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Fantasy » alt.fan.pratchett » Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods"
Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260223] Do, 27 April 2006 05:30
Liszt  
Following a discusion between Brutha and Om about establishing Omnia as
a place free of religious persecution (much to Om's objections) and an
economic analogy, Om says:

"Worried? Me? By a Bunch of Primping Women and Muscle-Bound Posers in
Curly Beards?"

The curly beards sound like a reference to Judaism, but the what of the
muscles and primping women?

Probably something obvious but any help would be greatly appreciated =]
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260227 ] Do, 27 April 2006 06:18
Stacie Hanes  
Liszt wrote:
> Following a discusion between Brutha and Om about establishing
> Omnia as a place free of religious persecution (much to Om's
> objections) and an economic analogy, Om says:
>
> "Worried? Me? By a Bunch of Primping Women and Muscle-Bound Posers
> in Curly Beards?"
>
> The curly beards sound like a reference to Judaism, but the what of
> the muscles and primping women?

It sounds more like the Greek pantheon to me. Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite . . .
the mal gods were muscular and had curly hair and beards, and the godesses
(especially Aphrodite, but actually *all* of the gods) were very vain.

--
Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260230 ] Do, 27 April 2006 07:05
steelcat  
In article <NCX3g.1416$Vn.1258 [at] newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

>It sounds more like the Greek pantheon to me. Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite . . .
>the mal gods were muscular and had curly hair and beards,
^^^

"Mal. Bad. In the Latin."
River Tam, Firefly.

Stacie, even your typos are both erudite and SF related! I stand before you
in awe.
(Just out of sword/whip reach.)

Cat.
--
Jazz-Loving Soul Mate and Tolerable Frog to CCA
Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint.
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260231 ] Do, 27 April 2006 07:27
Stacie Hanes  
The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
> In article <NCX3g.1416$Vn.1258 [at] newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> "Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> It sounds more like the Greek pantheon to me. Zeus, Apollo,
>> Aphrodite . . . the mal gods were muscular and had curly hair and
>> beards,
> ^^^
>
> "Mal. Bad. In the Latin."
> River Tam, Firefly.
>
> Stacie, even your typos are both erudite and SF related! I stand
> before you in awe.
> (Just out of sword/whip reach.)

Some read science fiction, some write science fiction, others ARE science
fiction.

--
Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260341 ] Do, 27 April 2006 15:26
Liszt  
Makes sense. Thank you for pointing this out!
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260359 ] Do, 27 April 2006 16:47
Daibhid Ceannaideach  
Also Sprach Stacie Hanes:

> Liszt wrote:
>> Following a discusion between Brutha and Om about
>> establishing Omnia as a place free of religious
>> persecution (much to Om's objections) and an economic
>> analogy, Om says:
>>
>> "Worried? Me? By a Bunch of Primping Women and
>> Muscle-Bound Posers in Curly Beards?"
>>
>> The curly beards sound like a reference to Judaism, but
>> the what of the muscles and primping women?
>
> It sounds more like the Greek pantheon to me. Zeus, Apollo,
> Aphrodite . . . the mal gods were muscular and had curly
> hair and beards, and the godesses (especially Aphrodite,
> but actually *all* of the gods) were very vain.

Yep, if Athena and Hera weren't just as vain as Aphrodite, a
lot of people's lives would have been a lot quieter.

--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
"[Wolverine]'s in every book. I think he just joined
the JLA, and for some reason he's in the revised
Penguin edition of Little Dorrit." -Joss Whedon
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260417 ] Do, 27 April 2006 20:59
Brian Wakeling  
In a speech called Xns97B2A0ABA9434daibhid [at] 130.133.1.4,
Daibhid Ceanaideach uttered thus:
> Also Sprach Stacie Hanes:
>
> > Liszt wrote:
> > > Following a discusion between Brutha and Om about
> > > establishing Omnia as a place free of religious
> > > persecution (much to Om's objections) and an economic
> > > analogy, Om says:
> > >
> > > "Worried? Me? By a Bunch of Primping Women and
> > > Muscle-Bound Posers in Curly Beards?"
> > >
> > > The curly beards sound like a reference to Judaism, but
> > > the what of the muscles and primping women?
> >
> > It sounds more like the Greek pantheon to me. Zeus, Apollo,
> > Aphrodite . . . the mal gods were muscular and had curly
> > hair and beards, and the godesses (especially Aphrodite,
> > but actually *all* of the gods) were very vain.
>
> Yep, if Athena and Hera weren't just as vain as Aphrodite, a
> lot of people's lives would have been a lot quieter.

Did they trojan shout themselves horse?

<df,g&r>


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Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260440 ] Do, 27 April 2006 21:45
raltbos  
"Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
> > In article <NCX3g.1416$Vn.1258 [at] newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> > "Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> It sounds more like the Greek pantheon to me. Zeus, Apollo,
> >> Aphrodite . . . the mal gods were muscular and had curly hair and
> >> beards,
> > ^^^
> >
> > "Mal. Bad. In the Latin."
> > River Tam, Firefly.
> >
> > Stacie, even your typos are both erudite and SF related! I stand
> > before you in awe.
> > (Just out of sword/whip reach.)
>
> Some read science fiction, some write science fiction, others ARE science
> fiction.

What colour is your blood?

Richard
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260448 ] Do, 27 April 2006 22:16
Matthew Seaman  
raltbos [at] xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) writes:

> "Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
> > > In article <NCX3g.1416$Vn.1258 [at] newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> > > "Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> It sounds more like the Greek pantheon to me. Zeus, Apollo,
> > >> Aphrodite . . . the mal gods were muscular and had curly hair and
> > >> beards,
> > > ^^^
> > >
> > > "Mal. Bad. In the Latin."
> > > River Tam, Firefly.
> > >
> > > Stacie, even your typos are both erudite and SF related! I stand
> > > before you in awe.
> > > (Just out of sword/whip reach.)
> >
> > Some read science fiction, some write science fiction, others ARE science
> > fiction.
>
> What colour is your blood?

More to the point, how many decks will it eat through?

Cheers,

Matthew

--
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate
Kent, CT11 9PW
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260493 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 08:50
Flesh-eating Dragon  
Stacie Hanes wrote:

> Some read science fiction, some write science fiction, others ARE science
> fiction.

Actually, you appear to be real.

I know. It was a shock to me too when I found out.

Adrian.
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260541 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 13:11
Stacie Hanes  
8'FED wrote:
> Stacie Hanes wrote:
>
>> Some read science fiction, some write science fiction, others ARE
>> science fiction.
>
> Actually, you appear to be real.
>
> I know. It was a shock to me too when I found out.

<giggle>

<back to sleeping>.

--
Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260756 ] Sa, 29 April 2006 12:48
Jeroen Wenting  
"8'FED" <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote in message
news:e2sdve$1e14$1 [at] mud.stack.nl...
> Stacie Hanes wrote:
>
>> Some read science fiction, some write science fiction, others ARE science
>> fiction.
>
> Actually, you appear to be real.
>
> I know. It was a shock to me too when I found out.
>
> Adrian.
>
>

APPEAR is the right word ;)
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260795 ] Sa, 29 April 2006 17:28
Stacie Hanes  
Jeroen Wenting wrote:
> "8'FED" <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote in message
> news:e2sdve$1e14$1 [at] mud.stack.nl...
>> Stacie Hanes wrote:
>>
>>> Some read science fiction, some write science fiction, others ARE
>>> science fiction.
>>
>> Actually, you appear to be real.
>>
>> I know. It was a shock to me too when I found out.
>>
>> Adrian.
>>
>>
>
> APPEAR is the right word ;)

I know, it must seem as if I'm too good to be true. Young, cute, smart,
educated, sadistic, and just neurotic enough to be really interesting. [1]

<THWAP!>





[1]Ignore me, I'm not even awake yet.
--
Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260943 ] So, 30 April 2006 15:02
Jeroen Wenting  
"Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:rCL4g.7338$BS2.3375 [at] newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Jeroen Wenting wrote:
>> "8'FED" <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:e2sdve$1e14$1 [at] mud.stack.nl...
>>> Stacie Hanes wrote:
>>>
>>>> Some read science fiction, some write science fiction, others ARE
>>>> science fiction.
>>>
>>> Actually, you appear to be real.
>>>
>>> I know. It was a shock to me too when I found out.
>>>
>>> Adrian.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> APPEAR is the right word ;)
>
> I know, it must seem as if I'm too good to be true. Young, cute, smart,
> educated, sadistic, and just neurotic enough to be really interesting. [1]
>
> <THWAP!>
>
Like the rest of us you're just a figment of your own imagination
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260991 ] So, 30 April 2006 20:20
Shmoe  
"Jeroen Wenting" <jwenting at hornet dot demon dot nl> wrote in message
news:1259der7tcv7t62 [at] corp.supernews.com...
>
> "Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:rCL4g.7338$BS2.3375 [at] newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> > Jeroen Wenting wrote:
> >> "8'FED" <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote in message
> >> news:e2sdve$1e14$1 [at] mud.stack.nl...
> >>> Stacie Hanes wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Some read science fiction, some write science fiction, others ARE
> >>>> science fiction.
> >>>
> >>> Actually, you appear to be real.
> >>>
> >>> I know. It was a shock to me too when I found out.
> >>>
> >>> Adrian.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> APPEAR is the right word ;)
> >
> > I know, it must seem as if I'm too good to be true. Young, cute, smart,
> > educated, sadistic, and just neurotic enough to be really interesting.
[1]
> >
> > <THWAP!>
> >
> Like the rest of us you're just a figment of your own imagination

We are all figments of Stacie's imagination? Hmmm....that would explain a
lot, but I don't think even Stacie is twisted enough to dream up this
group...we must be real.
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #260993 ] So, 30 April 2006 20:23
Torak  
Shmoe wrote:
>
> We are all figments of Stacie's imagination? Hmmm....that would explain a
> lot, but I don't think even Stacie is twisted enough to dream up this
> group...we must be real.

Which is a lot more reliable as proof than Descartes.
Re: Need a Little Help Interpreting a Quote From Om in "Small Gods" [message #261156 ] Di, 02 Mai 2006 08:45
Shmoe  
"Torak" <perry_awm [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Vg75g.10430$zc1.854 [at] amstwist00...
> Shmoe wrote:
> >
> > We are all figments of Stacie's imagination? Hmmm....that would explain
a
> > lot, but I don't think even Stacie is twisted enough to dream up this
> > group...we must be real.
>
> Which is a lot more reliable as proof than Descartes.

Sure - Descartes' argument relied upon a continuous self - break that down,
and the whole argument goes poof, as does his proof for the existence of
God, which he postulates from his famous Cogito statement.
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