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    Quote Originally Posted by King Athelstan View Post
    Ah, oui oui!
    Can you please explain your thought process in how exactly does a pair of people walking and an [or] operator followed by one translate into "once" in "I am only going to tell you once"?

    If this was not a virtual environment, I would grab you by your clothing and not let you leave until you do.

    Edit: I guess the people are going somewhere, so that explains the going part but not the [or].
    Edit2: when the going is in the speech bubble and not before the person telling, I understand it to follow the telling part. As in "I am (only) telling you to go once".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Septentrionalis View Post
    Per aspera ad astra.
    Sorry, nowhere near with that.
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    Has anyone identified where this kind of tile is used and what for?
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    Isn't that a sort of "Walk of Fame" ?

    "The End" could refer to both a song and a movie afaik

    @ Septentrionalis; this game is hard, and is very much cultural based, since phrases are usually idiomatic. Don't get mad at it, I myself I'm very bad at this game, but I still enjoy trying and if I can't, I just move on
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flinn View Post
    Isn't that a sort of "Walk of Fame" ?
    Indeed. Normally movie stars and such get their name (and a hand print?) on it. In this case "The End" takes that spot.

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    "The End" could refer to both a song and a movie afaik
    In this case, what marks the end of a story.

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    @ Septentrionalis; this game is hard, and is very much cultural based, since phrases are usually idiomatic. Don't get mad at it, I myself I'm very bad at this game, but I still enjoy trying and if I can't, I just move on
    For what it's worth, I couldn't exactly place everything from that quiz either. Basically got something like "listen carefully say one", filled in the blanks and checked if it was a phrase from a show.
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    "All good things come to an end".

    Apologies for the meta-discussion, but I was not angry at King A but reacting to the logic itself in a way that I think is humorous for a Nordic person (perhaps Swedes excluded). I'll try to be more culturally sensitive or at least use smileys to better convey that I am not really threatening anyone .

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    The end of the world? (as per stars signifying the universe)

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    Nope. "End" is not part of the solution. Neither is "star".
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    The final frontier.

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    Nope.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Septentrionalis View Post
    Can you please explain your thought process in how exactly does a pair of people walking and an [or] operator followed by one translate into "once" in "I am only going to tell you once"?

    If this was not a virtual environment, I would grab you by your clothing and not let you leave until you do.

    Edit: I guess the people are going somewhere, so that explains the going part but not the [or].
    Edit2: when the going is in the speech bubble and not before the person telling, I understand it to follow the telling part. As in "I am (only) telling you to go once".
    The two people walking is the poster for the movie "Once" - [or] was meant to signal that the picture could be interchanged with 1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Septentrionalis View Post
    The final frontier.
    P.S. The solution does contain a synonym for the word "final".
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    I'd say the Grand Finale.

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    "Famous last stand"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kilo11 View Post
    "Famous last stand"?
    ouch, so close ....
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    Oh. I get it now. "Famous Last Words"?




    If that is wrong, I will feel like an idiot for announcing my "Ah-hah" moment
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kilo11 View Post
    Oh. I get it now. "Famous Last Words"?




    If that is wrong, I will feel like an idiot for announcing my "Ah-hah" moment
    You got it

    The end => 'last words',
    Printed on a walk of fame tile => 'famous'
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    Noice! Glad I didn't make myself look like an idiot by getting excited over an incorrect guess

    Anyway, here is the next one:



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    May the force be with you...
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    The trick is to never be honest. That's what this social phenomenon is engineering: publicly conform, or else.

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    No no, Aex. May the force be with you.


    But yes, you have it. The floor is yours.

    EDIT: I need to spread some rep about Aex. Or if someone would be so kind as to throw a bone to the English boy on my behalf, I'd be most obliged!
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