Guess Who Wrote This? - A PF Game

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around a game where participants guess the authors of quotes taken from past posts on Physics Forums. The game involves identifying the original poster and the forum in which the quote appeared, with a focus on well-known contributors to the community.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant proposes a game based on guessing the authors of quotes from Physics Forums posts.
  • Another participant suggests that quotes should not be too common to avoid making guessing too easy.
  • There are multiple guesses regarding the authorship of quotes, with some participants correcting each other on their guesses.
  • Participants express uncertainty about the rules and suggest amendments, such as ensuring quotes are original and not sourced from elsewhere.
  • Several participants share humorous or anecdotal comments related to the quotes being guessed.
  • At least one participant recalls a specific quote and its context, contributing to the ongoing guessing game.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the structure of the game but have differing opinions on the rules and the difficulty of guessing the quotes. There is no consensus on certain quotes, as multiple guesses are made without clear resolution.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express confusion about the rules and the nature of the quotes, indicating that there may be missing assumptions regarding the game's structure and expectations.

Who May Find This Useful

Members of the Physics Forums community interested in a light-hearted game that engages with past discussions and quotes from well-known contributors.

  • #61
Could people focus on 1 quote rather than several quotes.
 
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  • #62
BH: Sounds like Iaachus in Philosophy I think. Barring that, religion.

Right about LG of course. It is obviously from the start of LG's infamous "Proof for the existence of god..."

Maybe we are getting too many philosophy ones?
 
  • #63
FZ,
Yes, it was Iaachus in religion. :smile:
 
  • #64
Originally posted by Tsunami
Nope. It was in How Stuff Works. Here's another of my favorites:

Who said this?

"I once got drunk with some illegal aliens. Then I think I lost my car for about six hours."

I remember this one well. Ivan
Seeking in mystics & pseudo
 
  • #65
Originally posted by zoobyshoe
I remember this one well. Ivan
Seeking in mystics & pseudo

Ya that one was pretty trasparent- I could have easily made the same guess (so why didn't I?..grrrr)
 
  • #66
Uh... is it my go?

"That Crusader was a particular example that made me mention Runsfeld...when ever a raving, slobbering hawk like Rumsfeld sees a problem, it must be HUGE."
 
  • #67
Originally posted by BoulderHead
Here is another big, long, hint;

"As for the number 666, what it represents is two thirds, and hence the second of three degrees: the first being 0 to 333, the second being 334 to 666, and the third being 667 to 1000. Which would be about right, for if you portrayed a symmetrical cross, where the top, bottom, left and right (sections) were equal in length, then by adding "an extension" equal in length at the base, you would have these same three degrees portrayed by the height of the cross: where the first two degrees (666 and below) exist below the horizontal plane, or "cross beam," and the third degree (667 and above) exists above it. So in this respect the number 217 (as opposed to 216) would be similar to 667."

When I read this only one member comes to my mind. How about you?

It reminds me of one of our faviorite crackpots, he's been gone for a long time, Fellow called himself Donde, had his own definition of Pi.
 
  • #68
It reminds me of one of our faviorite crackpots, he's been gone for a long time, Fellow called himself Donde, had his own definition of Pi.
Did he insist that (Pi)(rround), not square?


Originally posted by FZ+
Uh... is it my go?

"That Crusader was a particular example that made me mention Runsfeld...when ever a raving, slobbering hawk like Rumsfeld sees a problem, it must be HUGE."
Was it Njorl?
(the word 'hawk' makes me think of him)
 
  • #69
Nope.
 
  • #70
Fz+

Was it that incendiary Danish guy
who had that long thread going
about how Americans are culturally
inferior?
 
  • #71
Close.. (only many thousands of miles) but no cigar.
 
  • #72
Right thread, wrong poster, I'm
guessing. Hmmm...if it only
weren't against the rules to look...
 
  • #73
Originally posted by FZ+
Uh... is it my go?

"That Crusader was a particular example that made me mention Runsfeld...when ever a raving, slobbering hawk like Rumsfeld sees a problem, it must be HUGE."

Since you mention Rumsfeld, I'd say it was in the P&WA Forum, and guess it was Zero (hey, if you're going to guess, you might as well guess the Mentor of the Forum :smile:).
 
  • #74
Correct, Mentat!
 

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