You can't get there from here

created by kslawson

(idea) by CrowJane (3.3 y) (print) ? I like it! Thu Feb 15 2001 at 6:03:18

a classic infocom response encountered when a player attempts to go to a location not linked to the current one.

ex.
You are in the bathroom. To the east is the bedroom, to the north is a closet.
>kitchen
You can't get there from here.

(idea) by Quizro (1.4 wk) (print) ? I like it! Tue Mar 12 2002 at 19:12:45

NICK DANGER: Hey, pop!

POP: All right, hold your horses.

NICK: Where am I?

NICK: But I'm looking for the Same Old Place.

POP: Ohhh! You must mean the old Same place! It's right out back, sonny. Here's the key.

-- The Firesign Theatre, How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All?

Of course, they were wrong	There exists no 1:1 mapping between words in different languages	naive perceptions about software development	The customs of your tribe are not laws of nature
Kick the Tires and Light the Fires	Anal Pleasure and Health	How to get DC power from AC	How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All?
Firesign Theatre	Were you really expecting to only learn true things when you signed up for this class?	Joseph Goebbels	You can't go there anymore
Maine	Kill Everyone Project	G. Gordon Liddy and The Firesign Theater	deCSS
love like a knife	Bert and Ernie	Infocom	Nick Danger
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