1 posted on
08/20/2009 3:39:36 PM PDT by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne
I stopped smoking ziggurats years ago.
2 posted on
08/20/2009 3:42:29 PM PDT by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Lorianne
Easy questions. I didn’t read all 44 questions, but from the 20 or so I read, I could easily answer them. Would it be spoiling to post the answers? Hehe.
3 posted on
08/20/2009 3:42:31 PM PDT by
SolidWood
(Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
To: Lorianne
I know my history, classical or not. This is mythology. Kind of like studying Voodoo.
4 posted on
08/20/2009 3:43:09 PM PDT by
aliquando
(A Scout is T, L, H, F, C, K, O, C, T, B, C, and R.)
To: Lorianne
9 Orpheus, musical son of Apollo, was grief-stricken by the death of his wife, Eurydice, and successfully blagged his way into the Underworld to beg for her return.
And after that didn't work out, he got his head torn off by a bunch of angry women. Some guys just have no luck with women.
To: Lorianne
These really aren’t that difficult. Has the subject matter taught changed that much, since my K-12 education concluded in the early eighties?
To: SunkenCiv
GGG-esque ping...could be fun.
8 posted on
08/20/2009 3:55:42 PM PDT by
thefrankbaum
(Ad maiorem Dei gloriam)
To: Lorianne
19 The first woman in mythology, Pandora, was given a mysterious box by Zeus and told never to open it. Tempation was too much for her and when she did open it she released all the evils that have since afflicted the world – from rheumatism to jealousy. But there was one thing left in the box to comfort us. What was it?
Considering what that one comfort was supposed to be, I guess Obama must have been one of the evils Pandora released.
10 posted on
08/20/2009 4:00:52 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
("I can run wild for six months ...after that, I have no expectation of success" - Admiral Obama-moto)
To: Lorianne
Without Googling anything...
1. Pygmalion fell in love with a statue of a girl that he had carved himself.
2. A ziggurat is a tower from which the Muslim call to prayer is sung.
3. ad hoc, as infinitum, ad nauseum
4. The above is just about the extent of my Latin...
5. A satyr and a...
6. a trident
7. tantalize
8. Cerebus, snausages
9. His viagra prescription expired.
10. uhhhhhhhh.......making hot wings and serving beer at NFL games....??
Sorry....I really tried...5 1/2 by my count...
12 posted on
08/20/2009 4:13:53 PM PDT by
Bean Counter
(No, I am Jim Thompson!!)
To: Lorianne
When my dad was assigned to Venezuela when I was in 2nd Grade, the only school open for new students was a Brit school. I flunked because the students were already taught script over block printing and I couldn't learn in the 2 months remaining of that school year. The headmaster was most vexed with me.
I am pleased to see that I am breaking that record since I appear to have only missed 16,24-26,33 & 43. Given the 24-26 were very Brit-centric or missing info, I am satisfied that I have vanquished Albion here.
18 posted on
08/20/2009 6:04:09 PM PDT by
SES1066
(Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
To: Lorianne
I object to the answer to #3 - I have ‘ad hoc’ and (especially in this political environment) ‘ad hominem’, especially since ‘ad lib’ is an abbreviation of ‘ad libitum’. Oxford and the OED would not be amused!
19 posted on
08/20/2009 6:09:38 PM PDT by
SES1066
(Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
To: onedoug
21 posted on
08/20/2009 7:26:15 PM PDT by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: Lorianne
Wow, that was hard. I only got 30 right.
23 posted on
08/21/2009 12:44:17 AM PDT by
rmlew
( The SAVE and GIVE acts are institutioning Corvee. Where's the outtrage!)
To: onedoug
28 posted on
08/26/2009 7:37:06 PM PDT by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: Lorianne
Yeah????
Who won the Super Bowl last year?
29 posted on
08/26/2009 7:39:49 PM PDT by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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