1. You are going to become soldiers. A soldier does not think. He only obeys. Do you really think that if a soldier thought twice he'd give his life for queen and country? Not bloody likely. The Man Who Would Be King

2. Lingerie. Oh, remember lingerie? Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior3. They say rubber's mainly for perverts. Don't know why. Think it's ( Read more... )

Answers for Movie Quote Quiz III are now up (except for #4, which no-one has picked correctly yet - nor #7 in Quiz II).

Leading the pack are king_espresso with 11, angriest with 10, and bunny_m with 6.

1. Even with all this accumulated knowledge, when will these dummies learn to use a door knob? Superman II

2. It's a German name. It means 'she whose bosoms defy gravity'. ( Read more... )

Answers for Movie Quote Quiz II are now up (except for #7, which no-one has picked correctly yet). Winners so far are king_espresso with 6, angriest with 4, and bunny_m with 3.

1. Hey, come on! I'll show you where my dad keeps his gun. The Sixth Sense

2. Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier somewhere else. Batman3. Sir, the truth is, I talk to God all the ( Read more... )

Finished another chapter of my thesis today, so to unwind a little...

1. Its origin and purpose are still a total mystery. 2001: a space odyssey

2. I was depressed, I was confused and I was turning Japanese. Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD

3. Well, they've got a very good bass section, mind, but no top tenors, that's for sure. Zulu4. Okay; I’ll go manicure ( Read more... )

1. I never use it myself, sir. It promotes rust. Forbidden Planet, picked by sovay, king_espresso, and dalekboy

2. We're actors! We're the opposite of people! Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, picked by scotsnow

3. Quick impression for you: Caw! Caw! Bang! Fuck, I'm dead! The Crow, picked by scotsnow and lederhosen4. Hell, I even thought I was dead 'til I found out it was just that I was in ( Read more... )

Having just crashed and burned doing the Guardian's World Book Day Quiz (scoring an embarrassing 12 out of 29), I thought it was time for another last line game ( Read more... )

Here are (another) ten first lines from novels and short stories I've read (mostly novels). Care to guess the titles?

Update: only two to go! Get 'em while they last! Avoid the Grinchmas rush ( Read more... )

2000 words of my Doctor Who story today. Damn, it feels good to be writing short stories again!

As a variation on the First-Line Game, here are ten last lines from novels and short stories I've read. Want to guess the titles?

1. We live in the lovely quiet and dark. ('The Persistence of Vision', John Varley, picked by splanky2. "'We take them out and ( Read more... )

As promised, the answers to the First Line Game questions that have eluded everyone:

2. 'You know the song, don't you? "There's no business like show business".' Harry gets the Ethel Merman intonation just right as he heats up a poker in the gas burner. (The Long Firm, Jake Arnott ( Read more... )

Ok, you know the routine by now. These are the ten that no-one guessed the first time around. Watch this space for the answers.

1. Horror and fatality have been stalking abroad in all ages. ('Metzengerstein', Edgar Allan Poe, picked by murasaki_1966)

2. 'You know the song, don't you? "There's no business like show business".' Harry gets the Ethel Merman ( Read more... )