Lysol- The Power That Preserves

Post by **CovenantJr** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:42 pm

Skyweir wrote:i was hoping a secret hope .. that you were a long lost cherished member from ages ago .. Juntel .. but alas you are clearly not he

Ok Sky, this Juntel fixation is getting out of hand!

Post by **Skyweir** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:22 pm

lol .. have I ever accused you of being Juntel?? lol

if so it was a simle and erroneous utterance .. and i guess i must concede that Juntel is no longer with us

unless he is and just keeping it very secretive!! mmm .. *succumbs to violent siezures of paranoia* ahhhhh!!!!

reverts to post-maniacal state runs screaming and shouting "i'm not an elephant - i'm a human being* and takes a flying leap off the Sydney Harbour Bridge to her suprise completely missing the Harbour"

Post by **kevinswatch** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 6:08 am

Hey Baradakas, welcome to the Watch. Anyway, just to bring things back on topic, when this was brought up before, I remember we talked about how we thought that the Lysol reference was to the whole Pure One thing. It even inspired me to make this silly image a while ago. Hehe.-jay

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 6:19 am

(But I still say it's the Colossus!

)

Post by **CovenantJr** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 9:11 am

Skyweir wrote:reverts to post-maniacal state runs screaming and shouting "i'm not an elephant - i'm a human being* and takes a flying leap off the Sydney Harbour Bridge to her suprise completely missing the Harbour"

Foolish girl

Post by **Baradakas** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:58 am

Thanks for the picture, Jay, very funny.

( I still think Colossus too)

-B

Post by **Skyweir** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 12:20 am

lets not go there

LOL

<Colossus - inside joke>

Post by **Baradakas** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 6:43 am

LOL, is there any way for me to avoid an inside joke?

I sure hope not, it's actually becoming kinda cute....

-B

Post by **Skyweir** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 6:49 am

i hope you mean that Baradakas!! LOL

the Colossus .. comes from a thread or a post that i started .. entitled "the erection of the colossus" that was innocently posted!!

and one that I got no end of flack over!!! LOL

yet another naive comment from yours truly

LOL

Post by **Baradakas** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 10:01 am

Hey, I'm just as bad...

but yeah, it IS kinda cute, if a little confusing at times....

-B

Post by **hierachy** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 1:18 pm

It's alot more confusing when people expect you to understand the in jokes because you've been around a few months, but they are refering to something that happened a year and a half ago.

Post by **Revan** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 2:10 pm

Heh... Wounded Hierachy

Post by **Skyweir** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 1:09 am

Hierachy wrote:It's alot more confusing when people expect you to understand the in jokes because you've been around a few months, but they are refering to something that happened a year and a half ago.

or even a lot longer ago than that

Post by **Baradakas** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 8:13 am

Well, I'll just have to take my chances...

-B

Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:01 pm

Pointless post alert.

Spoiler

What is Lysol? I am English

Thanks

Post by **DukkhaWaynhim** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:32 am

Lysol is a popular aerosol disinfectant spray made in America.

DW

Post by **drew** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:41 am

I just used the search option, 'cause I didn't want to start a new topic if one was already there, all I could find was this one!!!

SRD sort of answered the Lysol question in the GI:

thinbudha: Greetings, and thank you for some of my favorite books.

I have a question about Lysol- I think that I remember reading once about how an unfortunate encounter you once had with a can of Lysol led to inspiration for one of your books- or a passage- or something(?)

Am I crazy- I can't find this anywhere. Perhaps I had my own unfortunate incident with Lysol, and am imagining the whole thing? Can you enlighten me?

I think you’ll be able to find your answer now that we’re adding a word-search tool to the Gradual Interview. (I leave it to my readers to answer my webmaster’s question: is the GI “upper” or “lower”?) But briefly: the scene in “The Power that Preserves” where Lena and a Ranyhyn save Covenant from Pietten’s betrayal came to me while I was reading a Lysol disinfectant can in a truck-stop men’s room.

(11/09/2004)

I couln't find any more about it in the GI, although I myself asked the question back in October, but was never answered

Not having a twenty year old can of Lysol handy, I reread that chapter over and over again, trying to guess the connection.

Was the scene inspired by something SRD read on the can, or did it just come into his head at the same time?

Post by **balon!** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 3:37 pm

Well, I hope that everyone is feeling better, now that we've ALL got some of the paranoia out fo our systems.

As to the Lysol, Did SRD actually use the words 'one of the most influetial parts of the story' (or something like that) If not, i would pick the overall realization TC has when he accepts the Leprosy and decides to bring down Fouls Creche. If Yes, the i would have to pick the scene when the People, Lords, and Hirebrands of Revelstone fight back against the 'stench' infecting its stone.

Post by **MrKABC** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 9:54 pm

My money was on the jheherrin - you know, truck stop toilet, muddy, brown squishy things that talk to you, spraying the air to make it Pure...

I don't get the whole dispute with Baradakas.. Did I miss something? Why not just give him a Test of Truth and be done with it?

Post by **drew** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:18 pm

But Donaldson said it was the Rhanyn and Lena rescueing TC from Pietten

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