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*The [[Wikipedia:Argonauts|''argonauts'']] were the soldiers on the ship "Argo" in the mythological story of "Jason and the Golden Fleece". | *The [[Wikipedia:Argonauts|''argonauts'']] were the soldiers on the ship "Argo" in the mythological story of "Jason and the Golden Fleece". | ||
*"Crushed dwarf with a pair of pliers" refers to the 1970 comedy album ''[[Wikipedia:Don%27t_Crush_That_Dwarf%2C_Hand_Me_the_Pliers|Don | *"Crushed dwarf with a pair of pliers" refers to the 1970 comedy album ''[[Wikipedia:Don%27t_Crush_That_Dwarf%2C_Hand_Me_the_Pliers|Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers]]'' by [[Wikipedia:The_Firesign_Theatre|Firesign Theatre]]. | ||
*"Fool on a hill" alludes to the [[Wikipedia:The_Beatles|Beatles]] song "The Fool on the Hill". | *"Fool on a hill" alludes to the [[Wikipedia:The_Beatles|Beatles]] song "The Fool on the Hill". | ||
*Hermetic seal is a pun on hermetically sealed, which means to be sealed perfectly, airtight. | *Hermetic seal is a pun on hermetically sealed, which means to be sealed perfectly, airtight. | ||
Revision as of 17:31, 6 May 2006
Autoselling is the process of trading in items for meat at the item's disclosed selling price.
Autosell messages take the form:
- You sell your ITEM to a(n) BUYER for N meat.
Buyers
- anthropomorphic chicken breast
- argonaut
- Bugbear breeder
- bicycling acolyte
- Canadian telemarketer
- caterwauling samurai
- corrupt policeman
- crushed dwarf with a pair of pliers
- cycling minstrel
- demon-eating kitten
- drunken hemi-dwarf
- Dutch Elm Disease-riddled Ent
- flock of geese
- fool on a hill
- halfling knob polisher
- hermetic seal
- hotel detective
- intelligent shade of blue
- kitten-eating demon
- lecherous orangutan
- long-haul trucker on speed
- mechanic named Mike
- miniscule suffragette
- monkey organ grinder
- mustachioed popcorn vendor
- Orcish Frat Boy
- organ grinder
- organ grinder's monkey
- puddle of primordial ooze
- stranger with candy
- wandering hippy
References
- The argonauts were the soldiers on the ship "Argo" in the mythological story of "Jason and the Golden Fleece".
- "Crushed dwarf with a pair of pliers" refers to the 1970 comedy album Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers by Firesign Theatre.
- "Fool on a hill" alludes to the Beatles song "The Fool on the Hill".
- Hermetic seal is a pun on hermetically sealed, which means to be sealed perfectly, airtight.
- "Hotel detective" refers to the song "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" by They Might Be Giants.
- An "intelligent shade of blue" appears in the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy describing the Hooloovoo race.
- "Kitten-eating Demons" appeared during the sixth season of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.
- The "mechanic named Mike" refers to the band Mike and the Mechanics.
- "Stranger with candy" may be a reference to the sitcom Strangers with Candy
- "Long-haul trucker on speed" is a reference to the Jim Croce song "Speedball Tucker."
