six months and on the lam

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:28 am

split from http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... 28&t=18056

It is now 6 months later and he is still on the lam

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:43 pm

beyond wrote:
It is now 6 months later and he is still on the lam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphemus wrote:

<<In Homer's Odyssey (Book 9), Odysseus lands on the Island of the Cyclopes during his journey home from the Trojan War. He then takes twelve men and sets out to find supplies. The Greeks find and enter a large cave, which happens to be the home of the great Cyclops Polyphemus (Greek: Πολύφημος, "very famous"). When Polyphemus returns home with his flocks and finds Odysseus and his men, he blocks the cave entrance with a great stone, trapping the remaining Greeks inside. The desperate Odysseus devises a clever escape plan. Odysseus gives to Polyphemus a strong, fragrant, un-watered wine. The wine makes Polyphemus drunk and unwary. When Polyphemus asks for Odysseus' name Odysseus tells him "οὔτις," (a short form of his actual name also translateable as "nobody"). Being drunk, Polyphemus thinks of it as a real name and says that he will eat "nobody" last. Once the Cyclops passes out from the wine, Odysseus and his men take the giant's huge olive club that they had sharpened to a point and harden its tip in the embers of a fire. The men then drive it into Polyphemus' eye, blinding him. Polyphemus yells for help from his fellow cyclopes that "nobody" has hurt him. The other cyclopes think Polyphemus is making a fool out of them, and they grumble and go away. In the morning, Odysseus and his men tie themselves to the undersides of Polyphemus' sheep. When the blind Cyclops lets the sheep out to graze, he feels their backs to ensure the men aren't riding out, but doesn't feel the men underneath. Odysseus leaves last, riding beneath the belly of the biggest ram.>>

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:34 pm

Oy-vay!

(I'm not jewish) c'mon now - fess up! Don't you feel just a little sheepish for doing that

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:44 pm

beyond wrote:
Oy-vay! (I'm not jewish) c'mon now - fess up!
Don't you feel just a little sheepish for doing that

Nobody's perfect.

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Art "Nemo" Neuendorffer

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:52 pm

neufer wrote:
beyond wrote:
Oy-vay! (I'm not jewish) c'mon now - fess up!
Don't you feel just a little sheepish for doing that

Nobody's perfect.
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Art "Nemo" Neuendorffer

Nobody's NOT perfect! He let Odysseus get away

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:14 pm

beyond wrote:
neufer wrote:
beyond wrote:
Oy-vay! (I'm not jewish) c'mon now - fess up!
Don't you feel just a little sheepish for doing that

Nobody's perfect.
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Art "Nemo" Neuendorffer
Nobody's NOT perfect! He let Odysseus get away

"Nemo" is a Latin word meaning "no man" or "no one".

Polyphemus ("Πολύφημος": "very famous") let Odysseus ("οὔτις" : "nobody") get away.

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:43 pm

WOW!! What a magical place

, a conversation became a new thread - all by itself

Me thinks thou hast strived to stretchest thine wool over mine ocular's with thine Ichtyologyistic ways O' Quotidian Quotationist

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:19 am

beyond wrote:Me thinks thou hast strived to stretchest thine wool over mine ocular's with thine Ichtyologyistic ways O' Quotidian Quotationist

Yeah...that's the ticket!

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:27 pm

Well.....looks like you'll be stuck in the wool on the lam for another 6 months. OH - WAIT! Don't the lam's get sheared once a year

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:15 am

beyond wrote:Well.....looks like you'll be stuck in the wool on the lam for another 6 months.
OH - WAIT! Don't the lam's get sheared once a year

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Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:19 am

Thats "sheared" not -shared-. Oh man

It's gotta be the Avatar----uh-huh, it's gotta be the Avatar.

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