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I also use that line from The Big Lebowski basically as punctuation. That, and the one about The Eagles. I share your appreciation for...

You could easily do a Princess Bride specific sub-thread on this one, my personal fave... "Life is Pain, highness. Anyone who says...

That gets you the tiny D&D audience, and probably makes the mainstream audience think “huh, that’s weird, why did they change Van...

The one that always seems weird to me as a Brit is Bonfire Night. On the one hand we're making a family event out of symbolically...

If it makes you feel any better I'm ruing the day. Ruing, I say!

That's too limited a view. I'd like to think that the day of my birth had devastating historical consequences too.

whose stranger than us?

honestly, have them contract out and have a rental agency. Fun at birthday parties, weddings and rock concerts. :D

"They spelled my name wrong."

"You see a somewhat grotesque statue on a plinth, with a small but shiny brass plaque." "..." "Well, the plaque says: 'Aesoph the...

Not all that many, because it's one of those details that rarely finds its way into a description unless it's significant. Yeah, having...

That does highlight one of the usual issues with gargoyles, though - usually nobody's fooled by them. One mention of statues in a...

One of my coolest encounters was gargoyles. I had mentioned that one of the temples in town had become so rich they covered their large...

Weeping Angels Baby! Its all about the quantum.