he jumped at once to his feet, put his back to the nearest wall, and held out his little sword. He knew, of course, that the riddle-game was sacred and of immense antiquity, and even wicked creatures were afraid to cheat when they played at it. But he felt he could not trust this slimy thing to keep any promise at a pinch. Any excuse would do for him to slide out of it. And after all that last question had not been a genuine riddle according to the ancient laws.

But at any rate Gollum did not at once attack him. He could see the sword in Bilbo's hand. He sat still, shivering and whispering. At last Bilbo could wait no longer.

"Well?" he said. "What about your promise? I want to go. You must show me the way."

"Did we say so, precious? Show the nassty little Baggins the way out, yes, yes. But what has it got in its pocketses, eh? Not string, precious, but not nothing. Oh no! gollum!"

"Never you mind," said Bilbo. "A promise is a promise."

  • 07.27.2012 4:28 PM PDT

In a time long past, the armies of the dark came again to the lands of men. Their leaders became known as the fallen lords, and their terrible sorcery was without equal in the west.
In 30 years they reduced the civilized nations into carrion and ash. Until the free city of Madrigal alone defined them. An army gathered there, and a desperate battle was joined against the fallen
Heros were born in the fire and bloodshed of the wars which followed and their names and deeds will never be forgotten

You got to be kidding me, it was the Hobbit thing.

[Edited on 07.27.2012 4:29 PM PDT]

  • 07.27.2012 4:29 PM PDT

Please stop complaining about the 'death of a loved one' it's my job. They probably deserved it anyways. Here's a warning, if you keep making pentagrams out of the neighbors livestock I will personally come to your house and kill everyone you love. Now leave me alone, I got to get back to work.
~M.D~

is the answer? Your mom?
p.s I love the hobbitt!! I've red it countless times! That's one of my favorite parts.

[Edited on 07.27.2012 4:33 PM PDT]

  • 07.27.2012 4:30 PM PDT

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Posted by: DeeJ

So, er, who won?

  • 07.27.2012 4:30 PM PDT

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Bye.

So it wasn't a genuine riddle? Maybe next time.

Also, whoever spotted The Hobbit reference first should get the shirt. :-D

  • 07.27.2012 4:30 PM PDT

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So, DeeJ. Did anybody win?

Also, dmg, you owe me a prize.

  • 07.27.2012 4:31 PM PDT


Posted by: DeeJ
So who won?

  • 07.27.2012 4:31 PM PDT

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Bye.

Izak was the first to get a hobbit reference. So....did he win?

  • 07.27.2012 4:32 PM PDT

In a time long past, the armies of the dark came again to the lands of men. Their leaders became known as the fallen lords, and their terrible sorcery was without equal in the west.
In 30 years they reduced the civilized nations into carrion and ash. Until the free city of Madrigal alone defined them. An army gathered there, and a desperate battle was joined against the fallen
Heros were born in the fire and bloodshed of the wars which followed and their names and deeds will never be forgotten

It sounded like Deej didn't even know the answer himself.

  • 07.27.2012 4:32 PM PDT

Who was the first person in this thread to mention The Hobbit? You tell me.

The Winning answer should be "A ring".

  • 07.27.2012 4:32 PM PDT

“Oh, it’s a little bit of everything, it’s the mountains, it’s the fog, it’s the news at six o’clock, it’s the death of my first dog, it’s the angels up above me, it’s the song that they don’t sing, It’s a little bit of everything.”
- Dawes, A little bit of everything


Posted by: spartain ken 15
It sounded like Deej didn't even know the answer himself.
For it was not his riddle.

  • 07.27.2012 4:32 PM PDT

Posted by: Izak609
What's in ben's pocket?

A ring!


Winner.

  • 07.27.2012 4:33 PM PDT

GGGGGGggggggggggggGGGG

Too bad I arrived late. I just happen to be reading the Hobbit...

  • 07.27.2012 4:33 PM PDT

“Oh, it’s a little bit of everything, it’s the mountains, it’s the fog, it’s the news at six o’clock, it’s the death of my first dog, it’s the angels up above me, it’s the song that they don’t sing, It’s a little bit of everything.”
- Dawes, A little bit of everything


Posted by: Izak609
What's in ben's pocket?

A ring!
Congrats!

  • 07.27.2012 4:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: DeeJ
Who was the first person in this thread to mention The Hobbit? You tell me.

The Winning answer should be "A ring".
Izak

  • 07.27.2012 4:33 PM PDT

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Damn it! If only I was quick enough to reply. Oh well, congrats Izak!

  • 07.27.2012 4:35 PM PDT
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I'm trying to become an '04, but it's not working too well."

Congrats!!!

And i'll happily name myself runner up for saying 'it's not a riddle', actually referencing The Hobbit!!!

[Edited on 07.27.2012 4:38 PM PDT]

  • 07.27.2012 4:36 PM PDT

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Posted by: dmg04
Congrats!!!


I still get a prize for guessing when DeeJ will reply correctly, right?

  • 07.27.2012 4:37 PM PDT
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There's a rocket in Ben's pocket!

  • 07.27.2012 4:37 PM PDT