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In response to Chnt, it is quite obvious from from the way "St Cedd's College" is described that it is a constituent college of the University rather than simply a college "in Cambridge". Firstly it is old enough to have Newton and Coleridge amongst it's alumni (both of whom were students at Cambridge University in real life). Secondly it has live-in Fellows, a Hall where candlelit dinners are served at High-Table, a Porter's Lodge staffed by a stereotypical Cambridge porter - all characteristics of a traditional Oxbridge college. Thirdly Reg holds a professorial title, which (in the UK at least) would not normally be conferred by any non-University institution. Finally Adams states that he based the fictional college on his own alma mater St. Johns, which is a constituent college of Cambridge University. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.241.199.124 ( talk) 12:02, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Technically, is Dirk a con man? If so, would he not be the least successful con man in history, owing to the fact that his 'cons' often turn out to be genuine?
I wouldn't consider him a con man. Of course, I can't take the whole "NPOV" position on it, for obvious reasons. Dirk Gently 22:57, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
Could someone please expand the "See also" link to I Heart Huckabees to explain how this pertains to Dirk Gently? - DynSkeet (talk) 19:39, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
How is Dirk Gently not a Detective? He never refers to his clients as "marks", for one. at times he even engages in a bit of detective work; he has found at least one missing cat. He offers a service (however unique), and sometimes he actually lives up to the service offered, then charges a fee. I suppose if I was selling bottled water for $400 each, my customers are being conned out of a fair bit of money, but I'm a water seller, not a con artist. They get what they paid for, and they knew what they were getting into when they bought it. Has it occurred to you that he is not merely faking his methods, instead they actually exist, and they happen to be rather expensive? Even if this point of view is no where close to correct, it is shared by a large number of those who have read the book. However, that large number of people, which includes myself, may have completely missed the point of the book and are of the less intelligent variety.
Regardless of the correct interpretation of the book, I will continue to think of Mr. Gently as a holistic detective, not an unlucky con man with a shiny brass plaque on his door that says, Dirk Gently's Holistic Dectective Agency.
How is "Cjelli" supposed to be pronounced? 71.115.62.215 07:44, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
The passage beginning "On one occasion..." appears rather folorn without its set-up. I don't understand why a general comment about a recurring theme is unencyclopedic, but a specific example is not. Daibhid C 18:02, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
This image is ass-ugly. I know wikipedia is moving towards free images only, but that doesn't mean we need to resort to using terrible fan art. This is not encyclopedic quality. 24.196.146.119 ( talk) 06:05, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
Please take a look in here: for deletion/2008 June 21. I don't mind taking the image down if we find something better; but at the moment that's all we've got Chnt ( talk) 3 December 2008
It seems the kind of coincidence that only happens in Dirk Gently novels that this Detective has the same last name as Alan Hunter's George Gently. Did Adams ever mention the origin of the name? 75.36.179.66 ( talk) 00:50, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
"Svlad Cjelli is Croatian for "master the whole", a clear allusion to his holistic trait." The hell did this come from? I speak Croatian fluently, and it's not true at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.92.225.237 ( talk) 15:37, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
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In response to Chnt, it is quite obvious from from the way "St Cedd's College" is described that it is a constituent college of the University rather than simply a college "in Cambridge". Firstly it is old enough to have Newton and Coleridge amongst it's alumni (both of whom were students at Cambridge University in real life). Secondly it has live-in Fellows, a Hall where candlelit dinners are served at High-Table, a Porter's Lodge staffed by a stereotypical Cambridge porter - all characteristics of a traditional Oxbridge college. Thirdly Reg holds a professorial title, which (in the UK at least) would not normally be conferred by any non-University institution. Finally Adams states that he based the fictional college on his own alma mater St. Johns, which is a constituent college of Cambridge University. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.241.199.124 ( talk) 12:02, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Technically, is Dirk a con man? If so, would he not be the least successful con man in history, owing to the fact that his 'cons' often turn out to be genuine?
I wouldn't consider him a con man. Of course, I can't take the whole "NPOV" position on it, for obvious reasons. Dirk Gently 22:57, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
Could someone please expand the "See also" link to I Heart Huckabees to explain how this pertains to Dirk Gently? - DynSkeet (talk) 19:39, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
How is Dirk Gently not a Detective? He never refers to his clients as "marks", for one. at times he even engages in a bit of detective work; he has found at least one missing cat. He offers a service (however unique), and sometimes he actually lives up to the service offered, then charges a fee. I suppose if I was selling bottled water for $400 each, my customers are being conned out of a fair bit of money, but I'm a water seller, not a con artist. They get what they paid for, and they knew what they were getting into when they bought it. Has it occurred to you that he is not merely faking his methods, instead they actually exist, and they happen to be rather expensive? Even if this point of view is no where close to correct, it is shared by a large number of those who have read the book. However, that large number of people, which includes myself, may have completely missed the point of the book and are of the less intelligent variety.
Regardless of the correct interpretation of the book, I will continue to think of Mr. Gently as a holistic detective, not an unlucky con man with a shiny brass plaque on his door that says, Dirk Gently's Holistic Dectective Agency.
How is "Cjelli" supposed to be pronounced? 71.115.62.215 07:44, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
The passage beginning "On one occasion..." appears rather folorn without its set-up. I don't understand why a general comment about a recurring theme is unencyclopedic, but a specific example is not. Daibhid C 18:02, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
This image is ass-ugly. I know wikipedia is moving towards free images only, but that doesn't mean we need to resort to using terrible fan art. This is not encyclopedic quality. 24.196.146.119 ( talk) 06:05, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
Please take a look in here: for deletion/2008 June 21. I don't mind taking the image down if we find something better; but at the moment that's all we've got Chnt ( talk) 3 December 2008
It seems the kind of coincidence that only happens in Dirk Gently novels that this Detective has the same last name as Alan Hunter's George Gently. Did Adams ever mention the origin of the name? 75.36.179.66 ( talk) 00:50, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
"Svlad Cjelli is Croatian for "master the whole", a clear allusion to his holistic trait." The hell did this come from? I speak Croatian fluently, and it's not true at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.92.225.237 ( talk) 15:37, 14 March 2014 (UTC)