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Veinless

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"likes groundhogs for their ."
« on: August 21, 2006, 11:17:00 pm »

One Dwarf has this for as part of their description: "likes groundhogs for their ."

I agree, there is no reason to like groundhogs.

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Re: "likes groundhogs for their ."
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2006, 12:15:00 am »

He eh ehe.  I probably just forgot the pref string in the objects folder or something.  Of course, to come up with a string...
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Re: "likes groundhogs for their ."
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2006, 12:59:00 am »

Their burrowing, maybe? It would be an appropriate choice, considering the dwarven mindset.

As long as we're discussing dwarven likes, I've noticed that they like cheetahs for their roars, but cheetahs actually can't roar.. They "growl, purr, bark, bleat, chirp, and hiss." It shouldn't be hard to find something else to like about cheetahs, though...

And finally, it's a tiny little grammatical thing, but they like "bin" instead of bins plural.

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Re: "likes groundhogs for their ."
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2006, 01:35:00 am »

"...and groundhogs for their ominous shadows."
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Re: "likes groundhogs for their ."
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2006, 01:37:00 am »

Yeah, I had chosen burrowing when I wiki'd the beast a half hour ago -- it seems like the proper choice.

Yeah, I knew that about cheetahs from my zoo binges -- but I just copied the lion template and then altered it I think...  I was quite lax.  Just wanted more stuff to play with.

Wait, like...  bring me those two bin over there?  Never.  I don't care what 'they' say.  edit:  wiktionary has "bins", but dunno if it's reliable

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Re: "likes groundhogs for their ."
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2006, 01:51:00 am »

Oops, I don't think I was that clear- in the dwarven likes list, it says the dwarf likes "bin", without the plural. Bins is the correct plural, of course.
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Re: "likes groundhogs for their ."
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2006, 01:56:00 am »

He he he, ah.  I was scared SAE had their head up their ass again or something.
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Re: "likes groundhogs for their ."
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2006, 04:14:00 am »

...for their buck teeth.
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