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"It may have been . . .": Answering the question "What broke the camel's back?" -- that is, what was the cause of Tim Finnegan's fall from his ladder, and what caused the Temple to fall or the Tower of Babble to collapse (coming after a long section about Finnegan's role as a builder of great structures).  The camel is featured in the previous two setences, referring to Crop-eared, Mohammed's camel.
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* '''It may have been...:''' the Ass's answer to the original question (005.13: What then brought about that tragedy...): that is, what caused Tim Finnegan to fall from his ladder, and what caused the Temple to fall, and what caused the Tower of Babel to collapse (coming after a long section about Finnegan's role as a builder of great structures), and what broke the camel's back? → [[Cropherb]]
  
The full sentence reads:
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*'''It may half been:''' to only half-wish for something
  
It may half been a missfired brick, as some say, or it mought have been due to a collupsus of his back promises, as others looked at it.
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* '''half''' → [[Issy|Issy's]] split personality

Latest revision as of 09:12, 20 December 2009

  • It may have been...: the Ass's answer to the original question (005.13: What then brought about that tragedy...): that is, what caused Tim Finnegan to fall from his ladder, and what caused the Temple to fall, and what caused the Tower of Babel to collapse (coming after a long section about Finnegan's role as a builder of great structures), and what broke the camel's back? → Cropherb
  • It may half been: to only half-wish for something
  • halfIssy's split personality