combat, potion, archeologist data.base entries
Add second quotes for archeologist and potion, plus a silly new entry for combat.
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# SCCS Id: @(#)data.base 3.5 2007/02/08
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# SCCS Id: @(#)data.base 3.5 2007/04/29
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# Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
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# Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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# NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
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and disciples have advanced so far as to be able to say
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when.
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[ The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce ]
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archeologist
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archeolog*
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* archeologist
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Archeology is the search for fact, not truth. [...]
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So forget any ideas you've got about lost cities, exotic travel,
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and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried
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treasure, and X never, ever, marks the spot.
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[ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ]
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"I cannot be having with archeological excavations, myself,"
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I said. "The fellows who dig them only ever find tiny walls
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and a few bits of broken pottery, and then they get all
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excited and swear that they have just made the most
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important discovery of the century, the ruins of a mile-high
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gold-covered temple to Frogmore the God of Bike-Saddle
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Fixtures or some such."
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"I think you will find," said Mr Rune, "that they do this
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in order to secure further government funding for their
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diggings and so remain in employment."
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"That is a rather cynical view," I said.
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[ the brightonomicon, by Robert Rankin ]
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# [title & author: same situation as with "bad luck" entry]
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archon
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Archons are the predominant inhabitants of the heavens.
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However unusual their appearance, they are not generally
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and says "In Frobs We Trust" in several languages.
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[ Zork Zero, by Infocom ]
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# not "stethoscope"
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combat
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fight
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fracas
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melee
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spat
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squabble
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tiff
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[Scene: Mr. Moon and Gilbert enter tavern and discover many
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corpses strewn about the place; Blind Pew is sole survivor.]
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Blind Pew: Evening. Sounded as though there has been a bit
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of a squabble.
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Mr. Moon: Squabble? They're all dead.
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Blind Pew: Oh. Must have been more of a tiff then.
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[ Yellowbeard, directed by Mel Damski, screenplay
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by Graham Chapman, Peter Cook, Bernard McKenna ]
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cope
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* cope
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The cope is a liturgical vestment which may be worn by any
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preservative instinct of the race is to be unscientific --
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and without science we are as the snakes and toads.
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[ The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce ]
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Jack Burton: What's in the flask, Egg? Magic potion?
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Egg Shen: Yeah.
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Jack: I thought so, good. What do we do? Drink it?
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Egg: Yeah.
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Jack: Good, I thought so.
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[later]
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Jack: This does what again, exactly?
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Egg: Huge buzz! [drinks] Oh good! See things no
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one else can see, do things no one else can do.
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[ Big in Trouble in Little China, directed by
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John Carpenter, written by Gary Goldman &
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David Z. Weinstein, adaptation by W. D. Richter ]
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pray*
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Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every
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prayer reduces itself to this: Great God, grant that twice
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