MikeRosoft
Since: Jan, 2001
Sep 1st 2010 at 1:39:49 AM
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Natter from Alfred Nobel entry:
- One wonders if the author of The Pendragon Adventure got the phrase "merchant of death" from that occurrence. Or is it a popular phrase?
- It's a popular phrase. Tony Stark gets called one too.
- Well, to be fair, since Nobel was called it a good half-century (or more) before it was used in either of those examples, yeah, it's probably a Shout-Out.
- It's a popular phrase. Tony Stark gets called one too.
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