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Started by Admiral Yi, July 22, 2009, 03:15:40 PM

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Agelastus

#1605
February 17, 2010, 02:55:44 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 17, 2010, 02:53:24 PM
:unsure:

I have no idea what Silesia has to do with a battle fought in 222BC, unless it is an obscure European joke or you are objecting to some aspect of my grammar. :huh:

If it is obvious, I will of course bang my head against a wall in shame.
"Come grow old with me
The Best is yet to be
The last of life for which the first was made."

Syt

#1606
February 17, 2010, 02:56:26 PM
I WILL NOT EXPLAIN MYSELF
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Agelastus

#1607
February 17, 2010, 02:56:56 PM
Quote from: The Brain on February 17, 2010, 02:54:44 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 02:53:30 PM
Quote from: The Brain on February 17, 2010, 02:51:30 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 02:50:32 PM
Since I have not mispelled anything, your comment makes no sense.

:bleeding:

:Embarrass:

Quite right. Still doesn't mean I understand Syt's comment though.

Syt, me and many others have been making jokes using that formula for many years. And we intend to keep doing it.

Ah, so it is a joke.

I'm disappointed. Given the overall excellent quality of the punning here, I had hoped for better.
"Come grow old with me
The Best is yet to be
The last of life for which the first was made."

The Brain

#1608
February 17, 2010, 03:03:22 PM
The joke is obvious, but there is no need for headbanging.
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Queequeg

#1609
February 17, 2010, 03:22:10 PM
One of the many Antigonid Antigonuses, and maybe Cleomenes? 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Agelastus

#1610
February 17, 2010, 06:08:04 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on February 17, 2010, 03:22:10 PM
One of the many Antigonid Antigonuses, and maybe Cleomenes?

Well, you've got both first names right, although given the number of Antigonus's in that period, his full name would be kinda nice... :)

Hint, it begins with "D".
"Come grow old with me
The Best is yet to be
The last of life for which the first was made."

Octavian

#1611
February 18, 2010, 04:02:40 AM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 06:08:04 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on February 17, 2010, 03:22:10 PM
One of the many Antigonid Antigonuses, and maybe Cleomenes?

Well, you've got both first names right, although given the number of Antigonus's in that period, his full name would be kinda nice... :)

Hint, it begins with "D".

Demetrios?
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Queequeg

#1612
February 18, 2010, 04:28:43 AM
Dosum?  Dosom?  He isn't a starting monarch in EB, so I'm not totally sure.
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Agelastus

#1613
February 18, 2010, 08:06:03 AM
Quote from: Queequeg on February 18, 2010, 04:28:43 AM
Dosum?  Dosom?  He isn't a starting monarch in EB, so I'm not totally sure.

I'll let you have it. His name was Antigonus Doson (and the Spartan was Cleomenes III.)

You're up, Queequeg.
"Come grow old with me
The Best is yet to be
The last of life for which the first was made."

Grey Fox

#1614
February 18, 2010, 08:10:56 AM
This back & forth between QueerConstantinople & Agelatus/Octavian as grown old.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Octavian

#1615
February 18, 2010, 08:16:28 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2010, 08:10:56 AM
This back & forth between QueerConstantinople & Agelatus/Octavian as grown old.

I'm sure Queerasfolk wil ask some obscure question now
If you let someone handcuff you, and put a rope around your neck, don't act all surprised if they hang you!

- Eyal Yanilov.

Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life. Do not be concerned with escaping safely - lay your life before him.

- Bruce Lee

Queequeg

#1616
February 18, 2010, 09:06:25 AM
Who are the two men vying for Socrates' attention in the Symposium?  Both historical figures. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Pedrito

#1617
February 18, 2010, 09:20:36 AM
Quote from: Queequeg on February 18, 2010, 09:06:25 AM
Who are the two men vying for Socrates' attention in the Symposium?  Both historical figures.

Alcibiades and Agathon.

L.
b / h = h / b+h


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Queequeg

#1618
February 18, 2010, 10:17:43 AM
Yup.

That wasn't that hard, was it?

You are up, Pedrito.
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Pedrito

#1619
February 18, 2010, 10:32:45 AM
A hurried one:

the lives of the three great greek tragedy writers were ideally linked to a famous battle; which battle was it, and how was it linked to the lives of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Eurypides?

L.
b / h = h / b+h


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