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- From: bertram@rchep.ph.unimelb.edu.au
- Subject: Re: lots o' questions&annotations for Mort
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.132112.1@rchep.ph.unimelb.edu.au>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:21:12 GMT
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- In article <1drrbhINNql0@cat.cis.Brown.EDU>, ST102315@brownvm.brown.edu () writes:
- > p.62..."Igneous Cutwell, DM(Unseen)..." DM may be a reference to
- > Dungeons and Dragons, where the DM (or Dungeon Master) knows
- > everything that is going on and controls what happens in the game.
- > He is clearly not above trying to inflate his credentials, as he
- > soon admits to Mort.
- >
- DM(unseen) would be the degree recieved at the Unseen University.
- Doctor of Magic (unseen University)
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- However it may be similar to a MA(Oxon) which is awarded to graduates for
- merely working for a year after graduation and paying a small fee!
-
- > p.86..."They could pee through a dozen mattresses..." Albert here mangles
- > a fairy tale. Unfortunately, I can't remember how it goes. Anyone?
- > Anyone?
- The fairy tale basically states that a princess could feel a pea through a
- dozen mattresses... A fairly obvious bastradisation.
-
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