NationStates Jolt Archive

*opens a new pub*

Woof! Welcome!

Noticed Sir Samuel on the list up there, wondered just how many Pratchett tribute characters/nations/places we've got hanging out on NS these days?

it must be an awful lot... probably more than any other writer, including Tolkien, I believe? :D

*pours out some scumble into glasses for everyone* :D

Cheers!

*drinks scumble*

I can remember seeing a Treacle Mine Road a while back.

*accepts scumble*
*toasts*

Up yours...!

Toasts with scumble. Falls down.

scumble?

*sits back and realizes that in context of the forum, he is old*

You know, I remember back in the day when we were just starting these clubs.... with blackvain's place... and the volcano.... oh for the good old days... *drones off*

*sits back and realizes that in context of the forum, he is old*

You know, I remember back in the day when we were just starting these clubs.... with blackvain's place... and the volcano.... oh for the good old days... *drones off*

You mean you don't remember the days before the clubs and pubs? When it all started inedvertently with a little chap called Kitsylvania and what become the (ultimately incorrectly titled) Eternal Thread?

I must be old!

scumble?

A discworldian drink. A kind of cider, I think. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Its made from apples, well, mostly apples...

scumble?

A discworldian drink. A kind of cider, I think. Correct me if I'm wrong.

...........hmmmm......any chance of a cup of tea?

Oh, and my Nation's motto is 'How much is that doggy in the window, and the currency is a dong, both very minor Discworld references...

Its made from apples, well, mostly apples...

I find a dead rat helps to get the fermentation going...

*sits back and realizes that in context of the forum, he is old*

You know, I remember back in the day when we were just starting these clubs.... with blackvain's place... and the volcano.... oh for the good old days... *drones off*

You mean you don't remember the days before the clubs and pubs? When it all started inedvertently with a little chap called Kitsylvania and what become the (ultimately incorrectly titled) Eternal Thread?

I must be old! Aye, you are up there in age. What nation did you use to be?

Give me a Guiness, and make it extra cold

Truth! Jusctice! Freedom! Reasonably Priced Love! And a hard boiled egg.

Truth! Jusctice! Freedom! Reasonably Priced Love! And a hard boiled egg.

:? well, i could probably fix you the egg...

What happened to the original Treacle Mine Road? One of the first people i ever talked to, on the regional boards. Anyone know where she went?

Aye, you are up there in age. What nation did you use to be?

I never used to be any nation other that this one...


hic...

Who's for a sing-song?

The Wizard's Staff?

Ohhhh..... the hedgehog can never be....

Passes out again.

scumble?

A discworldian drink. A kind of cider, I think. Correct me if I'm wrong.

...........hmmmm......any chance of a cup of tea?

It's a strong alcoholic spirit you could clean spoons with. 'cider'... yes... 'cider' makes a nice euphemism! :D

*puts the kettle on*

Hey all, I'm just doing my best to avoid revision.
I'll have a scumble please, and make it a strong un'!!

There's a region called Lancre isn't there? I'm sure they'd appreciate some scumble. Or maybe not.

Hey all, I'm just doing my best to avoid revision.
That sounds like a very good plan!


I'll have a scumble please, and make it a strong un'!!

*pours TEP a double scumble* 8)

fear not, i have the klatchian coffee on hand

Thanks!

Hmmm, I really should go home, I was only going out for a few minutes and I haven't even got the books I came to uni for out of the library yet, whoops!!

A bottle of your finest Caladanian wine please.

A bottle of your finest Caladanian wine please.

:shock: Now you're asking...
well... for such a special customer... :D

*retreives a bottle from the cellar, brushing the dust off carefully*

Reggie ducks a troll as he flies backwards out the door, peers around the doorway, and ducks a battleaxe flying after the troll.

She straightens up, runs her fingers through her short green hair, and saunters into the bar, nodding to a few Hublanders who wave blue-tattooed hands back at her. She tosses a couple AM$s onto the bar and grins at the fat barman.

"Brandy. The real stuff."

The barman hesitates a moment, calculating the amount of pain inflicted for giving her the wrong drink versus the amount of money lost by actually selling her white peach mountain brandy. He pulls out a small barrel, uncorks it, and pours it into a wooden mug.

Reggie takes a long drink before flashing the barman her best smile and turning back to the crowd to watch the 10 o'clock melee.

(and Kat geeks out on Pratchettdom).

Thank you, but then they do make the finest wines in the Imperium.
Down with the Harkonnen scum!

*drops by*

"I'll have a coldie, cobber .."

XXXX

Reggie ducks a troll as he flies backwards out the door, peers around the doorway, and ducks a battleaxe flying after the troll.

She straightens up, runs her fingers through her short green hair, and saunters into the bar, nodding to a few Hublanders who wave blue-tattooed hands back at her. She tosses a couple AM$s onto the bar and grins at the fat barman.

"Brandy. The real stuff."

The barman hesitates a moment, calculating the amount of pain inflicted for giving her the wrong drink versus the amount of money lost by actually selling her white peach mountain brandy. He pulls out a small barrel, uncorks it, and pours it into a wooden mug.

Reggie takes a long drink before flashing the barman her best smile and turning back to the crowd to watch the 10 o'clock melee.

(and Kat geeks out on Pratchettdom).

Impressive! *hides under the table*

Returns to vague consciousness as the smell of a damp and moldy carpet suddenly permeates the air under the table...

Ah. Yes. Hello little doggie...

Returns to vague consciousness as the smell of a damp and moldy carpet suddenly permeates the air under the table...

Ah. Yes. Hello little doggie...

Woof. :mrgreen:

Woof. :mrgreen:

Somehow, I just knew you were going to say that...

No, please don't lick me. I'm getting up...

*drops by*

"I'll have a coldie, cobber .."

XXXX

*doesn't often get kisses blown* :wink:
*pulls a nice cold pint*

you've been around for a while. not posted much though... so whose puppet are you? :P

not posted much though... so whose puppet are you? :P

Well, that should be relatively easy to figure out for such a smart doggie ..

*sups contentedly at his pint, waiting for revelations*

XXXX

Scumble please.

I'm going with Tolkein.

not posted much though... so whose puppet are you? :P

Well, that should be relatively easy to figure out for such a smart doggie ..

*sups contentedly at his pint, waiting for revelations*

XXXX
not extasy :shock:

*Wanders in followed by a multi-footed steamer chest made of sapient pearwood*

I would like a beer, please. And avoid the luggage.

*Wanders in followed by a multi-footed steamer chest made of sapient pearwood*

I would like a beer, please. And avoid the luggage.

*Gets self a scumble and gets Celeborne a beer*

Oooh, Celeborne, 6000 posts exactly!

The beer's on the house :D

not posted much though... so whose puppet are you? :P

Well, that should be relatively easy to figure out for such a smart doggie ..

*sups contentedly at his pint, waiting for revelations*

XXXX

:evil:

I hate these games :(

*crawls off into a corner to think*

Oooh, Celeborne, 6000 posts exactly!

The beer's on the house :D

Thank you , O' dog of wonder.

I'm going with Tolkein.

Celeborne and Smeagol-Gollum are the only ones i can think of off the top of my head.

I don't know if The Elven People refers to Tolkien's elves or Prachett's! :P

Oooh, Celeborne, 6000 posts exactly!

The beer's on the house :D

Thank you , O' dog of wonder.

You obviously didn't lose much in the recent purge. You must only post really intelligently! :P

Oooh, Celeborne, 6000 posts exactly!

The beer's on the house :D

Thank you , O' dog of wonder.

You obviously didn't lose much in the recent purge. You must only post really intelligently! :P

A lot of my posts are in the RP section, and I have one long one in the archive.

I'm going with Tolkein.

Celeborne and Smeagol-Gollum are the only ones i can think of off the top of my head.

I don't know if The Elven People refers to Tolkien's elves or Prachett's! :P

And I didn't know that my was Tolken......I thought I had made it up.

I'm going with Tolkein.

Celeborne and Smeagol-Gollum are the only ones i can think of off the top of my head.

I don't know if The Elven People refers to Tolkien's elves or Prachett's! :P

And I didn't know that my was Tolken......I thought I had made it up.

oh.... i see! :lol:
Celeborn is Galadriel's consort. I assumed you'd added the 'e' cos the name had already gone.

Nope, to be honest it was the name of a world that I created for a role playing game. I have never read Tolken, other than the Hobbit, and i find his style a little tedious....

Nope, to be honest it was the name of a world that I created for a role playing game.

Obviously great minds think alike! :lol:

i find his style a little tedious....

*surges to his feet*

"Burn the heretic .. burn him now .. !!!!!"

*sees little interest in flaming Celebornes, so sits back down to his pint*

:lol:

XXXX

Nope, to be honest it was the name of a world that I created for a role playing game.

Obviously great minds think alike! :lol:

Yessss....my precious....

i find his style a little tedious....

*surges to his feet*

"Burn the heretic .. burn him now .. !!!!!"

*sees little interest in flaming Celebornes, so sits back down to his pint*

:lol:

XXXX

*Looks concerned*
"Please, no burning. I am quite flamable"
*Orders another drink...something fruity , with an umbrella.*

*Walks in the bar*

I'd like a double scumble, followed by a small Klatchian coffee, please

Anyone here been down the "Troll's Head"? It's not a bad joint.

*smashes the table impatiently*

I have never read Tolken, other than the Hobbit, and i find his style a little tedious....

The Hobbit and LoTR are very different books stylistically, although they obviously share characters and background. The Hobbit is a kid's book while LoTR is (while recognising its numerous shortfalls) much more mature and complex.

Um, having said that, maybe if you found The Hobbit tedious, you might have trouble with LoTR...!

*Orders another drink...something fruity , with an umbrella.*

Good idea. I'll do the same I think. Something with bananas in it please...

i don't know about most, but i find r.a.lafferty pretty inspiring myself
even if i don't really show it as my own fantasy it my biggest source of inspiration
and i don't even write, just try to make pretty pictures of them.
tolkin deserves credit for ONE of our central institutions, the mathom house.
it would take a whole page of course to list all the ones you didn't mention that i have been inspired by.
but i think ursula kroeber-leguinne and r.a.lafferty are pretty much the top of my list
although kalil gibran and lao tsu are on it too. and maybe a little of prince sidartha and even baha'u'llah.

=^^=
.../\...

Have only recently discovered Terry Pratchett.

Have read about 10 of his books so far, and loved them all.

Cannot wait to finish the present one ("Soul Music") which is bloody marvellous.

Love his wicked sense of humour.

i find his style a little tedious....

*surges to his feet*

"Burn the heretic .. burn him now .. !!!!!"

*sees little interest in flaming Celebornes, so sits back down to his pint*

:lol:

XXXX

*Looks concerned*
"Please, no burning. I am quite flamable"
*Orders another drink...something fruity , with an umbrella.*

:oops: *whispers* ireadlordoftheringsandfounditboring :oops:
*orders another drink to take her mind of her embarrassing admission*

:oops: *whispers* ireadlordoftheringsandfounditboring :oops:
*orders another drink to take her mind of her embarrassing admission*

"I am paying for her drink."

:oops: *whispers* ireadlordoftheringsandfounditboring :oops:
*orders another drink to take her mind of her embarrassing admission*

"I am paying for her drink."

Sweet! Thank you. I also didn't like The Sword of Shannarra and anything by Robert Jordan. Anyone else wanna buy me a drink :P ?

I hate these games :(

*crawls off into a corner to think*

The clue's in the region ....

:wink:

XXXX

Now why didn't I think of naming myself after Discworld? My nation name (Grand Teton) comes from Alastair Reynold's Inhibitor sequence, and my currency (the sequin) from Kim Stanley Robinson's Martian sequence. Aren't I original.

*orders scumble for all present in shameless attempt to gain admiration*

Um, having said that, maybe if you found The Hobbit tedious, you might have trouble with LoTR...!

Lol! that's what i thought too - that's when i realised trying to convince him wasn't going to work!

it would take a whole page of course to list all the ones you didn't mention that i have been inspired by.


well, quite, i tried just to pick blindingly obvious ones, otherwise there are far too many!
If i used writers that had inspired some of my nation names, like Rider Haggard, Arthur Machen, and William Hope Hodgson, I doubt i would have had much company!
Do tell us about yours? Is Carlemnaria one? it's not a name i recognise.

The clue's in the region ....

:wink:

XXXX

Ooer :? don't think i know any australians... or marsupials. do you belong to the rodent alliance?

Er, excuse me. Barman... er bardog... ah, barkeeper...

Do you have a bag of orc scratchings?

*enters*

Looks around.
*drinks a beer*

Why do people need to copy names from books?
Why can't they just be original like me?

Ooer :? don't think i know any australians... or marsupials. do you belong to the rodent alliance?

Never mind then - obviously not a reader of Wombat News!!!!

:D

XXXX

Er, excuse me. Barman... er bardog... ah, barkeeper...

Do you have a bag of orc scratchings?

what, that foul rubbish! :x

Here, try these roasted gargoyle skins. very tasty and a positive delicacy on some parts of the Disc.

Now why didn't I think of naming myself after Discworld? My nation name (Grand Teton) comes from Alastair Reynold's Inhibitor sequence, and my currency (the sequin) from Kim Stanley Robinson's Martian sequence. Aren't I original.

*orders scumble for all present in shameless attempt to gain admiration*

You could always have ANOTHER nation and name it after the Discworld. Pretty much all these Pratchett nations are puppets of someone else... me included!

You could always have ANOTHER nation and name it after the Discworld. Pretty much all these Pratchett nations are puppets of someone else... me included!

:shock: Surely not!

Obligatory "Oook".

You could always have ANOTHER nation and name it after the Discworld. Pretty much all these Pratchett nations are puppets of someone else... me included!

:shock: Surely not!

Astonishing, isn't it...

Obligatory "Oook".

*translates* 'Can i have a banana?'

*gives banana* :D

Scrumble = Scrumpy (aka cider or hard cider)
:::points to regional affiliation:::
I like Scumble/Scrumpy...

what, that foul rubbish! :x

Here, try these roasted gargoyle skins. very tasty and a positive delicacy on some parts of the Disc.

Um... they're a bit dry, aren't they?

Oh, and could you get my hairy friend a banana daquiri please?

SNEE, SNEE, SNEE

Scrumble = Scrumpy (aka cider or hard cider)
:::points to regional affiliation:::
I like Scumble/Scrumpy...

is that a hint? :wink:
*pours him a glass*
Enjoy!

Reggie sips on her brandy absentmindedly, watching the patrons. She notices Gaspode begging (read: subliminally extorting) food. She takes an ashtray, pours some brandy into it and sets it on the ground.

She runs her fingers through her cropped, spiky hair and catches the Librarian's eye. She gives him a slow, smoldering smile that reminds him of bananas, a smile that just screams, Ook ook OOOK eek!

She is well and truly drunk now. Mmm. Brandy.

*is wary, sensing this personage has some sort of power too*

*edges closer, and starts lapping at the brandy*

Ties a black armband around his bicept.

"A round of drinks, on me. In the moving memory of 6. He went down spamming, just like he always wanted."

"A toast"
*Raises glass*