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<p>Rouletabille: </p> <hr /> <div>==Another Jonathan==<br /> This is probably, at the moment, too tenuous to count as an annotation so it's going here for discussion. I read a synopsis of the film ''Arsenic and Old Lace'' and noted that the sociopathically inclined villain, who delivers death usually by poisoning, is called Jonathan. Mortimer and not Teatime, but interesting. I really weant to see the movie to see if anything about Mortimer, J., chime with our Teatime, J. He beleives if he is part of a family with an insane streak, he may as well embrace it, celebrate it and run at it good and hard. &quot;Insanity doesn't so much run in my family as gallop!&quot; Hmm.[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv|talk]]) 11:37, 3 June 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ==Loose end==<br /> &quot;This is very similar to the suggestion put forward by the Quirmian philosopher Ventre...&quot; '''What''' is? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 03:13, 18 August 2018 (UTC)<br /> :Not sure now, not directly relevant. The relevant part is the suggestion itself. Let me go back and re-investigate. --[[User:Lias Bluestone|Lias Bluestone]] ([[User talk:Lias Bluestone|talk]]) 07:21, 18 August 2018 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == Square root of 27.4 ==<br /> <br /> As a lector of the French translation, I was surprised by the reference to the square root of 27.4 which is not specific. But 27.04 is a perfect square. I first though of an error in translation, but no...<br /> Could this be an error of PT himself or of his publisher? Or a second degree joke? --[[User:Rouletabille|Rouletabille]] ([[User talk:Rouletabille|talk]]) 15:25, 30 July 2021 (UTC)</div>

Rouletabille http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Talk:Book:Hogfather/Annotations&diff=32107 2021-07-30T15:10:34Z

<p>Rouletabille: /* square root of 27.4 */ new section</p> <hr /> <div>==Another Jonathan==<br /> This is probably, at the moment, too tenuous to count as an annotation so it's going here for discussion. I read a synopsis of the film ''Arsenic and Old Lace'' and noted that the sociopathically inclined villain, who delivers death usually by poisoning, is called Jonathan. Mortimer and not Teatime, but interesting. I really weant to see the movie to see if anything about Mortimer, J., chime with our Teatime, J. He beleives if he is part of a family with an insane streak, he may as well embrace it, celebrate it and run at it good and hard. &quot;Insanity doesn't so much run in my family as gallop!&quot; Hmm.[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv|talk]]) 11:37, 3 June 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ==Loose end==<br /> &quot;This is very similar to the suggestion put forward by the Quirmian philosopher Ventre...&quot; '''What''' is? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 03:13, 18 August 2018 (UTC)<br /> :Not sure now, not directly relevant. The relevant part is the suggestion itself. Let me go back and re-investigate. --[[User:Lias Bluestone|Lias Bluestone]] ([[User talk:Lias Bluestone|talk]]) 07:21, 18 August 2018 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == square root of 27.4 ==<br /> <br /> As a lector of the French translation, I was surprised by the reference to the square root of 27.4 which is not specific. But 27.04 is a perfect square. I first though of an error in translation, but no...<br /> Could this be an error of PT himself or of his publisher? Or a second degree joke?</div>

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