Gary Gygax..oh the irony

[Emirikol]

So, those of you who know Greyhawk will get this joke:

http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=Gary+Gygax

http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html
jh

 

[Galethorn]

Wow, that really is ironic. Like, if irony came in the same kinds of containers as liquids, this would take a vat.

 

[Falanor]

Odd, I'm just getting a "No match found."

 

[Henry]

On the OTHER hand, try "Ernest Gary Gygax" for a slightly larger list. add some E's, S's, and N's and things REALLY start flying.

 

[Alzrius]

Odd, I'm just getting a "No match found."

That's what I'm getting too.

 

[francisca]

Odd, I'm just getting a "No match found."

Not odd at all. That *is* the punchline.

 

[Samuel Leming]

Try sticking your own name in there.

I don't think this program likes me though... A quick search through my anagrams yielded:

Game muse nill
Game line slum
Game sullen MI
I mangle mules

And at least one that would offend Erik's grandmother.

Sam

 

[UltimaGabe]

Not odd at all. That *is* the punchline.

Um... sorry, apparently I know very little about Gary Gygax and Greyhawk. Why exactly is this funny?

 

[Galethorn]

Gary used anagrams of real people's names to name a whole lot of stuff. I can't think of any examples, but I'm sure somebody else can elucidate the matter further.

 

[Dagda Mor]

dagda mor- am rad god.
Not too shabby, eh?

On the other hand, my real name is an anagram of "bleak horrors".