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 Oct 30 2007, 01:04 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 160 Joined: 14-November 03 From: MSP Metroplex Member No.: 5,822  |
I'm on a mission from my GM to find out what book contains Cleopatra's Needle. I'm hoping to save a little time by putting it to the DS crowd. So, where can I find this crazy thing?
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Oct 30 2007, 01:16 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
No clue. have anything more on it than the name?
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Oct 30 2007, 01:26 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
NeoAnarchist's Guide to North America seems to ring a bell.
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Oct 30 2007, 01:58 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Aye. That or the London Sourcebook, but I don't recall a reference off hand.
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Oct 30 2007, 02:04 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
There are no hits for term "cleopatra" in the books currently released as PDFs, though neither of the books mentioned are among those.
I should add, books from before the publication of Mr. Johnson's Little Black Book. ~J |
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Oct 30 2007, 02:08 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
My bet would be "NeoAnarchist's Guide to North America". There is an Egyptian obelisk in Central Park, New York City, called Cleopatra's Needle.
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Oct 30 2007, 02:12 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Aye, but there's another in London and a third in Paris.
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Oct 30 2007, 02:16 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
Doh!
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Oct 30 2007, 04:47 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
I've got a small hunch that the NYC one is Cleo's needle. I used to go to the Met a lot as a little kid and I think I vaguely remember some lecture or something saying that was the one.
That being said, it would be funnier if Cleopatra's Needle were in fact Marc Antony's small preserved penis or something. |
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Oct 30 2007, 05:58 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 232 Joined: 7-October 07 Member No.: 13,604 |
Wait, it isn't?
Well there goes that entire run down the drain... |
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Oct 30 2007, 07:36 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
:notworthy:
Ah, Wounded Ronin, that was priceless. I have not laughed so much in a long time! |
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Oct 30 2007, 01:55 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 976 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Near my daughters, Lansdale PA Member No.: 6,668 |
The one I thought of when I read the name was in London near the Thames but that is in RL.
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Oct 30 2007, 01:59 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Real life has one in Central Park too, as was mentioned previously. ;) |
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Oct 30 2007, 02:14 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 976 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Near my daughters, Lansdale PA Member No.: 6,668 |
Sure, I read that(never seen it and I'm a new Yorker). I was putting in my $.02 as to what my initial gut reaction was to the name.
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Oct 30 2007, 02:19 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
For shame! |
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Oct 30 2007, 03:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 160 Joined: 14-November 03 From: MSP Metroplex Member No.: 5,822 |
There's no reference in the NAGNA. Does anyone actually remember reading about it in any of the SR books. Is my GM having an acid flashback?
Dread Polack |
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Oct 30 2007, 03:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 976 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Near my daughters, Lansdale PA Member No.: 6,668 |
I have also never skated in Rockefeller Center or mugged a tourist. |
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Oct 30 2007, 04:03 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
For even more shame! ~J |
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Oct 30 2007, 04:21 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
I have to check a reference when I get home, but if I'm right your GM might be recalling a horrible pun.
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Oct 30 2007, 10:10 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
I grew up in New York City and you are making me sad. Have you... 1.) Visited the Museum of Television and Radio? 2.) Gone to Chinatown to a random restaurant down a back street with no English menu and ordered some random item on the menu which you couldn't read? 3.) Drank Japanese style coffee in the Rockerfeller Center Kinokunia bookstore while that was still available? 4.) Bought a bullwhip from an African import store back in the early 90s? 5.) Eaten Turkish pastries from an immigrant bakery in the Bronx? 6.) Gone to the Metropolitan Opera? 7.) Gone bowling on a day trip to New Jersey? 8.) Gone to the Bronx Zoo? 9.) Eaten at Mike's Pizza on around 2nd avenue and 25th street or so? 10.) Walked around the East Village secretly laughing inside at the pierced dudes and Japanese dropouts? If not, you might be a depressing yuppie. :( |
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Oct 30 2007, 10:12 PM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
If anywhere I'd expect it to be in the old London sourcebook, Sargent and Gacoigne had a thing for objects like that.
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Oct 30 2007, 10:28 PM
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MechRigger Delux Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657 |
Hell, I've done 2, 5, 7, 8, and 9 and I'm from Ohio... OK, so my sis did live there for 6 years and I went when I had a chance. I'm going to second Flak on this though and say check London next. |
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Oct 30 2007, 10:37 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 7-August 07 Member No.: 12,548 |
Just to clear up any confusion, Cleopatra's Needles are indeed a trio of obelisks that can be found in London, Paris and New York City.
For more RL info, i'd suggest visiting the Font of All Knowledge, Both Real and Imagined. |
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Oct 30 2007, 10:44 PM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Font of All Knowledge, Both Real and Imagined? Excuse me whilst I piss myself laughing. :)
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Oct 30 2007, 10:48 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
It's true, provided you interpret the "imagined" part correctly.
~J |
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