nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:

SevenPentacles wrote:24) Always run at the second sign of danger. If you run at the first sign you'll be a coward and karma will get you. (See: Nick)

I quote Gandhi- Speed is irrelevant when you are going in the wrong direction. =p
Make sure you are running away from danger and not towards it.

I read that as "I quote - GANDHISPEED!"

rubberchickenben wrote:

nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:

SevenPentacles wrote:24) Always run at the second sign of danger. If you run at the first sign you'll be a coward and karma will get you. (See: Nick)

I quote Gandhi- Speed is irrelevant when you are going in the wrong direction. =p
Make sure you are running away from danger and not towards it.

I read that as "I quote - GANDHISPEED!"

xD!
http://fileshunt.com/rapidshare.php?file=gandhi%20speed

Our servers are better than the rest: they run at GHANDISPEED!

22) If you are a character in a world created by Jonathan Stroud, NO CHARACTER IS SAFE FROM BEING KILLED OFF!

Nah. Bartimaeus is too charismatic to die.

Plus, Stroud knows his followers would have been furious with him had he killed Bart. Nat, though great, was dispensable.

Haha. Dispensable. Maybe if he wasn't such a douche so cold hearted from the second book on, he would have lived.

21. Even the most sausage of fingers can play the lute beautifully.

20- Never look at people and assume them to be humans. However, if you stab them with a blunt silver piece and if they still act human, you can assume them to be humans.

19. If you want to make friends with a noseless, go to jared and buy him a golden replacment.

18. Always check your shoes before doing that thing where the shoes go really far (forgot what they're called)

Seven League Boots?

I learned that the American Revolution was fought by demons.

Yeah and :
16. Never mock people who say they saw ghosts (who are actually spirits). These people have resilience.

17. America is filled with dirty rebellious savages-oh wait, we already knew that

14. The egyptian gods, having animal heads, were utukku and thus very dumb.
13. Don't rob stores in Britain, or else you will be trapped in a bubble of doom.
12. If you are planning an act of terrorism, do not do it on the same night a giant clay man takes a stroll through town, or you will not be in the news.

Asmoral_The_Resolute wrote:barti gets stuck under one in the beginning of the third book

I thought he was just stuck under a buliding.

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Asmoral_The_Resolute wrote:barti gets stuck under one in the beginning of the third book

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11.Egytpns are smatt asses.
10. You can never have your hair as gay as Nattys.
9.Prague is full of emo people who carry around weiner candles.
8. Brishish people are mean.

7. Always remember to change your underwear before attempting to sneak into another country disguised as a Commoner.
6. Don't annoy an Uttuku when you're the one who's trapped and he's the one with a pointy spear.
5. Make sure that you pick a doorknob that won't question your moral ethics in public.

4. Some things, such as getting the newspaper, should be left to more qualified people, such as grannies and toddlers.
3. Don't leave your victims where someone could stub their toe.
2. If your a djinni, don't give your master too much cheek at tea, or you'll be imprisoned indefinitely in a jar of strawberry jam.

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Dansariki wrote:Yep.
Though, of course, there was a thread in GE dedicated solely to discussing what exactly it was.
:D

lol wikipedia said it was a man's HAND and i was like NOOOOOOOO

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MadamRed wrote:

Asmoral_The_Resolute wrote:barti gets stuck under one in the beginning of the third book

I thought he was just stuck under a buliding.

he got stuck under a toilet when a public lavatory fell on him as a building collapsed. so both.

1) Bartimaeus survives and is awesome.

/thread.