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− | Gobberwart (n): A pumpkin-wearin', smooth-talkin', damned attractive, Aussie son of a bitch. Also the creator of this game.
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− | == Origin of the Name ==
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− | So where did the name 'Gobberwart' come from?
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− | <b>Gobb sez:</b>
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− | "You know, less people ask me this question than I would ever have expected, but given some of the more ridiculous nicknames I've encountered out there (and you know who you are) I'm probably not surprised."
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− | "The word 'Gobberwart' is actually from the Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, and is used by Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz in a 'poem' which he reads to Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect prior to having them ejected from his ship. Vogon poetry, of course, being the third worst in the universe.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogon_poetry]"
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− | Excerpt:
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− | Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
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− | Thy micturations are to me
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− | As plurdled gabbleblotchits
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− | On a lurgid bee.
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− | Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes
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− | And hooptiously drangle me
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− | With crinkly bindlewurdles,
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− | Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
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− | See if I don't!
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− | "I hope this is now clear, and that it's fairly obvious that a 'gobberwart' is something a person may be 'rent' in. With a 'blurglecruncheon'."
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