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Old 01-24-2018, 04:10 PM   #1
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puzzling me since it first was published ---

If the artifact described in "Tollenkar's Lair" as looking like a "giant chamber pot with three handles" is supposed to be something, what the heck is it?

I'm old. I need these questions answered before it gets too late :)
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Old 01-24-2018, 05:23 PM   #2
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A samovar? ;-)
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Old 01-25-2018, 07:27 AM   #3
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Bean pot
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But you could always just take it as written. It's a giant chamber pot, which is to say a chamber pot for giants. Which gigantic contents explains why it needs three handles to lift. One handle for each human slave porter, perhaps.
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Old 01-25-2018, 11:40 AM   #4
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puzzling me since it first was published ---

If the artifact described in "Tollenkar's Lair" as looking like a "giant chamber pot with three handles" is supposed to be something, what the heck is it?

I'm old. I need these questions answered before it gets too late :)
I'm going with "a giant chamber pot with three handles" :D
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Old 01-25-2018, 04:09 PM   #5
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A Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Gradunza?
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Old 01-26-2018, 04:02 PM   #6
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Those are good answers.

But I was being antic. I had nothing particular in mind except to create a puzzling description.
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Old 01-27-2018, 12:34 PM   #7
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And I thank you! One less quandary to trouble my soul.
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Old 01-29-2018, 03:50 PM   #8
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May I suggest a simple typographic revision?

From "looking like a giant chamber pot with three handles" to "looking like a giant's chamber pot with three handles".

But does this pass the smell test?
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Old 01-29-2018, 07:23 PM   #9
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May I suggest a simple typographic revision?

From "looking like a giant chamber pot with three handles" to "looking like a giant's chamber pot with three handles".

But does this pass the smell test?
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Old 02-02-2018, 06:37 PM   #10
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A Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Gradunza?
Well done sir. A red and white striped wizard's cap for you.
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