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  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
    Gone fishin'
    • Sep 2011
    • 30163

    Originally posted by Don Petter View Post
    Are we looking for three sisters?

    So is this one to check off ... or not?
    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
      Gone fishin'
      • Sep 2011
      • 30163

      Oh dear. What seemed like a little sparkler last night looks like turning into a damp squib.
      You're almost there: the "S" has (sort of) been solved by DP.
      We've got Sister Wendy, and Margaret Drabble and ...
      We now need the Star Trek character, and his connection with the topic.
      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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      • subcontrabass
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 2780

        Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
        ...
        We now need the Star Trek character, and his connection with the topic.
        Is this one a sister-in-law, rather than a sister?

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        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
          Gone fishin'
          • Sep 2011
          • 30163

          Walter Koenig.
          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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          • Norfolk Born

            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
            OK - Anton Chekhov - but where precisely does that get us?

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            • Norfolk Born

              ...Three Sisters?

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              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                Gone fishin'
                • Sep 2011
                • 30163

                Yep: Chekhov gives us Three Sisters (also an Opera by Peter Eotvos);
                Margaret Drabble and ... gives us ...?
                Sister Wendy.

                (I said the answer was banal in comparison to what others have suggested. It's like the denouement of Midsomer Murders!)
                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                • Norfolk Born

                  Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                  Yep: Chekhov gives us Three Sisters (also an Opera by Peter Eotvos);
                  Margaret Drabble and ... gives us ...?
                  Sister Wendy.

                  (I said the answer was banal in comparison to what others have suggested. It's like the denouement of Midsomer Murders!)
                  Frankly, Midsomer Murders is a doddle compared with this.
                  Could you please (a) explain the significance of the passage I've highlighted in bold; (b) explain who contributed what to the answer (if we've actually got it between us)?
                  Thank you.

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                  • Norfolk Born

                    There's a character called Pavel Chekov in Star Trek. Anton Chekhov's father was Pavel Chekhov. Does this mean that I've misunderstood the Star Trek reference?

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                    • Don Petter

                      Just got back in. Sorry I've had an adverse effect on fhg's hair.

                      All I was really doing, as usual, was dipping in with some random thoughts without really grasping any subtle implications. One sister (Wendy) might imply three, and hence my pun on Chekov. But, as usual I'm lost on the Star Trek and Redgrave allusions.

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                      • mercia
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 8920

                        apologies for going after the Sewells

                        Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                        Chekhov gives us Three Sisters (also an Opera by Peter Eotvos);
                        Margaret Drabble and ... gives us ...?
                        Sister Wendy.
                        Margaret Drabble (Redgrave understudy) + A S Byatt (The Children's Book) = 2 Sisters

                        3 + 2 + 1 = Six. Six sisters = SS ??

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                        • antongould
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8773

                          Good try but does it pass the Midsommer test?

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26506

                            Checking in for first time on a Blackberry from the wilds of Brittany (just prior to imminent boulangerie/patisserie visit!) to react to the S question with a and a

                            Star Trek - Chekhov - Three Sisters....

                            Bonne continuation, mes amis!!!
                            "...the isle is full of noises,
                            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                            • Norfolk Born

                              Originally posted by mercia View Post
                              apologies for going after the Sewells



                              Margaret Drabble (Redgrave understudy) + A S Byatt (The Children's Book) = 2 Sisters

                              3 + 2 + 1 = Six. Six sisters = SS ??
                              [I]'I was NEVER in ze SS![/I] (Sorry, I can no longer take this question seriously).
                              Having said that, 'SS' could stand for 'Savile Scarborough', which at least introduces a new angle (45 degrees, to be precise).

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                              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                                Gone fishin'
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 30163

                                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                                apologies for going after the Sewells
                                Margaret Drabble (Redgrave understudy) + A S Byatt (The Children's Book) = 2 Sisters

                                3 + 2 + 1 = Six. Six sisters = SS ??
                                Ah! The quality of Mercia!
                                Spot on - and whilst you may regret following the Sewells, I regret not having done so. (That's the Midsomer test, anton; often the solutions the viewer formulates are much more satisfying than the ones at the end of the episode.

                                Now, mercia, please, will you be mother and make the Tease?
                                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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