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Can someone explain some dialogue to me?

posted 8 years ago by fiatlux-1
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Some of the dialogue sounded *garbled* to me, so bear with me:

When the group are first sitting down to dinner, Wadsworth quotes Tennyson.
Then Col. Mustard says he prefers Kipling, and quotes him.
Here's where it gets garbled to me:
Col Mustard [holds out tray of food to Miss Scarlet] "Would you/Do You(???) like Kipling Miss Scarlet?"
Miss Scarlet: "Sure, I'll eat anything."

 What?!!

I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.

[–] novastar_6 8 years ago

She thinks it's the food instead of the writer Rudyard Kipling.

[–] fiatlux-1 8 years ago

She thinks it's the food instead of the writer Rudyard Kipling.

I figured this was the case, that Miss Scarlett didn't even recognize the literary reference.
Thanks.

I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.

[–] hilaryjrp 8 years ago

Right before he asks her if she likes Kipling, he quoted Kipling's "the female of the species is deadlier than the male."