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What Muse Inspires You!??
Shea the Sarcastic Posted Mar 22, 2001
Goshoogoshoogosh, this was very useful information, thank you! Who knew that they named sirens for the Sirens? Wow ... 
So after this, I say Goshoogoshoogosh is the muse that inspires me! 
>By Apollo, Thalia had the Corybantes, priests who castrated themselves in
>identification with the goddess, Cybele. Ouch.
BTW, I just learned about Cybele last week! She met this guy Attis, who swore a vow of chastity to her, but he broke that vow with a tree nymph. Cybele killed the tree, which killed the nymph, and she drove Attis insane. He castrated himself and died. The blood from his castration became violets, and he turned into an evergreen. That's why her priests castrate themselves. They also dress in women's clothing and go around begging.
And if that's not funky enough, check out the circumstances of Attis's birth: his mother Nana slipped an almond down her dress, and she became pregnant from it. That's because the almond was from an almond tree that had been grown from the spilled blood of the castration of Agdistis (he was a wild, destructive, bisexual kind of guy - they figured if they fixed him, he'd calm down). And you know how they castrated Agdistis? Dionysis got him drunk, and then tied his privates to a tree (I think I edited that enough to keep the 
happy). Since Agdistis always woke up as wildly as he did everything else, when he leapt up, he tore them off ... and from the blood grew an almond tree ...
But wait, there's more: Agdistis was born when Zeus tried to attack the Earth Mother, and when she pushed him away, his "seed" dropped to the ground, and that's how Agdistis was made ...
I must say, I am enjoying taking a Classics and Mythology class! The fact that I take it 15 minutes after taking a Topics of Human Biology class almost gives me the bends, though! 
What Muse Inspires You!??
There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Mar 22, 2001
Holy Moly! There was some weird sh*t going on in the olden days, when everything was still in black and white. It seems like you only had to spill a drop of blood and *poof*, some kind of plant or tree sprung up, or a gryphon maybe And people were doing all kinds of nasty things to others, which if you did them today would most likely get you thrown in the jug for a very long time. And what's all this about slipping an almond down your dress and becoming preggers? Too much. I'm going to be very wary whenever my wife starts noshing on the cashews she likes so much! I've got to start reading up on Greek mythology. You couldn't make that stuff up if you tried, could you 
What Muse Inspires You!??
Bob Gone for good read the jornal Posted Mar 22, 2001
of corse people where weird in the old days...how do you think they cam up with milking a cow for hevens sake
What Muse Inspires You!??
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Mar 22, 2001
OH... a little drug-induced hallucination could help...
I used to form my own mythologies when I was young!!!
I'm still in pain from all that body-part ripping!!! ::phew::!!!!!
What Muse Inspires You!??
Shea the Sarcastic Posted Mar 22, 2001
Actually, I think they may have milked the cow for Hera's sake ...
What Muse Inspires You!??
Bob Gone for good read the jornal Posted Mar 22, 2001
no it was Zuse he was the weird one (I should know he is me )
What Muse Inspires You!??
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Mar 22, 2001
They all had their idiosyncracies... idiosyncrasies!??
HErrrmmm... even the muses...
What Muse Inspires You!??
Bob Gone for good read the jornal Posted Mar 22, 2001
I though the muses just had Vices
What Muse Inspires You!??
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Mar 22, 2001
Ok, then... what's the difference!??
What Muse Inspires You!??
There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Mar 22, 2001
Hey Bob, you're the one with dictionary, you tell us 
What Muse Inspires You!??
Bob Gone for good read the jornal Posted Apr 7, 2001
A vice is somthin that is not really aceptable but not to bad..kind of like a bad habbit
an idosincracy (or however it is spelt) is somthing that is weird like some people have the habbit of never steping on crackes in the pavement or never walking under ladders
What Muse Inspires You!??
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Apr 7, 2001
I thought a vice was stronger than that... could be used for someone's demise... BWAHAHAHAHAAAHAHHAHHAAAA!!!!
::ahem:: ::innocent look::
What Muse Inspires You!??
Bob Gone for good read the jornal Posted Apr 7, 2001
well yes...I supose it ould..mine is used for blackmale all the time
well actually it isnt so much the vice just what I do when under the influence
What Muse Inspires You!??
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Apr 7, 2001
Oh... 
What Muse Inspires You!??
Bob Gone for good read the jornal Posted Apr 7, 2001
no it isnt that bad.they are only joking..I hope
anyway they only want a drink out of it (dont you V )
What Muse Inspires You!??
There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Apr 8, 2001
Somebody mention a drink 
Mine's a chocolate milk with 
chaser please, and a nice chocolate milk to wash it all down with, and maybe a afterwards Oh, and I'll have a chocolate milk if there's any left.
What Muse Inspires You!??
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Apr 9, 2001
You are'nt the least bit lactose intolerant, are you!???
What Muse Inspires You!??
There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Apr 9, 2001
No, I guess not.... but if a Muse was, could they have chocolate soya milk?
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Apr 9, 2001
Welcome, Zeus!!!
YAY!!! Can you do me a favor and convince one of my friends oversea that he needs to take care of himself by doing his college homeork and getting sleep!??
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- 21: Shea the Sarcastic (Mar 22, 2001)
- 22: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Mar 22, 2001)
- 23: Bob Gone for good read the jornal (Mar 22, 2001)
- 24: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Mar 22, 2001)
- 25: Shea the Sarcastic (Mar 22, 2001)
- 26: Bob Gone for good read the jornal (Mar 22, 2001)
- 27: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Mar 22, 2001)
- 28: Bob Gone for good read the jornal (Mar 22, 2001)
- 29: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Mar 22, 2001)
- 30: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Mar 22, 2001)
- 31: Bob Gone for good read the jornal (Apr 7, 2001)
- 32: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Apr 7, 2001)
- 33: Bob Gone for good read the jornal (Apr 7, 2001)
- 34: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Apr 7, 2001)
- 35: Bob Gone for good read the jornal (Apr 7, 2001)
- 36: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Apr 8, 2001)
- 37: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Apr 9, 2001)
- 38: Zeus (Apr 9, 2001)
- 39: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Apr 9, 2001)
- 40: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Apr 9, 2001)
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