The Fun Corner is designed for general "odds and ends" observed in the adventures. Let the fun begin!

Dirk Pitt mentions that he used to tag along with dad to Washington parties and attempt to pick up congressional mistresses. Flood Tide (25)

Hmmm, he did meet Loren Smith at Washington cocktail party. Vixen 03 (1)

Her first words to Dirk Pitt:

"Mr. Pitt."
"Mr. Pitt."
"Now that you've raised the Titanic, what are you planning for your next project?"

Guess we know the path that project eventually lead too. ;)

The driver of the VW bus on the auto ferry is wearing a tie-dyed Grateful Dead T-shirt. Black Wind (18)

I started thinking about speciality T-shirts. Here are the ones that I recall in the adventures:

Dirk Pitt - RAISE THE LUSITANIA
Deep Six (22)

Al Giordino - IF YOUR EYES ARE STILL OPEN, IT AIN'T ALKALI SAM'S
(Alkali Sam's Tequilla)
Inca Gold (32)

Waiter at Charlie's Fish Dock - IF GOD MEANT TEXANS TO SKI, HE'D HAVE MADE COWSHIT WHITE
Flood Tide (32)

Rudi Gunn - ST. MARY'S PARISH, GOOD OL/ FASHION SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY
Flood Tide (40)

Mark Murphy - ARGONAUT
Fire Ice (20)

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So we can post anything here, right?

Ok, has anyone got an explanation as to why Dirk Pitt is 6'2" in Raise the Titanic, but he is generally accepted as 6'3" in every other book? <_<

YES! to your first question.

Good point made in your second question. The only time Dirk Pitt shrinks an inch :blink: is in Raise the Titanic! t: My crystal ball is a hazy, but I suspect it must have been the excitement of the adventure! j:

A look at the pets and critters in the adventures:

Bruno Von Till has a white German shepherd.
The Mediterranean Caper (5-7)

Donkey responds to the name of Athena.
The Mediterranean Caper (8)

Loren Smith has a cat named Ichabod.
Vixen 03 (1)

The Russian patrol guard and dog - a komondor with white-matted hair.
Raise the Titanic! (2)

The President has a basset hound.
Raise the Titanic! (29)

Ansel and Annie Magee have a shaggy sheep dog.
Night Probe! (31)

Sweetpea, a mutt (cross between a beagle and a dachshund) is brought in to sniff a package left for the President. Treasure (14)

Clive Cussler has a burro named Mr. Periwinkle.
Sahara (28, 29)

Clive Cussler has a donkey named Periwinkle.
Inca Gold (35)

The Gallagher's dachshund named Fritz on the Princess Dou Wan.
Flood Tide (Requiem For A Princess)

The Gallaghers have two dachshunds.
Flood Tide (49)

The Bayou Kid (Clive Cussler) has a bloodhound named Romberg.
Flood Tide (32)

Hiram Yaeger buys a basset hound puppy to replace the family golden retriever.
Atlantis Found (24)

Zerri Pochinsky has cat named Murgatroyd.
Atlantis Found (27)

Kelly Egan has a tabby cat named Zippy and a basset hound named Shagnasty.
Valhalla Rising (10)

St. Julien Perlmutter has a dachshund named Fritz.
Trojan Odyssey (17)

Ed Stimson has a Siberian pet husky named Max at the Coast Guard weather station in ALaska.
Black Wind (1)

White Mouse named Basil.
Black Wind (2)

Clive Cussler has a black and tan dachshund named Mauser on his sailboat.
Black Wind (36, 39)

Lt. Bill Aimes brings along a pair of yellow Labrador retrievers.
Black Wind (46)

Mikhail Razov has two white wolfhounds named Sasha and Gorky.
Fire Ice (31, 32)

I just consider that height thing to be a typo in that one book ... that's what I say ...

I thought about that, except Pitt's weight was heavier than the average 185 pounds.

The submersible Sea Slug looked aerodynamically clean and smooth from her outside, but to Pitt, as he contorted his six-foot-two frame into the pilot's chair, the interior seemed a claustrophobic nightmare of hydraulic plumbing and electrical circuitry

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Dana cried out in startled pain as she was slammed to the deck. There were no apologies from Pitt for throwing her there and then crushing the breath out of her as he used his hundred and ninety pounds for a protective shield

Maybe he was bare-foot in RTT that would make him at least an inch shorter :lol:

Ever notice how Clive Cussler likes to use Modus Operandi.

There was to little fear from a Sunday swimmer or a diving tourist discovering my little modus operandi. The Mediterranean Caper (17)

Zeegler nodded in agreement. "Your story, Captain, fits the same crude modus operandi, if you will, of at least twenty other attacks in the last two months."
Vixen 03 (14)

Most murderers followed a pattern, developed a routine modus operandi, preferred a particular weapon. Gly's pattern was that he didn't have one. Every kill was completely different in execution from the last. He left no strings to connect himself with the past. Night Probe! (33)

"I've poured through old crime reports here and in Canada trying to connect their modus operandi with later unsolved murders, but they passed into oblivion along with Jack the Ripper." Night Probe! (66)

"If you've pegged Qin Shang's modus operandi," Stewart said happily, "we're halfway there." Flood Tide (29)

Giordino played his beam over the rockfall. "Their modus operandi. They have a fetish for blowing up tunnels." Atlantis Found (15)
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Giordino's lines about Pitt's driving/flying/piloting really make me :lol:

For example,

"Whoever told you that you could loop a PBY?"
"It seemed like the thing to do at the time."
The Mediterranean Caper (1)

Giordino - "Do you have to hit everything that comes across your path?" Shock Wave (28)

"I have to tell you," Giordino said with a slight grin, "your docking technique leaves much to be desired."

"Give me another hour of practice and I'll get the hang of it," Pitt replied in a tone barely above a whisper.
Flood Tide (45)

"What happened to you?" Pitt asked.

"Some guy I know can't drive a boat. I was thrown all over the engine compartment and bounced my head off a water pipe during a series of wild gyrations."

Then Giordino spotted the unconscious body of the guard lying partially in the door. "My sincerest apologies. You had a social caller."
Atlantis Found (31)

:lol:

The leader of the Bounty mutineers was Fletcher Christian. Shockwave refers to the Bounty quite often. I wonder if Clive made Maeve's surname Fletcher on purpose.

It might of been the pressure of the depths that he was working that cause Dirk to have a temporary shrinkage (kinda like clothes after they get washed).

One of my favorite recurring occurances is the fact that Clive makes mentions of the Denver Broncos (i know i remember three times), and the Denver Nuggets (at least once). I understood the connection once i realized that Clive split his time between Denver and N. Arizona.

Great observation Lat! th: ;) th:

The mutiny on the Bounty is referred to several times (The Legacy, 15).

Maeve does "disown" the Dorsett family and runs away to Melbourne, Australia. She legally changes her name to her ancestral grandmother's maiden name - Fletcher (10).

harrisonts, one reference to the Denver Broncos comes to my mind. Al Giordino wonders if he can get tickets to a Bronco when he finds out they are going to Denver, Colorado. Treasure (22)

i have not most of the books in a while. the is another line in sahara, i believe, when they are on the calypso heading up river, where Giordino states he wished the Broncos line were with them (him and Pitt).

harrisonts, you are right, Al Girodino makes the remark while cruising along on the Calliope with Dirk Pitt and Rudi Gunn.

"I'd feel a whole lot better if we had the Stars and Stripes, the State Department, Ralph Nader, the Denver Broncos, and a company of Marines behind us."
Sahara (12)

snor: Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino thoughts when it comes to horses. co:

"Judging from the terrain, we may have to trade the boat for camels if we expect to see home again."
"Oh God!" Giordino groaned. "Can you picture me riding a freak of nature? A reasonable man who believes the only reason God put horses on earth is for background in western movies." Sahara (13)

Billy reached down a hand. "My village not far. You can ride on back of my horse."
Pitt hesitated. He definitely preferred mechanical means of transportation. To his way of thinking four wheels were better than four hooves any day. The only useful purpose for horses was as background in western movies. Inca Gold (44)

"You should meet my boss, Admiral Sandecker. He and Shylock were bosom buddies." Shock Wave (16)

Shylock was a character in "The Merchant of Venice" by Shakespeare. And John Merchant worked for the Dorsett family in Shock Wave. det:

A few fun lines in the same vein:

"Can Aunt Jemima make pancakes?"
Deep Six (23)

"Could John Wayne ride a horse?"
Sahara (55)

"Does McDonalds have golden arches?"
Black Wind (19)

I don't know how to explain the height, but as for the weight, people's weight does change over time. Maybe Dirk got into the whole diet fad early. <_< Nah.

Can anyone recall Dirk's favorite brand of Champagne? I just read the line and am wondering if anyone remembers it. Hint: It consists of 7 words and only two of them are pronounceable. :lol:

Helene, you might want to add this to the DP profile on your site.

It's been awhile since I have read the DP books and forget when was the last time DP's dad was mentioned?

I know he was in Trojan Odyssey because he was at the wedding. Not sure if he was in Black Wind..

oswalder, are you referring to Yellow Lable Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Brut Champagne? Atlantis Found (11)

I will take heed to your suggestion. Some other people have requested that I include the alcohoic beverages Dirk Pitt likes to drink on my site.

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What you mean by unpronouncible I can and I do sometimes.... It tastes great :P

:lol: I was trying to remember this favorite drink of Dirk's recently when I was writing one of my fan fiction stories but did not remember what book it was mentioned in. Personally, I have never had any and do not understand it's appeal. Personally a drink of beer will do for me or an occasional whiskey sour. p:

That would be the one! Does anyone know what that whole name means in English, if anything?

Yellow Label *Bloody Expensive* Champagne

Clive Cussler based the character of Al Giordino on his Air Force buddy Al Giordano. A play on their names is made in two of the adventures.

"The search is already under way."
"I heard nothing -"
"About a search effort?" Seagram finished. "Not likely that you would. Until the operation becomes unwieldy in terms of security. Even your special assistant special projects director, Albert Giordano -"
"Giordino."
""Yes, Giordino, thank you. He is at this very moment piloting a search probe across the Atlantic sea floor in total ignorance of his true mission."
Raise the Titanic (25)

You don't seem to get it, Mr. Giordano."
"Giordino."
"Whatever," Hargrove muttered indifferently.
Sahara (55)

Match the Nickname Game #1

1. AUV
2. Boudicca Dorsett
3. Dennings' Demons crew
4. Douglas Dc-3
5. Holland & Holland twelve-gauge shotgun
6. Machete
7. Manhattan Limited #88
8. Min Koryo Bougainville
9. Spear gun
10. Yves Massarde

Nicknames:

A. Barf the Magic Dragon
B. The Emasculator
C. 'Gallopin' Lena'
D. Gertrude
E. 'goldbrickers'
F. Lucifer
G. Madame LaFarge
H. Old Reliable
I. the Scorpion
J. 'Steele Lotus'

The answers/winner(s) will be posted in a week. Have fun! hat:

1. G 2. D 3..E 4. H 5..F 6..B 7..C 8..J 9..A 10.. I

Fun Game Helene th: w:

Ooooo, fun game th:. I'll try.

1)D
2)B
3)E
4)A
5)H
6)G
7)C
8)J
9)F
10)I

Interesting game Helene.Lets see if I can remember

1-D
2-B
3-E
4-H
5-F
6-G
7-C
8-J
9-A
10-I

Answers to Match the Nickname Game #1:

1. D - Lost City (32)
2. B - Shock Wave (22)
3. E - Dragon (62)
4. H - Valhalla Rising (23)
5. F - Vixen 03 (12, 15)
6. G - Inca Gold (23)
7. C - Night Probe! (1)
8. J - Flood Tide (42)
9. A - Pacific Vortex! (9)
10. I - Sahara (59, 60)

Good memory Rob th: