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Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :

What is Medley's Mist-E Rub, and why did it build a house?

I've been wondering this for about eleven years now.

Posted by TommySama (Member # 9669) on :

What?

Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :

[Confused]

Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :

In Greensboro, a former employer of mine temporarily owned a large house by a lake (exactly as described in Ender's Game), which had been built by the inventor of Vick's Vap-O-Rub.

Posted by OSTY (Member # 1480) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Orson Scott Card:
In Greensboro, a former employer of mine temporarily owned a large house by a lake (exactly as described in Ender's Game), which had been built by the inventor of Vick's Vap-O-Rub.

Wow, that is a cool fact to know. I will be able to wow all my friends who read Ender's Game now!

Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Orson Scott Card:
In Greensboro, a former employer of mine temporarily owned a large house by a lake (exactly as described in Ender's Game), which had been built by the inventor of Vick's Vap-O-Rub.

Okay, I KNEW it had to have some kind of weird personal/inside joke meaning. Thanks. Like I said, I've been wondering what the heck it meant for over a decade.

Know I know. And knowing is half the battle!

Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :

quote:
Originally posted by TommySama:
What?

In Ender's Game, when Graff takes Ender for his little Earthside vacation (and brings Valentine to talk to him), they arrive at the lake house and Graff says, "This is the house that Medley's Mist-E Rub built." There is no other explanation or mention of Medley's Mist-E Rub, and I've always just wondered what the devil that was all about.

Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :

I'm kind of surprised at myself that I knew exactly what you were talking about in your first post.

*sigh*

Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Soara:
I'm kind of surprised at myself that I knew exactly what you were talking about in your first post.

*sigh*

Let's have a moment of silence to remember the lives we used to have, before we became OSC fans.

[ROFL]

Posted by I Am The War Chief (Member # 9266) on :

LOL I always thought it was an illegal massage parlor siezed by police.

Posted by OSTY (Member # 1480) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Libbie:

quote:
Originally posted by Soara:
I'm kind of surprised at myself that I knew exactly what you were talking about in your first post.

*sigh*
Let's have a moment of silence to remember the lives we used to have, before we became OSC fans.

I had a life before becoming an OSC fan??? I don't remeber that!

Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :

Heh.

Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :

quote:
Originally posted by OSTY:

quote:
Originally posted by Libbie:

quote:
Originally posted by Soara:
I'm kind of surprised at myself that I knew exactly what you were talking about in your first post.

*sigh*
Let's have a moment of silence to remember the lives we used to have, before we became OSC fans.

I had a life before becoming an OSC fan??? I don't remeber that!

I could have sworn I'd read something about having a life in the preface, but it was so long ago... Or maybe I got the "edited for content" version...

Does your version have the "n" word in it? You know... "nerd"?