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newlifein2k5 · Boot Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 11

PERDU Le Cube. R�compense.
Trouvez-les, et cela les
apportera � la justice. "Sente
Kiteway", Ma�tre de www.perplexcity.com

translates literally to:

LOST The Cube. Reward.
Find them, and that will bring them to justice.
"Sente Kiteway", Master of www.perplexcity.com

The way I would have written it would have been something like the following. The biggest thing to note is the increased length for 'correctness' (and even then, the second "sentence" isn't quite correct, the 'article' is missing). Just as in English, I'm sure the French skip unimportant words in classifieds in order to save money on space.

PERDU: Le Cube. R�compense offerte.
Trouvez ceux qui sont responsables; cela
leur rendront la justice. "Sente Kiteway",
Ma�tre de www.perplexcity.com

But this is French, let's make it nice and lovely, shall we (my French is getting a little rusty, but I'm pretty confident this is correct)?

Un objet de grand importance, le Cube, est perdu.
Une r�compense est offerte pour lui qui est capable
d'obtenir cet objet. Cherchez-vous pour ceux donc la
responsabilit� de ce crime se trouve; cela leur
rendront la justice qu'ils m�ritent. "Sente Kiteway",
Ma�tre chez www.perplexcity.com

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:10 am

tanner

"sofas in the stairwell" in one of the latest ads is a joke -- it's a reference to douglas adams " dirk gently - holistic detective agency"

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 5:15 am

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Snowball · Boot Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 28

Toronto Globe & Mail

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:14 am

Scott

piecing it together:

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:20 am

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Strange... really doesn't fit the tone of the rest, not to mention doesn't fit in so far. I guess we'll have to wait and see. 5 left to come I think... hopefully that will clear somethings up.

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:42 am

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Re: Toronto Globe & Mail

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:17 am

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Alex Smith · Decorated Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 162

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Odd. Very odd classified. Guess we'll just wait and see. There could be a connecting piece between USA Today's piece and Toronto Globe & Mail. I mean, we have the end of a speech in TG&M, with the beginning in the Sydney Telegraph, running through the NY Sun and USA Today. He could be about to say "But don't worry, the rich-bastards-of-Perplex-City party will go ahead tomorrow, but with extra..." and then run into TG&M. Who knows? We'll just have to wait.

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:42 am

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Milady · Boot Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 13

While the new hitchhiker's movie IS coming out, we also had a discussion (several pages long) about the reasoning for "42" in one of the other threads. This could just be the pm's giving a friendly nod to unfiction ³ and letting us know that big brother is watching.

this new ad doesn't seem to fit in the existing framework. hopefully the south china ad will be the missing link.

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:29 pm

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[quote="Milady"]While the new hitchhiker's movie IS coming out, we also had a discussion (several pages long) about the reasoning for "42" in one of the other threads. This could just be the pm's giving a friendly nod to unfiction ³ and letting us know that big brother is watching.

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I was under the impression that these things have all been prepared in advance (that's why they all form part of a larger text), so it's unlikely that they'd have any reference to something like that.

More likely, it is there for a reason, and the occurence of '42' earlier is probably not a coincidence. When/where exactly did 42 come into it before?

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 5:39 pm

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newzgrl · Boot Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 55 Location: Cincinnati

can someone explain the sofa in the stairway thing? I looked it up on amazon ..but I didn't want to give away my entire financial history and (future) to look at the book. I know... I'm lazy ... but pretty please?? Laughing

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:14 pm

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Basically the protaganist in DNA's book 'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency' had a sofa wedged in his stairwell that physically shouldn't have been stuck there. There was no way for it to be stuck there and it couldn't be moved out of the stairwell. Played a minor part in the story until some over-zealous police man guy chopped it up. *frown*

Edit: To explain further (and sense I've got the book in front of me, and I'm bored) here is a direct quote from the book. Richard (who owns the couch and the flight of stairs) created a computer program to compute a way to get the couch out...

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newzgrl · Boot Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 55 Location: Cincinnati

thanx!

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:22 pm

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I just want to hear more about this annual ball that seems to be in honor of the cube!

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:08 pm

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zeldafan8626

Yes, it sounds like perhaps this ball was when the cube was stolen (Thus explains the slight lack of security)

**Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:28 pm

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