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|<!--1-->I think I'll stick to drowning dwarves and cooking puppies.
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This is the random quote for the [[Main Page|main page]], selected from the [[Main Page/Quote/list|list]]. To add a quote, edit the [[Main Page/Quote/list|''list'']], not this page.
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|<!--2-->Toady has created a masterpiece!
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|<!--3-->I can't put my finger on it. Something about this [[Fire|‼]]Cat tallow roast[[Fire|‼]] tastes funny.
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|<!--4-->Toady withdraws from society. Toady has begun a [[Strange_mood|mysterious]] construction!
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|<!--5-->Let us never forget the last words of Inod the Stoker, [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Fortress_Paintrag#1056 "Aaah! Gorillas!"]
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|<!--6-->[[Children|Newborn]] Zuglar Baldnessgranite prefers to consume Gorilla. A sure sign of his unparalleled strength!
 
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|<!--7-->[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/video-game-article/duke-nukem-image.php In an unrelated article] - I had no idea elephants could bounce that high!
 
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|<!--8-->[[Toady]] looses a roaring laughter, [[Fey|fell]] and terrible! Toady has butchered a spammer!
 
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|<!--9-->[[Elephant]]s are like huge, wrinkly [[ambusher|ninjas]].
 
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|<!--10-->The critical question is this''':''' do elf bones yield more crossbow bolts than the average number of bolts necessary to kill an elf?
 
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|<!--11-->"Dwarf Fortress" ... "Like chess, only with short people that can catch on [[fire]] like [[clothing|rags]] soaked in tar, and lots of [[booze]]." ... "Like chess."
 
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|<!--12-->Dwarf Fortress has taught me that all the world's problems would be substantially reduced had our parent civilizations never minted more than four stacks of [[coins]].
 
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|<!--13-->Booze does all the work in forts. Dwarves are just booze exoskeletons.
 
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|<!--14-->My unconscious and bleeding [[mayor]] just mandated the construction of some goods.
 
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|<!--15-->I can just imagine a wagon throwing a tantrum and tossing all its contents at people.
 
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|<!--16-->Döbesh Udosdeb has been ecstatic lately. He was forced to eat a friend to survive. He enjoyed a truly decadent meal.
 
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|<!--17-->Iron [[screw pump]] exercise equipment. Pump iron and get superdwarvenly strong!
 
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|<!--18-->Only you can prevent fortress fires.
 
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|<!--19-->The violence, aggression, pain, madness, sadness of the ASCII characters never ceases to amaze me...
 
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|<!--20-->Wait, you're MAKING animals?<br>&mdash;''Torak''<br>At this moment, yes, I am smelting cows.<br>&mdash;''Spiders Everywhere''
 
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|<!--21-->"Didn't you read the manual? He he he he... the manual... ..."<br>--[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--22-->(Compared to real-world years) Dwarven years are shorter.<br>--Sowelu<br><br>Very fitting to dwarves, I must add.<br>--Sean Mirrsen
 
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|<!--23-->[[Magma]] is not a [[water]] source. Dwarves can't drink it or supply it to their wounded.<br>--[[User:AlienChickenPie|AlienChickenPie]]
 
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|<!--24-->"<nowiki>[B]</nowiki>oats are the enemy of tiles. And tiles are the enemy of boats."<br>--[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--25-->"I went through and fixed a few places where forbidden/on fire weren't being respected for next time. Burning milkable creatures were still a problem for example."<br>--[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--26-->"You have been processed! Go forth, now, and edit!"<br>--[[User:Savok|Savok]]
 
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|<!--27-->"What happened in 1048?" "Jreengus occurred."
 
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|<!--28-->Making rock instruments isn't nearly as awesome as it sounds --Shandrunn
 
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|<!--29-->So this pit has had 5/7 water in it for over a month now. How freaking deep do I need to make it to drown that damn kitten?
 
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|<!--30-->Maybe Babies are like Pokemon for [[goblin|Goblins]]... You gotta snatch em all --Neonivek
 
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|<!--31-->The cyclops I was quested to kill had a thousand year history of badassery, and all of that without the leg it lost in the Year 3 (a dwarf bit it off... I should probably deal with that). --[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--32-->[FIREIMMUNE] makes them think that [[magma]] is safe but doesn't actually make them fireproof. This can lead to some rather interesting results.
 
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Endok Cerolneth, Planter has given birth to a girl.
 
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|<!--34-->"Incendia sunt socia vestra, armaque vestra, fortesque Montis Domi." "Magma is your ally, your weapon, the strength of the Mountain-Home." --Eita
 
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|<!--35-->"Stopped people from giving quests to kill themselves." --[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--36-->"...And I simply doubt we have a need for 7 fishery workers. On top of that, a second soap maker. The hell IS soap?!" --Zero
 
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|<!--37-->"This is a terrible pun. All craftsdwarfship is of the poorest quality." - [http://tinyurl.com/6yruly Soup_alex]
 
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|<!--38-->"The default mental state of a dwarf is madness. Sanity is a temporary condition - a PRIVILEGE you have to EARN!" --[[User:Fedor|Fedor]]
 
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|<!--39-->"Why get normal cats? I buy lolcats in the embark screen. Much more fun to engrave about them." --Yanlin
 
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|<!--41-->"Got rid of world gen crash during succession after death of prolific long-standing position holders with inbred descendants" --[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--42-->"There was a typo in the siegers' campfire code.  When the fires went out, so did the game." --[[Toady One]]
 
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|<!--43-->"Hey, what does that flashing red and orange text mean? What? Why is there smoke everywhere? Oh god, are those BABIES on fire?" --[[User:StrawberryBunny|StrawberryBunny]]
 
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|<!--44-->''Belbezevost Närangagak Äkig:''<br>Goatsects the Raw Red Anus of Stretching
 
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|<!--45-->"It's never 'just a game' when you're losing."<br>--George Carlin (if he played Dwarf Fortress)
 
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|<!--46-->Not that building a bridge out of soap makes much sense to begin with anyway.
 
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|<!--47-->Note that while you cannot milk larger animals yourself, civilizations can still milk animals "off screen" for your benefit.
 
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|<!--48-->Tosid Idenarzes likes tentacle demons for their corrupt intentions.  "There!  Now we've covered all of the seven deadly sins."
 
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|<!--49-->"Hey, you know all those trap components in Fortress mode? You can wield them in Adventurer Mode.  I'm DRILLING THE SHIT out of SKELETONS AND ZOMBIES."<br />"You can wield anything in adventurer mode."<br />"I CANNOT HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF ME DRILLING HOLES IN ELVES!"
 
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|<!--50-->"Litast Idenudesh, baby, is throwing a tantrum!  Inod Litastrilem, Mayor, has lost consciousness.  Inod Litastrilem, Mayor, has bled to death."
 
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|<!--51-->"Known bug #780: Town guard becomes a criminal after getting an adventurer's stolen weapon stuck in his body."
 
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|<!--52-->"The numerous steel bars and fortifications I had installed to prevent river denizens entering my water supply turned out to be completely unnecessary as the snakemen found the entrance to be rather... deeper... than they had expected. Dwarves began complaining about bits of snake in the well soon after."
 
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|<!--53-->"Udib Toblumaid, Axedwarf, cancels sparring in Barracks: too insane." [[User:Ben jamm1n|Ben jamm1n]]
 
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|<!--55-->Kosoth Cilobonol, Bone Carver cancels Drink: Unconscious.
 
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Latest revision as of 03:02, 21 January 2023

This is the random quote for the main page, selected from the list. To add a quote, edit the list, not this page.

Let us never forget the last words of Inod the Stoker, "Aaah! Gorillas!"

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