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Old 02-17-2007, 08:42 AM   #1
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Anachronism ??

An inventory item in "Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express" = SELLOTAPE.
Both the book & the 2006 computer game are set in 1934.

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~~ Wikipedia ~~ ...The name "Sellotape" was coined in 1937 by Colin Kininmonth and George Gray, who made the product by applying rubber resin to cellophane film.
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Old 02-17-2007, 03:27 PM   #2
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Anachronism ??

An inventory item in "Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express" = SELLOTAPE.
Both the book & the 2006 computer game are set in 1934.
Silly agatha christy, WHAT WILL SHE DO NEXT!??!
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Old 02-18-2007, 12:49 AM   #3
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Little known fact... Colin Kininmonth and George Cray actually came up with the idea for sellotape in Instanbul in 1933. Unfortunately, on the way home, they misplaced the prototype in the bar car of the Orient Express and it was another 4 years before they were able to replicate the product and obtain a patent

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Old 02-18-2007, 08:06 AM   #4
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~~ kthanxby ~~ ... Little known fact... Colin Kininmonth and George Cray actually came up with the idea for sellotape in Instanbul in 1933. Unfortunately, on the way home, they misplaced the prototype in the bar car of the Orient Express and it was another 4 years before they were able to replicate the product and obtain a patent
Indubitably !!

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Old 02-18-2007, 08:53 AM   #5
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Len, this is totally OT, but I sent you a PM.
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Old 02-18-2007, 01:51 PM   #6
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Many thanks.
Just replied (PM).
Cheers ............... Len.
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Old 02-18-2007, 09:13 PM   #7
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Good one Len

I found something similar in a game I was beta testing once, it had the main character listen to a piece of classical music that wouldn't be composed until a year or so later.
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Old 02-19-2007, 08:32 AM   #8
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PolloDiablo, what game is that?
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Old 02-21-2007, 12:02 PM   #9
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That was 1893 A Worlds Fair Mystery (an illustrated text adventure). In it there was a room where people could listen to some music from that time. One of the choices was Dvorak's 9th Symphony (From The New World). The Fair ended October 31, but the first performance of From The New World was December 16th. I believe the developer solved this by adding a line about how the piece wasn't quite finished yet. Or maybe he left it out, I'm not sure.
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