I am dead a long time.
I was an english explorer, anthropologist, writer, map maker, linguist and spy.
I married prudish Isabel, a big mistake as it turned out.
If you want to know more, just ask. :devilred:
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I am dead a long time.
I was an english explorer, anthropologist, writer, map maker, linguist and spy.
I married prudish Isabel, a big mistake as it turned out.
If you want to know more, just ask. :devilred:
..........and I'm not the one that married Elizabeth:no::q
Sir Richard Burton?
My answer also but I admit that I had to use Mr G.
AaaaarrrrrgggghhhHH ...... !!!!
first 3 answers all correct. And I thought I had made it google proof !
OK ... Gloves off ... Number V iz on itz way ... Haaaa
greg
Google? Wot dat?
Actually I have no doubt, none at all, that the knowledge base on this forum is immense, and mostly it don't need google.Quote:
Originally Posted by FenceFurniture
greg
Well yeah, but you'd have to think that if someone knew of SRB off the top of their head, then they'd prolly also know what Google is....
Yes ... But not necessarily needing to use it. I don't use google to 'make' these questions, because I may have to defend them. But a lot of my knowledge has been acquired from google, mainly wiki, over the last two decades. I do use google to 'test' my questions so that reference is not easy.
In Burtons case I own his biography, as well as the original 1001 nites and have owned them before the internet. I use the 'nites' as a sorta oral history of how people lived in those times.
But wiki is now a part of everyday life for me.
Greg
Errr, hits 2 to 6 from this cut & paste
"english explorer, anthropologist, writer, map maker, linguist, spy, married Isabel"
are SRB.....
Mind you, this thread is the first hit :D
In any case, it's exposing us to peoplewe'vethey've never heard of. I, of course, only put the cut and paste in to see what other people were going to get. :q
Haaa ... I really hesitated on putting in 'Isabel'.
Wuz going to leave her out ..... Without her Google could not find him ... Or at least I couldn't ... And I tried many combinations. But some clue less broad was needed. Otherwise too open.
i think he knew she would burn his books but he didn't care. He wasn't the most likable of characters, but more honest than her.
do you get a specific strike in google leaving her out ?
in any case number five (V) seems to have struck a halt to rapid answers .... ;)
greg.
Google this (no Isabel)
english explorer anthropologist spy
Yes, I Googled, that's why I didn't put his name up:q
Yes, without "married Isabel" didn't work so well, and I was hardly going to go to the trouble of clicking on to the second page, so I added it.
And my previous post is now the number one hit. Fame at last!
Merde !!! Your right.
I changed ethnologist to anthropolgist, and cartographer to mapmaker ... And still it gets it !!
well .. Number V is up and google proof (I tink)
greg
well..........tink again:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutawintji
Shameless Fred! At least I added a question mark to make it look like I was guessing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Shed
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Originally Posted by Big Shed
Wot ??? You know number 5 ???
Are u serious ???
Greg
Ah, but I didn't add a question mark because I wasn't guessing, nor did I put up the name, so it should have been quite obvious.Quote:
Originally Posted by FenceFurniture
Well, Google it:;Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutawintji
?freg - bit of a Freudian slip there?:D
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Originally Posted by Big Shed
yeah .... Haaaaaaa I noticed that myself.
i googled ... No answer ... ????
are you sure your right. The third clue was that BobL would know ... Did that help ?
I'm never sure I'm right, you have to remember I am a married man.:doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutawintji
But I have a pretty fair idea, no the BobL clue doesn't help.:no:
I convinced you can't google it because you would already need to know. So you must know.
can you give me the initials ?
greg
Damnation! You blokes have a conspiracy going to keep me out!!
Here I was with Specialist all afternoon talking shop and this happens! :C
Wouldn't have known this without Google as I had forgotten this gentleman totally!
Heavens no! I was called shameless for putting up a harmless clue, what would I be called for putting up initials.:o:no:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutawintji
Go for it !!
theres a pikky clue there now
Greg
:no: Being called names was not only unnecessary, it has rather taken the shine of participating in what so far had been a bit of fun.:~Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutawintji
So count me out.
??? Ummmm ... Man, if I called you a name it was accidental ... Certainly not meant. Where did I do that ?
I look on these more as spreading knowledge than unsolvable questions.
Please forgive, never meant at all.
Greg
No, no, not you my friend. Seems to be getting just a tad too competitive.......
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Originally Posted by FenceFurniture
I took that as joking. Text is often difficult to interpret without visual clues. I am sure that is not meant other than lite-hearted.
greg
Eh? Fred, I was playing, and I thought that was very obvious from my previous tongue in cheek posts, and didn't add a smilie for that very reason.
Yesterday was yesterday, and today is today - absolutely no offence meant whatsoever - just kidding man.
Edit: Just read Greg's post - I didn't think the smilie visual clue was necessary because "look" in italics was the visual clue.....