[Blob / st d] In a recent nostalgic fit, I picked up from Ebay the standard quintet of AD&D manuals that I used to use at the end of the 1980s. Quite makes me want to have another go myself... Now, I just have to rescue my polyhedral dice from the fellow I leant them to about 10 years ago...

Speaking of dragons, does anyone remember the name of the TV programme that was on years ago, a sort of game show like an ancestor of "The Crystal Maze", which was set on a space ship or alien planet in which everything was an anagram of the word "dragon", and which featured a grid on which the player had to move from node to node while being chased by a shimmery thing?

Yes. It was The Adventure Game, and the shimmery thing was "The Vortex" if I recall.

Have just applied for a job online. Which feels wrong somehow. I like putting things into envelopes.

That's it! I knew it was a strangely unexotic title.

[Breadmaster] Yep, it was a wonderful show. I understood they repeated it on some cable channel recently, but since I don't have things like that I couldn't see the repeats. It's a pity cos I'd love to see it again. All I have is the theme music and about 300 screen grabs to keep me company.

Chunky chunks of strudel to all who helped with quizzing :-)

Oh yes, it's the John Williamsy guitar one, isn't it?

[Botherer] That's right. Ferdinando Carulli's Duo in G, Op. 34, performed by Julian Bream & John Williams.

(Cross-posting) At last! Internet at home! Mwahahahahaha!

[UK] You got everywhere!

[penelope] I see you've acquired a new semicolon. It suits you!

That was a GREAT show. I can still do a very convincing impersonation of The Rangdo Of Arg, aoart from teh looking like an aspidistra part.

[Darren] You think so? You don't think I should get it surgically removed?

That's better. People were avoiding me.

Must go for a slash.

Please excuse my accent. I've lived here for too long I suspect. Whilst the problem's acute it isn't grave at this point in time.

I think someone's taken a shot at my name as well....

It's breaking out all over...

Looks like it's surgery for me, otherwise I'll be in a diacritical condition.

Um-laut-ish behaviour. (Projoy) Your critical condition could have been even more dire if you'd had a wotsit over the "r", like Dvorak. I can't seem to find it.

[penelópe] Ah, so you have. I expect it back you know - it's not a book.

The r with a thingy over it doesn't appear to be in the list of HTML entities I can find. Nor indeed the "c" with a... I think it might be called a hacek, but not sure, that is used in Czech words.

Háček. Bless you!

ř - That's better.