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Message no. 1
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: [OT] Re: Challenge/ Idea: Shop names
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 11:37:15 +0100
According to Nexx, on Sun, 05 Nov 2000 the word on the street was...

> > In one of the published games there was a business that engraved bullets,
> > you know, putting people's names on them for that personal touch.
>
> "I never worry about the bullets with my name in them. I find them to be
> much less frequent than those addressed 'To whom it may concern'..."
>
> Can't remember who said it, but I still like it.

There's something like that in an episode of Blackadder Goes Forth (the
first one, I think), where Baldrick carves his name in a bullet so that he
can't be shot by it, to which Blackadder replies something along the lines
of what you posted. I don't remember the way it's phrased exactly, but I'm
sure the person on the list with the Blackadder signatures will be able to
dig up the relevant quote :)

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Message no. 2
From: Paul Collins paulcollins@*******.com
Subject: [OT] Re: Challenge/ Idea: Shop names
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 23:57:56 +1100
There's something like that in an episode of Blackadder Goes Forth (the
first one, I think), where Baldrick carves his name in a bullet so that he
can't be shot by it, to which Blackadder replies something along the lines
of what you posted. I don't remember the way it's phrased exactly, but I'm
sure the person on the list with the Blackadder signatures will be able to
dig up the relevant quote :)


BlackAdder goes forth, plan B


[The dugout. Edmund is sitting in a chair reading a book. A record is
playing softly. Scratching noises are heard.]

Edmund: Baldrick, what are you doing out there?

Baldrick: I'm carving something on this bullet, sir.

Edmund: What are you carving?

Baldrick: I'm carving "Baldrick", sir.

Edmund: Why?

Baldrick: It's a cunning plan, actually.

Edmund: Of course it is.

Baldrick: You see, you know they say that somewhere there's a bullet with
your name on it?

Edmund: Yes?

Baldrick: Well, I thought if I owned the bullet with my name on it, I'd
never get hit by it, 'cos I won't ever shoot myself.

Edmund: Oh, shame.

Baldrick: And, the chances of there being two bullets with my name on them
are very small indeed.

Edmund: That's not the only thing around here that's "very small indeed".
Your brain for example, is so minute, Baldrick, that if a hungry cannibal
cracked your head open there wouldn't be enough inside to cover a small
water-biscuit.

Annachie (Sure there is more, so I'll keep looking)

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Message no. 3
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: [OT] Re: Challenge/ Idea: Shop names
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 19:22:37 +0100
According to Paul Collins, on Sun, 05 Nov 2000 the word on the street was...

> Edmund: That's not the only thing around here that's "very small indeed".
> Your brain for example, is so minute, Baldrick, that if a hungry cannibal
> cracked your head open there wouldn't be enough inside to cover a small
> water-biscuit.
>
> Annachie (Sure there is more, so I'll keep looking)

There should be the line that actually started this OT thread, which you
seem to have missed quoting entirely :)

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