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SpaceAce · 06-13-2003, 11:42 PM

Which character in which book said this:

<I>Women!</I> If they didn't screw there'd be a bounty on 'em.

Truly, a wise statement. The book is by a very popular author of thrillers and espionage books, many revolving around aviation. Just for the hell of it, I'll PayPal $5 to the first person to correctly answer the question. Just don't cheat, that takes all the fun out of it.

SpaceAce

06-13-2003, 11:42 PM

Im guessing it could be a book by agatha christie?

thekebie · 06-13-2003, 11:43 PM

google failed me

Gutterboy · 06-13-2003, 11:45 PM

Espionage.. aviation.. hmm.

Dale Brown?

SpaceAce · 06-13-2003, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bdjuf
Im guessing it could be a book by agatha christie?

I am not sure Agatha Christie ever wrote aviation thrillers

I'll be more specific: the book is only about 15 years old and at least one of this guy's books was made into a movie starring Danny Glover.

SpaceAce

SpaceAce · 06-13-2003, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gutterboy
Espionage.. aviation.. hmm.

Dale Brown?

Nope. If someone guesses the author or the book, I'll aknowledge it, but to get your hands on the gigantic $5 jackpot, I need the book and the character in the book.

I said it was nearly impossible

SpaceAce

Bobby Fissure · 06-13-2003, 11:52 PM

ConAir?

Gutterboy · 06-13-2003, 11:53 PM

Ken Follett?

SpaceAce · 06-13-2003, 11:54 PM

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Originally posted by Bobby Fissure
ConAir?

Nope.

SpaceAce

SpaceAce · 06-13-2003, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gutterboy
Ken Follett?

No, although I think I have a book or two of his floating around here.

SpaceAce

quiet · 06-13-2003, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gutterboy
Ken Follett?

eye of the needle?

06-13-2003, 11:55 PM

maybe you should raise the prize to 20$

06-13-2003, 11:56 PM

by the way spaceace

just a question on a personal note...

how do you find time to read?

Im serious, I started my php book and with all the shit going on lately with my projects, I stopped it half way

SpaceAce · 06-13-2003, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bdjuf
maybe you should raise the prize to 20$

LOL, $5 it is. I already know the answer so it doesn't matter that much to me

I like to answer trivia questions and once in a while I like to ask one.

SpaceAce

Gutterboy · 06-13-2003, 11:57 PM

Ok.. well my last guess is.. it sounds like something one of Clancy's characters might say. Maybe John Kelley/Mr. Clark, or Jack Ryan?

If it was Clark, I'd have to take a shot in the dark at Without Remorse.

BlueDesignStudios · 06-13-2003, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SpaceAce
Which character in which book said this:

<I>Women!</I> If they didn't screw there'd be a bounty on 'em.

Truly, a wise statement. The book is by a very popular author of thrillers and espionage books, many revolving around aviation. Just for the hell of it, I'll PayPal $5 to the first person to correctly answer the question. Just don't cheat, that takes all the fun out of it.

SpaceAce

Has this book every been published or is it something you've written yourself?

BRISK · 06-13-2003, 11:58 PM

Stephen Coonts

SpaceAce · 06-13-2003, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bdjuf
by the way spaceace

just a question on a personal note...

how do you find time to read?

Im serious, I started my php book and with all the shit going on lately with my projects, I stopped it half way

I am a reading machine. I own easily 3,000+ books of which maybe 500-1,000 are actually in my house right now. The book this quote is from I have read three times. I've read all nine books in the Wheel of Time series 3 or more times each, I've read "It" by Stephen King two times, Stranger in a Strange land several times and so on.

I'm so much a reader that I read during commercials on TV, while I am eating, during loading screens on video games and pretyt much any time I have a few seconds.

SpaceAce

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BRISK
Stephen Coonts

OK, now we're getting somewhere. Yes, it is Stephen Coonts.

SpaceAce

Kimmykim · 06-14-2003, 12:00 AM

Then why weren't you playing along on Colins book thread?

And what are you reading now?

Kimmykim · 06-14-2003, 12:01 AM

Then it has to be Jake Grafton that said it.

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BlueDesignStudios

Has this book every been published or is it something you've written yourself?

No, I said he is a pretty famous author with at least one movie to his credit.

SpaceAce

Gutterboy · 06-14-2003, 12:01 AM

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Originally posted by SpaceAce

OK, now we're getting somewhere. Yes, it is Stephen Coonts.

SpaceAce

Ah, well its over for me then. He's probably the only espionage/thriller writer I haven't read extensively.

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kimmykim
Then why weren't you playing along on Colins book thread?

And what are you reading now?

What thread is that?

SpaceAce

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kimmykim
Then it has to be Jake Grafton that said it.

Nope

If it had been Jake Grafton, this would be "not really all that tough trivia".

Edit: Besides, Jake is too urbane to say something like that.

SpaceAce

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gutterboy

Ah, well its over for me then. He's probably the only espionage/thriller writer I haven't read extensively.

He's not the best author I've ever read but his characters are good.

SpaceAce

Kimmykim · 06-14-2003, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SpaceAce

Nope If it had been Jake Grafton, this would be "not really all that tough trivia".

Edit: Besides, Jake is too urbane to say something like that.

SpaceAce

LOL that depends on where you are asking the question ;)

Bobby Fissure · 06-14-2003, 12:06 AM

About Last Night

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:07 AM

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Originally posted by Bobby Fissure
About Last Night

An amusing movie but in no way related to the question.

SpaceAce

Bobby Fissure · 06-14-2003, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SpaceAce

An amusing movie but in no way related to the question.

SpaceAce

http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:10 AM

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Originally posted by Bobby Fissure

http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache...n&ie=UTF-8</a>

Oh, I see. That is pretty similar quote.

SpaceAce

BRISK · 06-14-2003, 12:13 AM

Was the book either "Final Flight" or "Minotaur"?

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BRISK
Was the book either "Final Flight" or "Minotaur"?

Minotaur. Now it should be only a matter of minutes before we get the answer

I just hope you're not on some Coonts fan site reading down a list of characters. That would dampen the joy.

SpaceAce

Kimmykim · 06-14-2003, 12:17 AM

Here's the book thread, and you didn't answer my q about what you were reading now...

http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...pagen umber=1

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kimmykim
Here's the book thread, and you didn't answer my q about what you were reading now...

http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...pagen umber=1

Sorry. I'm reading Minotaur now (again) which is what gave me the idea to use that quote for a trivia contest.

I'll have a look at that thread.

SpaceAce

PersianKitty · 06-14-2003, 12:20 AM

Wasn't it Toad?

I like Clancy better than Coonts.

Kimmykim · 06-14-2003, 12:20 AM

Was Toad Tarkington in Minotaur?

Kimmykim · 06-14-2003, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PersianKitty
Wasn't it Toad?

I like Clancy better than Coontz.

Beat by the cat.

And I agree.

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:27 AM

Very good KimmyKim and PersianKitty

It was Toad Tarkington, expressing some consternation in his dealings with Rita Moravia

Hm, you two answered at the same time (3:20). Who wants the $5

SpaceAce

PersianKitty · 06-14-2003, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SpaceAce
Very good KimmyKim and PersianKitty It was Toad Tarkington, expressing some consternation in his dealings with Rita Moravia

Hm, you two answered at the same time (3:20). Who wants the $5

SpaceAce

haha.. I didn't even read there was money involved.

psyko514 · 06-14-2003, 12:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PersianKitty
Wasn't it Toad?

I like Clancy better than Coonts.

I agree. I've been reading The Hunt For Red October for the last hour. Good book

PersianKitty · 06-14-2003, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by psyko514

I agree. I've been reading The Hunt For Red October for the last hour. Good book

I used to devour books. Way back from when I was a teenager, if I really got into a book, I'd have it read in a night. Now I buy books by my favorite authors and they sit. I end up reading them piecemeal while waiting at appts. and the like. I'm looking forward to a couple of camping vacations (away from the pc) this summer. I'll get to catch up on my reading.

Kimmykim · 06-14-2003, 12:41 AM

If PK doesn't want it, then pick a charity and donate it --

I can't stand not reading. Now that its hot weather here I disappear every afternoon I can for an hour in my pool, floating around reading a book.

Of course I also end up staying up half the night engrossed in them as well, after I put the computer down...

I read a kids book today called Holes -- the one they based the movie on, and damn was it good...

I'm also reading The Power of One, and I picked up The Sexual Life of Catherine M at the airport this week.

psyko514 · 06-14-2003, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PersianKitty

I used to devour books. Way back from when I was a teenager, if I really got into a book, I'd have it read in a night. Now I buy books by my favorite authors and they sit. I end up reading them piecemeal while waiting at appts. and the like. I'm looking forward to a couple of camping vacations (away from the pc) this summer. I'll get to catch up on my reading.

I got into Tom Clancy last spring. I was working weekends, and they were slow as hell. On top of that, I had no internet for a month and me and my girlfriend had split up for three month. Needless to say, I had a lot of spare time on my hands.

I read one of the Netforce books and then when I saw the previews for The Sum of All Fears, I decided to read the book (which was so much better than the movie). After I read it, I realized it was part of a huge series. I've read almost all of Jack Ryan series completely out of order. I still have Red Storm Rising, Clear and Present Danger and the last 80 pages of Hunt For Red October.

I've also read Without Remorse (fucked up book), Rainbow Six and a few of the Netforce and Power Plays books.

I can't decide if I like Clancy or Arthur C Clarke better.

psyko514 · 06-14-2003, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kimmykim
Of course I also end up staying up half the night engrossed in them as well, after I put the computer down...

I'm horrible like that too. I read The Firm from start to finish in one night about 6 years ago. I've done the same for several Arthur C Clarke books. It'll be like 3 am and I'll tell myself "next chapter, i'll put it down" and then it'll change to "ok, on page 400, i'll put it down", and i never end up putting it down.

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PersianKitty

haha.. I didn't even read there was money involved.

Five whole dollars

SpaceAce

Kimmykim · 06-14-2003, 12:48 AM

Get Debt of Honor --- I don't think I moved for two days when I started that one --

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kimmykim
If PK doesn't want it, then pick a charity and donate it --

I can't stand not reading. Now that its hot weather here I disappear every afternoon I can for an hour in my pool, floating around reading a book.

Of course I also end up staying up half the night engrossed in them as well, after I put the computer down...

I read a kids book today called Holes -- the one they based the movie on, and damn was it good...

I'm also reading The Power of One, and I picked up The Sexual Life of Catherine M at the airport this week.

I think I'll give the $5 to Ernie from http://www.ernieshouseofwhoopass.com/ for his next Let's Bring 'Em Home drive.

I've been considering reading Holes, myself. I saw it at the bookstore recently when I picked up "Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People".

SpaceAce

psyko514 · 06-14-2003, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kimmykim
Get Debt of Honor --- I don't think I moved for two days when I started that one --

I love that one. I had read The Bear and The Dragon before I read Debt of Honor, so I knew how it ended, but I was still amazed. It's a fucked up ending.

Come to think of it, I may have read Executive Orders first too.

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by psyko514

I got into Tom Clancy last spring. I was working weekends, and they were slow as hell. On top of that, I had no internet for a month and me and my girlfriend had split up for three month. Needless to say, I had a lot of spare time on my hands.

I read one of the Netforce books and then when I saw the previews for The Sum of All Fears, I decided to read the book (which was so much better than the movie). After I read it, I realized it was part of a huge series. I've read almost all of Jack Ryan series completely out of order. I still have Red Storm Rising, Clear and Present Danger and the last 80 pages of Hunt For Red October.

I've also read Without Remorse (fucked up book), Rainbow Six and a few of the Netforce and Power Plays books.

I can't decide if I like Clancy or Arthur C Clarke better.

Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star" is the second best science fiction short story of all time in my opinion. I also loved 2001: A Space Odyssey.

SpaceAce

06-13-2003, 11:42 PM	#1
SpaceAce Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Magrathea Posts: 6,493	I'm bored so here's a piece of nearly impossible trivia Which character in which book said this: <I>Women!</I> If they didn't screw there'd be a bounty on 'em. Truly, a wise statement. The book is by a very popular author of thrillers and espionage books, many revolving around aviation. Just for the hell of it, I'll PayPal $5 to the first person to correctly answer the question. Just don't cheat, that takes all the fun out of it. SpaceAce

06-13-2003, 11:58 PM	#17
BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	Stephen Coonts __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

06-14-2003, 12:13 AM	#32
BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	Was the book either "Final Flight" or "Minotaur"? __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

06-14-2003, 12:20 AM	#36
PersianKitty Meow Media Inc. Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: In the valley of the sun, cactus, tacos, tequila, and nod Posts: 7,785	Wasn't it Toad? I like Clancy better than Coonts. __________________ Wondering what webmaster programs PK uses? Check them out here!

06-13-2003, 11:42 PM	#2
buddyjuf Guest Posts: n/a	Im guessing it could be a book by agatha christie?

06-13-2003, 11:43 PM	#3
thekebie Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Hood of Burquitlam, BC Posts: 1,046	google failed me

06-13-2003, 11:45 PM	#4
Gutterboy So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Dis Posts: 4,751	Espionage.. aviation.. hmm. Dale Brown?

06-13-2003, 11:52 PM	#7
Bobby Fissure Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 380	ConAir?

06-13-2003, 11:53 PM	#8
Gutterboy So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Dis Posts: 4,751	Ken Follett?

06-13-2003, 11:55 PM	#12
buddyjuf Guest Posts: n/a	maybe you should raise the prize to 20$

06-13-2003, 11:56 PM	#13
buddyjuf Guest Posts: n/a	by the way spaceace just a question on a personal note... how do you find time to read? Im serious, I started my php book and with all the shit going on lately with my projects, I stopped it half way

06-13-2003, 11:57 PM	#15
Gutterboy So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Dis Posts: 4,751	Ok.. well my last guess is.. it sounds like something one of Clancy's characters might say. Maybe John Kelley/Mr. Clark, or Jack Ryan? If it was Clark, I'd have to take a shot in the dark at Without Remorse.

06-14-2003, 12:00 AM	#20
Kimmykim bitchslapping zebras!!!!! Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: In a shack by the beach Posts: 16,015	Then why weren't you playing along on Colins book thread? And what are you reading now?

06-14-2003, 12:01 AM	#21
Kimmykim bitchslapping zebras!!!!! Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: In a shack by the beach Posts: 16,015	Then it has to be Jake Grafton that said it.

06-14-2003, 12:06 AM	#28
Bobby Fissure Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 380	About Last Night

06-14-2003, 12:17 AM	#34
Kimmykim bitchslapping zebras!!!!! Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: In a shack by the beach Posts: 16,015	Here's the book thread, and you didn't answer my q about what you were reading now... http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...pagen umber=1

06-14-2003, 12:27 AM	#39
SpaceAce Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Magrathea Posts: 6,493	Very good KimmyKim and PersianKitty It was Toad Tarkington, expressing some consternation in his dealings with Rita Moravia Hm, you two answered at the same time (3:20). Who wants the $5 SpaceAce

06-14-2003, 12:41 AM	#43
Kimmykim bitchslapping zebras!!!!! Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: In a shack by the beach Posts: 16,015	If PK doesn't want it, then pick a charity and donate it -- I can't stand not reading. Now that its hot weather here I disappear every afternoon I can for an hour in my pool, floating around reading a book. Of course I also end up staying up half the night engrossed in them as well, after I put the computer down... I read a kids book today called Holes -- the one they based the movie on, and damn was it good... I'm also reading The Power of One, and I picked up The Sexual Life of Catherine M at the airport this week.

06-14-2003, 12:48 AM	#47
Kimmykim bitchslapping zebras!!!!! Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: In a shack by the beach Posts: 16,015	Get Debt of Honor --- I don't think I moved for two days when I started that one --