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Post by rjacarnegie on May 5, 2007 2:51:54 GMT
The sordid topic of coin. Oh, that seems to be from Joyce Grenfell, but I can't remember which work. Maybe the speech about "Useful and Acceptable Gifts" that are easy to home-make -and- to dispose of. It also shows up in the movie [Death Becomes Her] apparently.
So... is Agatha uniquely lucky to get a cash prize from the Pink Pretender? Or uniquely unlucky? Or is Lady Penelope throwing gold coins around like pennies at a wedding?
Does pink gold do something horrible? My No.1 guess for bad news would be to interfere with Agatha's golden locket, although this might be a good time for Lucrezia to take a hand. No.2 guess is chocolate inside. No.3 is chocolate with slaver wasp liqueur, but I don't want to see wasp-slaves again for a while.
Taking payment from bad people usually gets you into trouble. Likewise stealing from them.
I don't think the Chatelaine Sans Chat recognised Agatha. At least if Agatha's right - that she is not a good actress.
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Post by Mavromichali on May 5, 2007 10:08:56 GMT
I was torn between the coin being something useful for Agatha and the whole charade being beneficial to her getting in the castle, or alternatively it's of no value save to annoy Agatha.
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Post by rjacarnegie on May 5, 2007 13:01:51 GMT
Well, gold is gold (unless it isn't), and I don't think that Spark science can make it from nothing - so I think it's rare and valuable. So it means something that she's throwing it around.
In the old cartoons, the coin would be on a string to be yanked back moments later... now who was it used to do that?
The comedian Tommy Cooper apparently used to tell taxi drivers "Have a drink on me" while putting something into their jacket breast pocket. It turned out to be a tea bag.
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