Puppet nation reaches 1 billion - ripe for disposal
[NS]Errinundera
27-05-2006, 10:28
Public announcement
Errinundera wishes to announce that the puppet nation of Carboni, having reached 1 billion citizens, has become too large to administer. Accordingly, it is our intention to dispose of this nation.
A confirmation message from Carboni will be posted shortly.
The terms for the disposal will be announced thereafter.
willd
Protector of various things (I forget which)
We, the puppet-nation of Carboni, belonging to Errinundera, do confirm that Errinundera (that nation of pompous potoroos) is off-loading us.
[NS]Errinundera
27-05-2006, 10:51
To other nations,
The password for The Great Works of Carboni will be telegrammed to the first nation that can explain, in this forum, why the pre-nomen is "Great Works".
This is not simply a whimsical moniker. "Great Works" was chosen for a specific reason relating to the nation name "Carboni".
Carboni can be checked out here (http://www.nationstates.net/carboni).
willd
Protector of pompous potoroos
Free shepmagans
27-05-2006, 10:57
It refers to the footballer Amedeo Carboni. The country is his great work(s).
The NSSR
27-05-2006, 11:35
Because a person named Carboni did Great Works?
[NS]Errinundera
27-05-2006, 12:43
It refers to the footballer Amedeo Carboni. The country is his great work(s).
His name was actually Raffaello Carboni but he wasn't a footballer.
The Aeson
27-05-2006, 12:44
I would have to guess a reference to Raffaello Carboni.
[NS]Errinundera
27-05-2006, 12:45
Because a person named Carboni did Great Works?
I don't know about great works but he wrote a book called "The Eureka Stockade".
[NS]Errinundera
27-05-2006, 12:45
I would have to guess a reference to Raffaello Carboni.
But precisely how?
The Aeson
27-05-2006, 12:52
Errinundera']But precisely how?
Well, I'm not entirely certain, but I'd say either his book "The Eureka Stockade" or the burning of the Eureka hotel.
Didn't he refere to Bunker's Hill and Alma as "Great Works" on some poor blokes letter. I read it somewhere a while back, I think.
[NS]Errinundera
27-05-2006, 13:33
Didn't he refere to Bunker's Hill and Alma as "Great Works" on some poor blokes letter. I read it somewhere a while back, I think.
Don't know. Basta cosi!
Because of this? (http://www.southsearepublic.org/story/2004/12/3/1484/12307)
[NS]Errinundera
27-05-2006, 13:52
Because of this? (http://www.southsearepublic.org/story/2004/12/3/1484/12307)
That web page hints at the connection. But what was it? Why is the expression "Great Works" associated with Raffaello Carboni?
If I don't get a better answer by this time tomorrow from any nation I'll telegram the password to you.
willd
Protector of various things (I forget which)
The Aeson
27-05-2006, 13:55
Commentary on Vern's letter.
Victoria! thy future is bright - [sweet and smart if Vern be the operator.] I confidently predict a Bunker's Hill, or an Alma - [Great works!] as the issue of your next insurrection. [No more truck with your legs, though; let's see your signature and be off.]
[NS]Errinundera
27-05-2006, 14:25
Commentary on Vern's letter.
Victoria! thy future is bright - [sweet and smart if Vern be the operator.] I confidently predict a Bunker's Hill, or an Alma - [Great works!] as the issue of your next insurrection. [No more truck with your legs, though; let's see your signature and be off.]
I can't find this passage in the Gutenberg version of "The Eureka Stockade" - it must have been written elsewhere. The expression, "great works", appears in the book 27 times though (and "basta cosi" once).
We are getting very close.
The Aeson
27-05-2006, 14:29
Errinundera']I can't find this passage in the Gutenberg version of "The Eureka Stockade" - it must have been written elsewhere. The expression, "great works", appears in the book 27 times though (and "basta cosi" once).
We are getting very close.
That was from an article in The Age. I suppose it doesn't count?
[NS]Errinundera
27-05-2006, 14:45
That was from an article in The Age. I suppose it doesn't count?
So, Raffaello Carboni (or sometimes Carboni Raffaello), the eye-witness chronicler of the Eureka Stockade miner's rebellion of 1854, frequently used the expressions "Great Works" and "Basta Cosi" as hyperbole. As a result "Great Works" became...
The Aeson
27-05-2006, 14:46
The name of your nation?
[NS]Errinundera
27-05-2006, 14:47
The name of your nation?
I like that!
Carboni is the name of the nation!
The Aeson
27-05-2006, 14:49
Errinundera']I like that!
Carboni is the name of the nation!
Sorry. Title. That better?
[NS]Errinundera
27-05-2006, 16:14
You have the best answer so far, The Aeson. If the full answer is not given within the next 24 hours I will telegram you the password.
Praetonia
27-05-2006, 16:31
[OOC: Good god. I thought we'd seen the end of IC puppet sales in mid '04.]
[NS]Errinundera
27-05-2006, 16:36
[OOC: Good god. I thought we'd seen the end of IC puppet sales in mid '04.]
But at least it's being sold in a quiz.
Anagonia
27-05-2006, 17:21
[OOC: If it wasn't for the quiz deal I'd ask for it, cause I have no freakin idea what you guy's are talking about.]
[NS]Errinundera
29-05-2006, 15:12
Public announcement:
The password for Carboni has been telegrammed to The Aeson.
willd
Protector of things (I can't remember which)
Errinundera