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darknightofrays on 29 Jul 2010 at 8:47 p.m. GMT
Thank you Puffin!
first of all.. I just joined this game a few days ago and haven't read through all the posts, so I beg your pardon if what I put now is repetitive of a character already used in the game. :)
"Office job is sooo bo~o~o~o~oriiing! I don't mind that I just got fired from one! I can worry about my income and bank savings later. Right now, I'll take any job that'll let me meet up with this wonderful young man I've just met. Oh he's so sweet. He looks like he's got a puppy-love for me! I know that I am really in love with him and this is not a schoolgirl crush!"
hint- parts of this self-description do not apply by the end of the story.
Puffinjill on 30 Jul 2010 at 7:03 a.m. GMT
Welcome to the boards, darknightofrays!! Would the answer be Victoria Jones from They Came To Baghdad?
darknightofrays on 30 Jul 2010 at 7:47 a.m. GMT
yes! Victoria Jones from "They Came To Baghdad".
your turn now, Puffin. Thanks again. 
Puffinjill on 30 Jul 2010 at 3:28 p.m. GMT
Oh no, not again!! Not sure I'm up to this today. OK, lets see how quickly you can get this one -
'Do this, do that!'- that's all I hear all day long! But I suppose it will be worth my while in the long run. Anything to keep her happy and me on her right side. At least this murder should liven things up a bit. AND who is this VERY attractive young woman who has appeared? I wonder why she's here?
darknightofrays on 31 Jul 2010 at 12:34 a.m. GMT
I am sure my mind has short-circuited a little while trying to come up with a quiz for the "Guess the story" game, but I'd suddenly thought of a possible answer for this game so here it is.
Edmund Swettenham from A Murder Is Announced? referring to his bossy mother, and the new gardener lady, Phillippa?
cameronjhw on 31 Jul 2010 at 2:49 a.m. GMT
Is it Tim Allerton or Cornelia Robson from Death on the Nile, Raymond Boynton from Appointment with Death, Mr. Gardener from Evil Under the Sun or Rosalie Otterbourne from Death on the Nile
Nofret on 31 Jul 2010 at 11:55 a.m. GMT
Is it Ronnie thinking about his aunt Caroline in The Sittaford Mystery?
Puffinjill on 31 Jul 2010 at 3:44 p.m. GMT
It most certainly IS Ronnie Garfield from The Sittaford Mystery, a young man who was willing to bend to the will of his autocratic Aunt in order to keep in her good books and, hopefully, come into a little money when she died. Well done, Nofret! Your turn now!
Puffinjill on 31 Jul 2010 at 3:44 p.m. GMT
It most certainly IS Ronnie Garfield from The Sittaford Mystery, a young man who was willing to bend to the will of his autocratic Aunt in order to keep in her good books and, hopefully, come into a little money when she died. Well done, Nofret! Your turn now!
Nofret on 01 Aug 2010 at 12:25 p.m. GMT
Thank you, Puffin!
Happiness is being rich enough to afford anything I want! And if it has a "not for sale" tag, then I can afford the best people to procure it - legally or not! But now I'm shocked by what an old enemy has revealed to me. The trail is cold, but I will not be beaten!
cameronjhw on 01 Aug 2010 at 8:30 p.m. GMT
Is is Michael Rogers from Endless Night, Mr. Venables from the Pale Horse, Linnet Doyle from Death on the Nile, or Sir Eustace Pedler from Man in the Brown Suit
GKCfan on 02 Aug 2010 at 1:40 a.m. GMT
GKCfan on 02 Aug 2010 at 8:22 p.m. GMT
Many Christie characters get upset about the changes made to their personalities in adaptations, but I have more reason to be upset than anyone else! The book I appear in has been filmed multiple times, and nearly every time they change my name! Indeed, Christie changed my name herself when she adapted my book for the stage. It makes sense, though, in historical perspective.
darknightofrays on 03 Aug 2010 at 12:43 a.m. GMT
aaaah GKCfan, that's an extremely interesting question. I am handicapped by having seen very few adaptations, and being uncertain whether I have found all of the plays written by Christie. based on the books on my shelf I can come up with one possible answer..
the dragoman (tour guide, general manager of the camping site at Petra) in Appointment with Death.
There are many differences between Christie novel Appointment with Death and Christie stage play Appointment with Death. "The dragoman" character in the novel version was named "Mahmoud", and very voluble about "inequities of the Jews". The equivalent dragoman character in the stage play version was named "Aissa" and quite adamant on his Christian schooling when another character insisted on calling him "Mahommed".
GKCfan on 03 Aug 2010 at 6 a.m. GMT
Yes, it is General Macarthur from And Then There Were None! Due to the real-life figure, Christie changed the character's name to General Mackenzie, and other names have been used over the years.
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Hey, all. :)
I thought this forum could use a "Guess the Character" game, seeming as there are so many characters throughout the wonderful world of Christie. It's a pretty simple format. You pretend that you're describing the character in 1st person.
e.g.
"I am a Belgian detective, infact the most famous detective in the world. I like to use my little grey cells and I love to take great care with my beatufiul moustaches".
Okay, that's obviously Poirot. When the next person guesses right they can post one and the game carries on like that. :)
I'll start with the first 'question'; an easy one.
"I am a famous American actress, married to a Lord. Our marriage is on the rocks at the moment, and I'm afraid I've fallen for a rather wealthy Duke".