Eddie Izzard
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Action Transvestite
Cake or Death?%\3\%
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Post by Eddie Izzard on Jul 28, 2011 2:36:10 GMT -5
"I surely hope so." Eddie flashed the man a smile before switching to a more serious and businesslike demeanor... in his own way.
"What do you have on jam?" Always a good first choice for a subject.
"If there's nothing, I'll take anything on radiators, socks, spaniels or people named Kenneth."
After all, he wasn't one to be picky. It would work out in the end, it always did. Usually in interesting and somewhat unexpected ways. Which was just the way he liked it.
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Post by László on Jul 28, 2011 12:51:08 GMT -5
He blinked.
"Uh...hang on."
Well, the mention of a radiator--and look of the clothes--pegged this one as a modern person. Though used to anachronisms by now, he was sometimes still baffled at how this library had a card catalog AND a computer system (along with very modern sprinklers in case of fire, but no emergency doors).
He tapped out the request on the keyboard--a bit slow-going, he was still getting the hang of it.
"Er...anything...more specific?"
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Eddie Izzard
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Action Transvestite
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Post by Eddie Izzard on Jul 28, 2011 14:02:05 GMT -5
"Well, I could try throwing in some historic events, but there appears to be a very real chance you'll either not know what I'm talking about or it hasn't happened for you yet, in which case your head might explode," Eddie pondered. "So yeah... let's not do that."
"I'm not very good at specifics, to tell you the truth... perhaps there is something along the lines of 'A Study In Elephant Skiing Abilities In Relation To Clarinet Playing'?" Elephants and clarinets... couldn't go wrong with those.
"Or possibly something titled 'Flight of the Beekeepers'."
Eddie paused and pretended to write on his own hand while mumbling: "If this doesn't exist, write it yourself."
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Post by László on Jul 28, 2011 18:28:27 GMT -5
He frowned, wondering if the man was being deliberately obtuse about this.
"I mean," he said, trying to stem a rise of frustration, "there's too many people with the name Kenneth. You don't want anyone in particular?"
Somehow, he'd bitten back the comment that he would know about modern events, being from 2013, but this was a social job and making sarcastic comments to strangers wasn't really being sociable.
He smiled, to show no animosity.
"It would help me help you."
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Eddie Izzard
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Action Transvestite
Cake or Death?%\3\%
Posts: 68
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Post by Eddie Izzard on Jul 29, 2011 2:27:25 GMT -5
Eddie would have been quite alright with sarcasm, he could deal with such things. Hecklers prepared you for everything and anyone who could manage some wit was doubtlessly a potentially interesting verbal sparring partner.
"Kenneth... Pavlov? Third cousin to Gareth Pavlov, believe he did fish research after some unfortunate dealings with giraffes. Killed himself after discovering the only fish he could actually teach anything was in truth a mammal. Very tragic."
And thus the Pavlov dinasty grew, possibly relating itself to the House of Badcrumble in some way.
(I just thought of something... it'd be hilarious if the computer system itself, doubtlessly infused with stuff from ancient books like in the Discworld library, would get annoyed with Eddie and send him to a book that more or less possessed him, while granting him the power that his ramblings become reality. Possessed!Magician!Eddie... we'd have raptors and cows in cars raiding the streets of Paris! XD)
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Post by László on Jul 29, 2011 12:19:28 GMT -5
Okay, he couldn't quite keep his nature reigned in. "You're just making that up." He said. The words were not accusatory, although they could have been, but rather simply a statement. "Also, I have a ton of hits on anything else you mentioned, which doesn't really help you." He shook his head. "What do you actually want? "
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