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Chetspeak on Sunday

Bourbon is Bernie’s drink, in case that hasn’t come up already. When he’s his normal Bernie-type self he has it with ice. When things aren’t going well the ice gets skipped. We were iceless at the moment, by ourselves on a tiny patio behind some bar that wasn’t doing much business, maybe on account of this part of town being kind of sketchy. In fact, there was a good chance we were lost. We’d driven around for a bit, the sun moving from one side of the car to the other, and after a while Bernie had opened his mouth for the first time on the whole drive and said, “Where the hell are we?” He’d taken the next off-ramp, adding, “I mean that in every sense.” Which was a total puzzler, and now here we were on this patio: two tables, one torn umbrella flapping above us in the breeze, a waiter with a cigarette hanging from the side of his mouth.

– from … who can guess where this is from? Answer tomorrow.

Welcome Farrah, in the snow.

Pop Quiz (Thereby Hangs A Tail) (Revised)

Late notice: Please email answers to spence.quinn@gmail.com.

1. Who was Bernie’s favorite boxer? Bonus: Argue the case for someone else.

2. Who is the Pepsi guy in Coke country? Bonus: What is Canada’s Pepsi province?

3. What hides the safe in Bernie’s office? Bonus: What is its symbolic significance?

4. According to Bernie, how many galaxies are in the universe?

5. Who sang the original version of the song Crash and Disco like?

6. Write a sentence or two (penalty for more) on the difference between Princess and Babycakes.

Pencils down!

Prize (1 only): Advance reader copy (meaning bound, uncorrected proofs) of To Fetch A Thief. Bonuses not compulsory, only to be used in case of a tie. Rules subject to change. All arbitration arbitrary (Red Queen style).

MLK + Pop Quiz (Part Two)

“The content of their character,” Bernie says. “Can we ever get to that?” He scratches between my ears, just so. Turns out my ears don’t exactly match. Didn’t know that until someone mentioned it, possibly in Dog On It, or maybe Thereby Hangs A Tail, hard to keep it all straight. But that’s not the point. The point is – so what if my ears don’t match?

Here’s part two of the quiz. Winner gets a copy of Thereby Hangs A Tail, signed by Spencer Quinn and stamped by me, Chet.

1. Who was Bernie’s favorite boxer?

2. Who is the Pepsi guy in Coke country?

3. What hides the safe in Bernie’s office? Bonus: What is its thematic significance?

4. According to Bernie, how many galaxies are in the universe?

5. Write a sentence or two on the difference between Princess and Babycakes.

Pencils down!

We Have A Winner!

Congratulations to Tiffany for her perfect score on yesterday’s pop quiz (part one). If she would please email her mailing addess to spence.quinn@gmail.com her copy of Thereby Hangs A Tail, signed by Spencer Quinn and stamped by Chet will be on its way.

Honorable mention to Lisa Trotter. Is there any reason she shouldn’t have a prize, too? Not that Chet can come up with. So if she too will kindly do the email thing, a signed and stamped copy will be coming her way as well.

Also, according to Admin who has been in contact with the publisher, Thereby Hangs A Tail, based on just on its partial first week, will appear on the New York Times extended fiction list at #25 on Sunday 1/24. Everyone here at chetthedog thanks Chet’s readers very very much.