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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 2: Purgatorio
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bookshelves: science-fiction, celebrity-death-match, transcendent-experiences, why-not-call-it-poetry, life-is-dante
Nov 27, 2008
bookshelves: science-fiction, celebrity-death-match, transcendent-experiences, why-not-call-it-poetry, life-is-dante
For the Celebrity Death Match Review Tournament, Les Trois Mousquetaires (31) versus The Divine Comedy (26)
- Welcome to Purgatory. Name, please?
- Ah, D'Artagnan. I think there might have been some kind of...
- We'll deal with that in a moment. Could we just start by taking care of the Deadly Sins paperwork?
- Um...
- Thank you. Number one, Pride. Any offences?
- Look, obviously I'm pretty damn cool, but, you know...
- Pride, tick. Please pick up a stone on your way out, I think you'll want an L. Number two, Envy...
- Can we speed this up a bit? I've got about two hundred and eighteen counts of Wrath but a clean slate on Envy, Sloth, Covetousness and Gluttony.
- Wait a minute... cross, tick, cross, cross, cross. I must say, I wish everyone would be this cooperative. Oops! One left. How are you on Lust?
- Um, let me see, I suppose I shouldn't really have raped Ketty. But, well...
- She said no but she meant yes?
- What I was going to say was that I only did it to get close to Milady. She's the one I was actually after.
- Let me check the records. You raped Milady's maid so you could impersonate her lover and get into her bed? I'm afraid...
- But look! It's not as bad as it sounds. I was only doing that to save Constance, there was no other way. She'd been kidnapped and I was afraid she'd be killed...
- Constance was your wife?
- Ah, in fact she was married to someone else. But I really loved her, so...
- Anyway, the important thing was that you saved her life?
- Look, I did my best, right? But that psycho bitch Milady went and poisoned her. It wasn't my fault...
- Excuse me. Monsieur D'Artagnan, I must ask you to consider carefully. This place is all about sincere repentance. Are you completely sure you'd be happy here in Purgatory?
- What do you mean? Of course I want to do it. My heart is pure.
- Let me check again. Well, the thing I like about this job is that you never get a dull day. You're right.
- So I can come in?
- Sure. But make that stone an XL. No, an XXL.
- Deal! Thank you.
- You're welcome. Next please?
- Ah, my name's Richelieu. Listen, I can explain everything...
Match point: Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Welcome to Purgatory. Name, please?
- Ah, D'Artagnan. I think there might have been some kind of...
- We'll deal with that in a moment. Could we just start by taking care of the Deadly Sins paperwork?
- Um...
- Thank you. Number one, Pride. Any offences?
- Look, obviously I'm pretty damn cool, but, you know...
- Pride, tick. Please pick up a stone on your way out, I think you'll want an L. Number two, Envy...
- Can we speed this up a bit? I've got about two hundred and eighteen counts of Wrath but a clean slate on Envy, Sloth, Covetousness and Gluttony.
- Wait a minute... cross, tick, cross, cross, cross. I must say, I wish everyone would be this cooperative. Oops! One left. How are you on Lust?
- Um, let me see, I suppose I shouldn't really have raped Ketty. But, well...
- She said no but she meant yes?
- What I was going to say was that I only did it to get close to Milady. She's the one I was actually after.
- Let me check the records. You raped Milady's maid so you could impersonate her lover and get into her bed? I'm afraid...
- But look! It's not as bad as it sounds. I was only doing that to save Constance, there was no other way. She'd been kidnapped and I was afraid she'd be killed...
- Constance was your wife?
- Ah, in fact she was married to someone else. But I really loved her, so...
- Anyway, the important thing was that you saved her life?
- Look, I did my best, right? But that psycho bitch Milady went and poisoned her. It wasn't my fault...
- Excuse me. Monsieur D'Artagnan, I must ask you to consider carefully. This place is all about sincere repentance. Are you completely sure you'd be happy here in Purgatory?
- What do you mean? Of course I want to do it. My heart is pure.
- Let me check again. Well, the thing I like about this job is that you never get a dull day. You're right.
- So I can come in?
- Sure. But make that stone an XL. No, an XXL.
- Deal! Thank you.
- You're welcome. Next please?
- Ah, my name's Richelieu. Listen, I can explain everything...
Match point: Les Trois Mousquetaires
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Started Reading
January 1, 1999
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Finished Reading
November 27, 2008
– Shelved
December 5, 2008
– Shelved as:
science-fiction
October 15, 2011
– Shelved as:
celebrity-death-match
October 15, 2011
– Shelved as:
transcendent-experiences
October 15, 2011
– Shelved as:
why-not-call-it-poetry
November 29, 2011
– Shelved as:
life-is-dante
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Hayes wrote: "Very nice, but I am, of course, on the other side."Well, I actually want The Divine Comedy to win. I just felt bad that no one was voting for the Musketeers...
Thank you Mahdi! If you look at the tournament page, The Divine Comedy got all the way to the final, where it was narrowly defeated by Pooh Bear...
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