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This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:19 pm
by quyxkh
I really did consider putting this in the off-topic forum, but just read this and see if you don't start thinking this and Factorio cannot be coincidence:
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I meant no harm. I most truly did not.
But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.
I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads.
I biggered my wagons. I biggered the loads
of the Thneeds I shipped out. I was shipping them forth
to the South! To the East! To the West! To the North!
I went right on biggering...
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I don't remember the story myself, I can't even be sure it was read to me as a child. But I'm gonna go get a copy soon, that's for sure.
Re: This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:56 pm
by leitk
I quote this all the time with respect to Factorio, I'm constantly 'Biggering my factory'.
Re: This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:35 am
by Jap2.0
Ah, yes, that's a good story - pretty much everything Dr. Seuss made was. I believe they made a movie about it as well, but it has quite a few differences from the book. I haven't seen the entire thing myself, but I think mostly it's longer, with some small plot changes.
Re: This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:42 am
by Koub
Factorio done right, the poetic way
[Edit] On second thought, I will move this to Off topic, considering it fits well to Factorio theme, but is not a discussion about the actual game.
[Koub] Moved to Off topic
Re: This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:01 am
by olafthecat
Mmm...
I used to love the cat in the hat and the cat in the hat comes back when I was a child.
I didn't really read any others though.
Any other favs?
Re: This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:25 am
by quyxkh
Of Dr. Seuss? "All of them".
When graduating from Dr. Seuss, try _The Cyberiad_, or getting tangential with it P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie & Jeeves stories
Re: This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:07 pm
by Jap2.0
quyxkh wrote:Of Dr. Seuss? "All of them".
I second that. I'd give you a list of the ones that I especially like, but linking
this might be quicker.
Re: This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:00 pm
by olafthecat
So I scrolled down a bit and saw this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pocket_Book_of_Boners
I immediately burst out laughing.
I am so immature.
Anyway Horton hatches the egg was another one of my favourites, along with green eggs and ham.
At this point I am getting nostalgia overload
Re: This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:02 pm
by Jap2.0
olafthecat wrote:So I scrolled down a bit and saw this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pocket_Book_of_Boners
I immediately burst out laughing.
I am so immature.
Anyway Horton hatches the egg was another one of my favourites, along with green eggs and ham.
At this point I am getting nostalgia overload
"At the time of its writing, the term "boner" was commonly used to mean a silly mistake"
...TIL. For a moment I thought Dr. Seuss had a dark side...
Re: This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:40 pm
by olafthecat
Jap2.0 wrote:olafthecat wrote:So I scrolled down a bit and saw this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pocket_Book_of_Boners
I immediately burst out laughing.
I am so immature.
Anyway Horton hatches the egg was another one of my favourites, along with green eggs and ham.
At this point I am getting nostalgia overload
"At the time of its writing, the term "boner" was commonly used to mean a silly mistake"
...TIL. For a moment I thought Dr. Seuss had a dark side...
Well...you could be right in saying that.
The book,
Yertle the Turtle may show Hitler's rise and downfall.
You know, power at the pain of others.
Re: This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:49 pm
by Jap2.0
olafthecat wrote:Jap2.0 wrote:olafthecat wrote:So I scrolled down a bit and saw this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pocket_Book_of_Boners
I immediately burst out laughing.
I am so immature.
Anyway Horton hatches the egg was another one of my favourites, along with green eggs and ham.
At this point I am getting nostalgia overload
"At the time of its writing, the term "boner" was commonly used to mean a silly mistake"
...TIL. For a moment I thought Dr. Seuss had a dark side...
Well...you could be right in saying that.
The book,
Yertle the Turtle may show Hitler's rise and downfall.
You know, power at the pain of others.
DON'T RUIN MY CHILDHOOD.
Re: This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:00 am
by olafthecat
Jap2.0 wrote:olafthecat wrote:Jap2.0 wrote:olafthecat wrote:So I scrolled down a bit and saw this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pocket_Book_of_Boners
I immediately burst out laughing.
I am so immature.
Anyway Horton hatches the egg was another one of my favourites, along with green eggs and ham.
At this point I am getting nostalgia overload
"At the time of its writing, the term "boner" was commonly used to mean a silly mistake"
...TIL. For a moment I thought Dr. Seuss had a dark side...
Well...you could be right in saying that.
The book,
Yertle the Turtle may show Hitler's rise and downfall.
You know, power at the pain of others.
DON'T RUIN MY CHILDHOOD.
I DIDN'T READ IT WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
