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Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

Fijians say sorry to eaten Briton's family

This apologizing for past wrongs is getting totally out of hand. I mean, he took the comb out of the chief's head for God's sake. He deserved to become the entree.

Just another example of missionaries trying to destroy a vibrant native tradition, if you ask me.

And if I were one of his descendents, I think I'd be a little leery of attending the reconciliation dinner.

[ 30. November 2003, 17:18: Message edited by: Sarkycow ]

Posted by psyduck (# 2270) on :

Ah, but consumption was such a romantic death...

Posted by Raspberry Rabbit (# 3080) on :

wondering if it's the family or the Fijians who are going to get their just desserts....

RR
MTL

Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :

[harp music as we fade to this scene]

Missionary through interpreter: Why do you have that comb in your hair?

Chief: It got stuck three days ago and I thought it looked rather fetching.

Missionary: Maybe I can help you get it out.

Chief: No really that's all right.

Missionary: Here. [removes comb]

Chief: Um, actually, it is not permitted to touch the chief's head.

Missionary: And how was I supposed to know that?

Chief: Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

Missionary: Bite me.

Chief: Bad thing to say to cannibals. Get him, boys!

[scuffle ensues; harp music over fade to black]

[ 14. October 2003, 13:51: Message edited by: Mousethief ]

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

This is the best bit:

quote:
One villager who took part in the feast was quoted in contemporary accounts as saying "we ate everything but his boots".

One of his boots is reportedly on display in the Fiji Museum.

The boot is "reportedly" in the museum? It wasn't possible to check? They just looked in the Rough Guide, didn't they?

I wish I was a journalist.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

Does missionary taste like chicken?

Posted by caz667 (# 3026) on :

This is my favourite story of the day by FAR....

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

As long as we're on the subject...

CAUTION: Do not read this at lunch. Unless you're a cannibal, of course

Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :

[Must stop mis-reading the thread-title as Fenians [Eek!]

say sorry to eaten Britons' family ...]

(Am not a member of the DUP!)

Posted by Scot (# 2095) on :

Sine, when I read your second article I kept wondering how, if the accounts were accurate, the Fijians avoided eating themselves into extinction. I think there must be some journalistic liberties in play.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Scot:
I think there must be some journalistic liberties in play.

Oh surely not. Most of them were written by members of the clergy. I can't believe the clergy would exaggerate.

Posted by Plain Old Wally (# 3245) on :

This just reconfirms something that I've always believed in deeply and passionately - You can't just go around taking combs out of peoples hair.

Posted by Scot (# 2095) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
Oh surely not. Most of them were written by members of the clergy. I can't believe the clergy would exaggerate.

Of course not. Whatever was I thinking? Perhaps I should be punished by being eaten.

Posted by Kÿralessa (# 4568) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Peppone:
I wish I was a journalist.

First you'll have to learn how to use the English subjunctive properly.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Plain Old Wally:
This just reconfirms something that I've always believed in deeply and passionately - You can't just go around taking combs out of peoples hair.

My mother taught me never to use someone else's comb. Now I know why.

Posted by Presleyterian (# 1915) on :

quote:
From Sine Nomine's second link: At Bau, the people preserve human flesh and chew it as some chew tobacco. They carry it about with them, and use it in the same way as tobacco.

Well, at least they're not smoking cigarettes. Filthy habit.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

Have you ever thought of becoming a missionary, Kyralessa?

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Kÿralessa:

quote:
Originally posted by Peppone:
I wish I was a journalist.
First you'll have to learn how to use the English subjunctive properly.

Well, I'm an English teacher. Don't hold your breath.

Repeat after me: Grammar is descriptive, not prescriptive.

(Actually, I really don't have a scooby what the English- or any other- subjunctive is.)

Posted by MarkthePunk (# 683) on :

I bet the Fijians were just sorry because English food is so bland.

Posted by Rhisiart (# 69) on :

quote:
Originally posted by MarkthePunk:
I bet the Fijians were just sorry because English food is so bland.

You've been watching Goodness Gracious Me again, haven't you?

Anyway, Brits have adopted curry as our national dish - try eating a chicken vindaloo and call our food bland, punk!

(In fact, if you can speak afterwards, I'll be impressed [Biased]

)

Posted by Faithful Sheepdog (# 2305) on :

Eating you was their form of compliment. But it's one I can do without. [Projectile]

Neil

Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :

New weight-loss strategy: Fijian cannibalism stories! Read one before every meal.

Posted by MarkthePunk (# 683) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Rhisiart:

Anyway, Brits have adopted curry as our national dish - try eating a chicken vindaloo and call our food bland, punk!

(In fact, if you can speak afterwards, I'll be impressed )

Oh dear me! Brits can handle hotter food than Texans??
[Killing me]

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

Ah! Now we're cookin'

BTW, apparently we taste like pork...(or Spam™, which raises some interesting speculations in my mind.)

Homo Sapiens--The Other White Meat™

Posted by The Bede's American Successor (# 5042) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
Does missionary taste like chicken?

Only if the missionary is less than 21 years old.

Posted by The Bede's American Successor (# 5042) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Kÿralessa:

quote:
Originally posted by Peppone:
I wish I was a journalist.
First you'll have to learn how to use the English subjunctive properly.

There's a place for Peppone on Fox News. No one will notice there.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by The Bede's American Successor:

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
Does missionary taste like chicken?
Only if the missionary is less than 21 years old.

21? I thought it was 18. At 21 they're already considered beef, in my cookbook.

And of course that's when I'd make...wait for it...a beef cake.

Posted by The Bede's American Successor (# 5042) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
Ah! Now we're cookin'

BTW, apparently we taste like pork...(or Spam™, which raises some interesting speculations in my mind.)

Homo Sapiens--The Other White Meat™

The link above makes many references to "soup to nuts." Shouldn't that phrase be used the other way around?

Posted by Lyda Rose of Sharon (# 4544) on :

Well, except for the eating part, the Fujiians were only a few hundred years behind the Brits and the rest of the civilized world in drawing and quartering and other assorted tortuous fun and games.

Civilization has only become "nice" relatively recently. At times. When it feels like it. [Razz]

Posted by Kÿralessa (# 4568) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Peppone:
Well, I'm an English teacher. Don't hold your breath.

Repeat after me: Grammar is descriptive, not prescriptive.

Your students must love never getting red marks on their papers.

Posted by josephine (# 3899) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Peppone:
Well, I'm an English teacher. <snip>(Actually, I really don't have a scooby what the English- or any other- subjunctive is.)

Please, Peppone, please tell me either that you're joking about being an English teacher, or that you're joking about not knowing what the subjunctive is!

Please?

Posted by Eric the half a bee (# 1384) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
As long as we're on the subject...

CAUTION: Do not read this at lunch. Unless you're a cannibal, of course

I'd advise against reading the holocaust-denying material on this site at lunch as well. Or indeed any other time of the day.

Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :

Just the page titles made me feel a little icky.

Posted by Laura (# 10) on :

quote:
Originally posted by josephine:

quote:
Originally posted by Peppone:
Well, I'm an English teacher. <snip>(Actually, I really don't have a scooby what the English- or any other- subjunctive is.)

Please, Peppone, please tell me either that you're joking about being an English teacher, or that you're joking about not knowing what the subjunctive is!

Please?

If I were an English teacher, I'd be sure to know a subjunctive If I were to be sitting on one.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Eric the half a bee:
I'd advise against reading the holocaust-denying material on this site at lunch as well. Or indeed any other time of the day.

Huh? This is just a fun little cannibalism thread. What the hell are you talking about?

I seem to be missing a beat here.

Posted by BarkingMad Geo (# 2939) on :

He beamed out to another thread and beamed back in. Ignore him, and do please continue with this most excellent thread.

Posted by Eric the half a bee (# 1384) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:

quote:
Originally posted by Eric the half a bee:
I'd advise against reading the holocaust-denying material on this site at lunch as well. Or indeed any other time of the day.
Huh? This is just a fun little cannibalism thread. What the hell are you talking about?

I seem to be missing a beat here.

Some of the material on the heretical press site you linked to is a bit dubious in nature. The links page is scary.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

It occurs to me that cannibals are probably without racial or ethnic prejudice, since, more than most people, they know we're all the same under the skin.

We could learn from them.

Of course there are people who're convinced, despite evidence to the contrary, that brown eggs taste different than white eggs...

Posted by Eric the half a bee (# 1384) on :

Surely brown eggs taste more natural, like bread. I mean, like brown bread is more natural tasting than white bread, not that brown eggs taste like bread. I've never heard of a blindfold taste test done on eggs.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Eric the half a bee:
Some of the material on the heretical press site you linked to is a bit dubious in nature. The links page is scary.

Well, aren't you just Curious George. Of course one assumes they wouldn't call themselves "The Heretical Press" for no reason, now would we?

Besides you don't get a lot of options when you're searching for "Fiji" + "Cannibals".

You take what you can get.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Eric the half a bee:
I've never heard of a blindfold taste test done on eggs.

I can't back this up, but I think something to that effect has been done.

Like I said, all the same under the skin. It's a small, small world. (Tying into the Disney thread.)

Of course, this brings up some interesting questions about "You are what you eat."

Posted by Kenwritez (# 3238) on :

What I want to know is: How did they phrase the note of apology?

I mean, this isn't something you'll find in 1001 Useful Letters for Every Occasion or Miss Manners.

Rather reminds me of a bizarre news story I read several years ago. A family was hosting a dinner party one night. Apparently a crack in a waste water pipe had been allowing sludge and slime to build up inside a wall.

The family and guests were at the table, when suddenly that wall, which was one of the dining room walls, gave way, showering everyone with it's contents.

The family offered a $100 prize to anyone who wrote the best apology letter.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

You're making that up.

Posted by Plain Old Wally (# 3245) on :

We apologize for eating your ancestor. We were having a bad day.

What's so tough about that?

Posted by Laura (# 10) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Plain Old Wally:
We apologize for eating your ancestor. We were having a bad day.

What's so tough about that?

Better yet, and more accurately:

We apologize for eating your ancestor. We were having a bad hair day.

Posted by The Bede's American Successor (# 5042) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Laura:

quote:
Originally posted by Plain Old Wally:
We apologize for eating your ancestor. We were having a bad day.

What's so tough about that?
Better yet, and more accurately:

We apologize for eating your ancestor. We were having a bad hair day.

We need a smiley that represents a rim shot! [Overused]

Posted by Duo Seraphim (# 3251) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Laura:

quote:
Originally posted by Plain Old Wally:
We apologize for eating your ancestor. We were having a bad day.

What's so tough about that?
Better yet, and more accurately:

We apologize for eating your ancestor. We were having a bad hair day.

We enjoyed your ancestor at dinner. However, we now realise it was his company and wit that we should have enjoyed. We apologise for this error.

Actually, I recall reading somewhere that Fijians beileved that a person's spirit resided in the top of their head. Accordingly, it was an aggressive act to touch someone's head.

[ 15. October 2003, 01:34: Message edited by: Duo Seraphim ]

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

quote:

From Josephine:

Please, Peppone, please tell me either that you're joking about being an English teacher, or that you're joking about not knowing what the subjunctive is!

Please?

Sorry.

quote:
Originally posted by Kÿralessa:
Your students must love never getting red marks on their papers.

Wo! Red pen!!!???? That's the biggest no-no in teaching right now. Not only am I not allowed to use red pen on papers, I'm not allowed to be a "talking red pen" either. None of this "I'm sorry, that's wrong. Does anyone else want to try?"

Hey, I have a colleague who was asked to stop putting ticks on her students' work. (Supposing it was ever "correct".) Apparently it was hurtful to the students who got it "wrong".

Anyway, back to those cannonballs.

[ 15. October 2003, 01:52: Message edited by: Peppone ]

Posted by The Wanderer (# 182) on :

quote:
Wo! Red pen!!!???? That's the biggest no-no in teaching right now. Not only am I not allowed to use red pen on papers, I'm not allowed to be a "talking red pen" either. None of this "I'm sorry, that's wrong. Does anyone else want to try?"

I have heard this sort of stuff before, and think it is the most arrant nonsense. I feel sorry for Peppone for having to live under such a ludicrous system. Any child who got through school, let alone life, with nothing more damaging than the sight of some red ink would be doing unbelievably well.

What is more, in life we all have to cope with the fact that we get things wrong at times, our mistakes carry consequences with them, but being wrong is not (normally) the end of the world. I believe schools by and large to be supportive environments - aren't they good places to learn how to cope with being wrong? If a child enters the world of work wrapped up in so much cotton wool that they have never had an error pointed out to them, ISTM that they will have a very rude awakening indeed.

(All of the above would have been written in red ink if I were handwriting this. But it isn't as I'm not.)

[Message edited due to second thoughts about the use of the Subjunctive.]

[ 15. October 2003, 02:35: Message edited by: The Wanderer ]

Posted by Plain Old Wally (# 3245) on :

Yes, as usual, Laura meant what I said.

Posted by Cusanus (# 692) on :

[Gratuitous Rugby World Cup reference]
Well, that Frenchman that Rupeni Caucaunibuca punched out can count himself lucky, then. Maybe Fijians find French food too oily?
[/Gratuitous Rugby World Cup reference]

Posted by Pax Romana (# 4653) on :

Well, I must say this is a wonderful gross-out thread. And now that I am completely nauseated, I think I will go to bed and have a few nightmares.

[Projectile]

Posted by Kÿralessa (# 4568) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Pax Romana:
Well, I must say this is a wonderful gross-out thread. And now that I am completely nauseated, I think I will go to bed and have a few nightmares.

My apologies. I try to keep that subjunctive stuff to myself, but sometimes it just pops out.

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

Hey, seeing as I'm in the office with nothing to do but plan lessons (ha! ha! ha!) I split the shrink rap on one of the grammar reference books shelved here as decoration.

quote:
When talking about a situation that you would like to be the case in the present, you use a past tense in the "that"-clause, e.g.

I wish I was a journalist.

But back to those elephants crossing the Alps.

Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :

No you don't!

I wish I were a journalist

is the correct form.

Sheesh.

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Mousethief:
No you don't!

I wish I were a journalist

is the correct form.

Sheesh.

Hey, I didn't break the world. It was like this when I found it. Collins Cobuild Stúdent's Usage, Ed. John Sinclair. p. 241.

Posted by Kÿralessa (# 4568) on :

Here you go, Peppone.

Googling on "English subjunctive" yields this great example:

quote:
If I were president I would lower taxes.

If I was president, then I don't remember it.

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Kÿralessa:
Here you go, Peppone.

Cheers. I was right all along.

quote:
(The "was" form is possible in infernal, familiar conversation.)

Posted by Presleyterian (# 1915) on :

The subjective is easy. Just remember:

quote:
If I were a rich man.
Daidle deedle daidle
Daidle daidle deedle daidle dum.
All day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum.
If I were a wealthy man. (emphasis added)

Why is it that Tevye, a poor Jewish milkman, can get this right and a fancy-schmancy English teacher can't? [Big Grin]

Posted by Kÿralessa (# 4568) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Peppone:
Cheers. I was right all along.

quote:
(The "was" form is possible in infernal, familiar conversation.)

The way you quoted that, I'll agree with it.

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Presleyterian:
a fancy-schmancy English teacher

Yes I am: thankyou.

Despite sometimes wishing I wasn't. Weren't. Wouldn't. Woosperent. Wuddudunt. Gaaaaahhhh! You've got me doing it now.

The irony, of course, is that while I am an English teacher, I am at the same time emphatically not an English teacher, nor anything resembling one. I'm a Scottish teacher. Were it the subjunctive in 14th century Scotland? It were not.

Posted by Ophelia's Opera Therapist (# 4081) on :

If I were to give my opinion, I might say that this whole thread is in very bad taste.

OOT

Posted by Adeodatus (# 4992) on :

A succinct apology might read:

'By way of apology for having had your ancestor for dinner, we would like to invite you to dinner.
Dress code: to avoid any possible embarrassment, combs will not be worn.'

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Ophelia's Opera Therapist:
If I were to give my opinion, I might say that this whole thread is in very bad taste.

OOT

How lovely, OOT. You worked both the subjunctive and cannibalism into one succint sentence.

I am reminded of the time Kiri Te Kanawa and another diva got into it over dressing rooms or some such. They got into a shouting match, which Kiri won. As she stalked off she muttered "She got off lightly. My ancestors would have eaten her."

Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :

Let's get one thing straight: as I understand it, Peppone was saying that he is an English teacher (teaching English as a foreign language), not an English teacher (teacher of grammar and correct usage to English speakers). Is this correct?

I'd like to point out that English speakers are the only people who have to take classes in their own language. What does that say?

Posted by Kÿralessa (# 4568) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Zeke:
I'd like to point out that English speakers are the only people who have to take classes in their own language. What does that say?

If you mean they're the only ones who take English as a subject (and that the French don't take French, the Germans don't take German, etc.) then I'd say it means you're full of hooey. (My wife is from Romania, and she certainly took classes in Romanian. Ethnically she's Hungarian, and she also took classes in Hungarian till she switched schools.)

If it means that English speakers never take classes on another subject (say, math or science) in another language (say, French or German) but only in English, I'd say that if you think that's different from what most other people do, then you're still full of hooey. (If I spent a year in Romania taking classes, I'd certainly expect to take them in Romanian unless I were going to a special English-language school or something.)

Posted by ken (# 2460) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Zeke:
I'd like to point out that English speakers are the only people who have to take classes in their own language. What does that say?

It says that you live in an English-speaking country.

If you went to France, you'd find the kids having French lessons.

Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Zeke:
I'd like to point out that English speakers are the only people who have to take classes in their own language. What does that say?

That says that you're as stupid as Kryalotssa is an annoying dickweed.

Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :

Holy crosspost action, Fatman!

Posted by Kÿralessa (# 4568) on :

[Waterworks]

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

Shit, now we're turning on each other. Those Fijians must be laughing their heads off.

And Zeke's right. I am the good kind of English teacher.

Posted by ken (# 2460) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Peppone:
I am the good kind of English teacher.

There's a worse kind?

Quick, get the stakes and garlic! Or was it rosemary? Or rice?

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

I can only assume that people who go around correcting other people's grammar, whether in real life or on the internet, don't have much else to offer. Which is certainly true in this particular case.

Could a host please change the name of this thread to "The Cannibalism/Pedantry" thread to more accurately reflect its contents.

I'd hate for some poor unsuspecting person, thinking he or she was going to read an amusing little thread about cannibalism, to suddenly find themselves bogged down in Kyralessa's poker-up-his-ass, prissy little comments about someone else's grammar.

If you're going to hijack a thread, Kyralessa, couldn't you do it in an amusing manner? Oh Dear Lord, what am I saying? Never mind. When pigs fly, as the saying goes.

Posted by Kÿralessa (# 4568) on :

Oh dear. Someone has a grudge. [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

No. Not a grudge. You're just...annoying.

Like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Like the whining of a mosquito or the buzzing of a fly.
It makes me want to ignore what you're saying, even on those rare occasions you say something sensible.

It's quite a little talent really. I have no idea, of course, if it was God-given at birth, or if it took years of grueling practice to perfect.

But it's damn impressive.

Posted by Kÿralessa (# 4568) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
If you're going to hijack a thread, Kyralessa...

At this point the irony appears to be going right over your head, Sine.

If you want to gripe at me, you know how to make your own Hell thread and do it. If you're smart, you'll do it now while, due to recent events, there'll be others waiting to jump in. If you can't be bothered, then why do you keep babbling away on this thread? [Confused]

Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :

Kÿralessa, I just noticed the sig. change! Can't I like you AND think you're an annoying dickweed? Which, by extension, would invalidate your statement that you must be doing something right.

Continuing in the vein of amusing hypothetical situations, if those cannibals had eaten Kumstainmessa I doubt that they would have even had descendants - poisonous little weed that he is.

Posted by Kÿralessa (# 4568) on :

quote:
Originally posted by RooK:
Kÿralessa, I just noticed the sig. change! Can't I like you AND think you're an annoying [crude word]?

Nope, you'll just have to make up your mind.

Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :

No, weed-of-dick, I have made up my mind. I meant to argue the hypothetical case, which I still insist is possible. So, put that in your cauldron and stew it.

Posted by Kÿralessa (# 4568) on :

I guess it's good I don't have the chicken pox, or you'd be calling me weed-of-spotted-dick.

Posted by Plain Old Wally (# 3245) on :

Get a room guys.

Posted by Kÿralessa (# 4568) on :

Hey, speaking of what this thread used to be about.

Posted by Nightlamp (# 266) on :

If Kÿralessa listed all those people who didn't like him, I wonder how long the list would be?

Posted by Grits (# 4169) on :

"...if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books which were written."

Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :

Ok, so I popped off with a misconception. What's up with you, RooK, somebody piss in your cornflakes this morning?

And I expect to be told what "hooey" is, if I am indeed full of it.

[ 15. October 2003, 21:27: Message edited by: Zeke ]

Posted by The Wanderer (# 182) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ken:

quote:
Originally posted by Peppone:
I am the good kind of English teacher.
There's a worse kind?

Quick, get the stakes and garlic! Or was it rosemary? Or rice?

Rice, of course, is used as a defence against the terrifying hopping vampires of China. Just thought you'd want to know.

Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Zeke:
And I expect to be told what "hooey" is, if I am indeed full of it.

"Hooey" is most generally translated as "shit".

More mood-altering than any amount of urine in my breakfast cereal, I'm conversing with accountants. That, and it really was amusingly stupid, Zeke. Besides, I was looking for a way to take a swipe at at Kyralessa in a manner that might infuriate the local grammar pedants.

Posted by Gremlin (# 129) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
Does missionary taste like chicken?

Nope, apparently humans taste rather more like pork... hence some languages render person-that-is-not-of-my-people as 'long pig!' Rather in the same manner as the Greeks had person-that-doesn't-speak-greek as, 'Barbarian.'

Mind you, perhaps missionaries taste different? [Devil]

Gremlin

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Gremlin:
Nope, apparently humans taste rather more like pork...

Interesting. My recipes for possum say you can substitute pork. So if you're out of both possum and pork, you can substitute a neighbor.

...or an annoying family member.

[ 15. October 2003, 23:26: Message edited by: Sine Nomine ]

Posted by BarkingMad Geo (# 2939) on :

Is the missionary position the proper meal presentation for long pig?

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

Better that than having them on their elbows and knees with an apple in their mouth. So undignified.

I could say something really tasteless here, but I won't.

Posted by BarkingMad Geo (# 2939) on :

Something worse than what's already said?

Impressive!

Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :

I believe that humans would be best served arranged on their knees in the grovelling and begging position they were probably in during their last moments.

Or on a spit.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

Presentation is so important. It can make an otherwise pedestrian meal come alive, in a manner of speaking.

Posted by BarkingMad Geo (# 2939) on :

Sine, how would one set a table for cannibals?

Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
Presentation is so important. It can make an otherwise pedestrian meal come alive, in a manner of speaking.

That could be done more readily by sneaking a radio-controlled speaker into the feast after cooking...

"...I'm not quite dead yet."

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

With very sharp steak knives.

Of course if it were a formal cannibal dinner, I'd serve Steak Diana.

At cannibal cook-outs ribs, thighs, and breasts always go over well.

[responding to Mad Geo.]

[ 16. October 2003, 05:56: Message edited by: Sine Nomine ]

Posted by Christine (# 330) on :

Good heavens, the thread is onto page 2 before I get to post - the person of the ship who knows LOTS about Fijian pre-Christian practices (rather more than I would want to, actually - would you like to hear about widow strangling - 'loloku'- too).
In Fiji it is regarded as rather unseemly to joke about 'boloku' (the traditional practice of eating human flesh) unless you are Fijian, in which case it's OK - and quite common. There is the old tale about Ratu Edward Cakobau, of very chiefly lineage, travelling on a P & O liner. He perused the menu, the called the waiter over and asked for the passenger list! Europeans don't know how to react in such circumstances - which amuses Fijians greatly. Actually, Fijians seem to be rather proud of their cannibal past. They sell little wooden forks, reputedly the sort used for human flesh, in the tourist markets. It is certainly true that Rev Baker's boot are in the museum, along with other momentoes of the era.
On a more serious note, in the link posted by Sine the first three quotes are from reputable Methodist missionaries who were almost certainly eye-witnesses - which doesn't mean they didn't make the exceptional sound typical. The other quotes are from less reputable, relying on hearsay. That cannibalism took place seems to be certain. Someone raised the very sensible objection that if these tales were true, the Fijians would have eaten themselves to extinction. There is evidence that the cycle of violence in the mid nineteenth century was getting out of hand - ancient rivalries were intensified in the struggle to acquire western goods like iron and guns, the guns increased the deathrate (though not by that much, muskets are pretty useless in the tropics unless well looked after) and each death in war (a0 had to be avenged and (b) involved the death of the widow too. There is some evidence that by c 1850 the violence was becoming untenable. Which was possibly part of the reason for Christian conversion - it was a neat way of introducing a circuit breaker to stop violence which was getting out of control.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by RooK:
That could be done more readily by sneaking a radio-controlled speaker into the feast after cooking...

"...I'm not quite dead yet."

Of course, if the guests don't play bridge, for after dinner entertainment you could always pass the skull around and everyone could do their Sheri Lewis & Lampchops imitations.

Posted by Christine (# 330) on :

Good heavens, the thread is onto page 2 before I get to post - the person of the ship who knows LOTS about Fijian pre-Christian practices (rather more than I would want to, actually - would you like to hear about widow strangling - 'loloku'- too).
In Fiji it is regarded as rather unseemly to joke about 'boloku' (the traditional practice of eating human flesh) unless you are Fijian, in which case it's OK - and quite common. There is the old tale about Ratu Edward Cakobau, of very chiefly lineage, travelling on a P & O liner. He perused the menu, the called the waiter over and asked for the passenger list! Europeans don't know how to react in such circumstances - which amuses Fijians greatly. Actually, Fijians seem to be rather proud of their cannibal past. They sell little wooden forks, reputedly the sort used for human flesh, in the tourist markets. It is certainly true that Rev Baker's boots are in the museum, along with other momentoes of the era.
On a more serious note, in the link posted by Sine the first three quotes are from reputable Methodist missionaries who were almost certainly eye-witnesses - which doesn't mean they didn't make the exceptional sound typical. The other quotes are less reputable, relying on hearsay. That cannibalism took place seems to be certain. Someone raised the very sensible objection that if these tales were true, the Fijians would have eaten themselves to extinction. There is evidence that the cycle of violence in the mid nineteenth century was getting out of hand - ancient rivalries were intensified in the struggle to acquire western goods like iron and guns, the guns increased the deathrate (though not by that much, muskets are pretty useless in the tropics unless well looked after) and each death in war (a0 had to be avenged and (b) involved the death of the widow too. There is some evidence that by c 1850 the violence was becoming untenable. Which was possibly part of the reason for Christian conversion - it was a neat way of introducing a circuit breaker to stop violence which was getting out of control.

Posted by Christine (# 330) on :

Woops, how did that happen? Sorry, folks.

Posted by Presleyterian (# 1915) on :

quote:
RooK wrote: I believe that humans would be best served arranged on their knees in the grovelling and begging position they were probably in during their last moments.

And presumably the position RooK is in for a good portion of his waking ones.

-Presleyterian (who has not forgotten RooK's "put down the fork" line, but who believes that revenge, like Bavarian Cream Pie, is a dish best served cold)

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Christine:

In Fiji it is regarded as rather unseemly to joke about 'boloku' (the traditional practice of eating human flesh) unless you are Fijian,

I know. I feel much the same way about queer jokes. I was just glad that I had finally hit upon a group where some shipmate or another didn't pipe up with "some of my best friends are Fijian Cannibals, and I'm highly offended."

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Presleyterian:
And presumably the position RooK is in for a good portion of his waking ones.

Presley, I am so very glad you took advantage of that. I was going to, but felt I was vulnerable to counter-attack.

Posted by tomb (# 174) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Presleyterian:

quote:
RooK wrote: I believe that humans would be best served arranged on their knees in the grovelling and begging position they were probably in during their last moments.
And presumably the position RooK is in for a good portion of his waking ones.

-Presleyterian (who has not forgotten RooK's "put down the fork" line, but who believes that revenge, like Bavarian Cream Pie, is a dish best served cold)

I suspect that insulting Preslyterian is similar to invoking the Goat Curse the Cubs have been suffering from since the 1940s.

RooK, if you ever want to drive a nice car again, I suggest you apologize.

Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :

Pres, darling, I'm sure you're anything but a cold dish.

Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :

Sine, you back-stabbing bastard.

tomb, face it - you're more scared of Presleyterian than I am because you're afraid she'll belittle your organ.

Posted by Christine (# 330) on :

Well, some of my good friends are Fijians (though not cannibals) and I'm not offended, and I doubt they would be either. Today they're all too pleased at having beaten the Americans in the Rugby World Cup to bother, anyway. However, in the Islands I'd leave the jokes to them.

Posted by tomb (# 174) on :

quote:
Originally posted by RooK:
Sine, you back-stabbing bastard.

tomb, face it - you're more scared of Presleyterian than I am because you're afraid she'll belittle your organ.

You silly man, at least I have an organ to play.

Posted by Presleyterian (# 1915) on :

quote:
RooK wrote: Pres, I'm sure you're anything but a cold dish.

In the words of British Prime Minister Francis Urquhart, "You might well think that; I couldn't possibly comment."

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by tomb:
You silly man, at least I have an organ to play.

But I've done sacrificial giving for a better organ.

Posted by Presleyterian (# 1915) on :

quote:
"You might well think that; I couldn't possibly comment."

Which is also the best rejoinder to any inquiry about tomb's prodigious organ.

And Sine Nomine, I have no doubt that you indeed have.

[ 16. October 2003, 06:27: Message edited by: Presleyterian ]

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by RooK:
Sine, you back-stabbing bastard.

Cool! Now I've got a new signature!

I thought this was supposed to be a Christian web site.

Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :

There's an American rugby team?

Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Christine:
Well, some of my good friends are Fijians (though not cannibals) and I'm not offended, and I doubt they would be either. Today they're all too pleased at having beaten the Americans in the Rugby World Cup to bother, anyway.

There's a Rugby World Cup? And an American national team? Who'd a-thunk?! [Big Grin]

I wonder if there are actual Americans on the team. I've never known a single rugby player in my entire life.

Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :

Mousethief, I think we should have been told. Momentous events have taken place, and there hasn't been a thing in the news.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by RuthW:
I've never known a single rugby player in my entire life.

I have.

Knew a Jesuit too, for that matter. Need to tell La Druid that story some time.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Presleyterian:
And Sine Nomine, I have no doubt that you indeed have.

The new organ at our cathedral, for which I did sacrificial giving, is a wonderful instrument, as I am sure tomb will concur.

Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :

Rugby is momentous?

Posted by Christine (# 330) on :

Indeed there is a Rugby World Cup, taking place in Aus. Canberra is hosting the Tongan, Welsh and Italian teams - and much singing is being done by all. Husband reports that the rugby is a little underwhelming at the moment. I wouldn't know. The flags are pretty though.

Posted by tomb (# 174) on :

quote:
tomb's prodigious organ

God, I love that. Would that it were true. "Significant," perhaps--depending on the context. "Prodigious,"--never, unless under the glass of the stupefying magnetism of the rest of the package.

Posted by tomb (# 174) on :

I am referring, of course, to the Worship Space they have hired me to perform in.

Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Christine:
Husband reports that the rugby is a little underwhelming at the moment.

Oh. Well then. Not momentous after all.

Sorry, Mousethief. Didn't mean to be alarmist. We can all get back to watching the World Series*.

*Yes, I know it's obnoxious of us to call it the World Series when only American and two Canadian teams have a chance of getting into it. That's the point.

Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :

Actually, I read somewhere that the World Series was named after the New York World, a now-defunct newspaper, who were an early sponsor. Now THERE is a neat trick -- branding that continues after the brand no longer exists! Don't that just knock stadium naming rights into a cocked batter's helmet!

Posted by Christine (# 330) on :

Does this qualify for the most-derailed thread this year?

Posted by tomb (# 174) on :

Shut up, Christine. This is good stuff.

Posted by Rhisiart (# 69) on :

Use of title 'World' - potential to mislead in sporting events [Roll Eyes]

While the World Series (apparently played for some form of rounders) only involves Americans and their colony to the north, the Rugby World Cup (TM) includes 20 countries from around the globe. However, in effect only England and its former colonies (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) have any chance of winning, so probably not really much different to the World Series.

(Please note that admitting that England are possible winners of the World Cup is really, really difficult to admit... [Waterworks]

)

Posted by ken (# 2460) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Mousethief:
Now THERE is a neat trick -- branding that continues after the brand no longer exists!

There is a Scottish lullaby and/or children's song, certainly known to all True Scotsmen, that stars "ally bally ally-bally bee".

It was an advertising jingle for "Coulter's Candy", a sweetie that probably hasn't been available since the 19th century.

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

Ally, bally, ally bally bee,
Sittin' on your mammie's knee,
Greetin' for a wee bawbee.
Tae buy some Coulter's Candy.

[Waterworks]

Man, that takes me back.

[ 16. October 2003, 13:49: Message edited by: Peppone ]

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

I just went and sang it to my 2 year old, part-Chinese son. (He won't sleep.) He gazed at me in a kind of wonder as the tears ran down my cheeks.

Posted by ken (# 2460) on :

[Votive]

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

Funny how you can watch your rugby team get booted around the park, and laugh it off, and say your country means nothing much to you now, it's just where you were born: and then someone reminds you of a lullaby that elsewise you'd probably never have thought of again in your life, and suddenly the room goes misty...

Anyway, back to those [Mad]

cannibals, or was it [Mad]

missionaries? No it was [Mad]

Methodists, I remember now.

Posted by The Bede's American Successor (# 5042) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ken:

quote:
Originally posted by Peppone:
I am the good kind of English teacher.
There's a worse kind?

Quick, get the stakes and garlic! Or was it rosemary? Or rice?

No. It is: Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by The Bede's American Successor:
No. It is: Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.

We've got another one with a pony-tail, folks.

Posted by The Bede's American Successor (# 5042) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Mousethief:
There's an American rugby team?

Since playing rugby typically requires ingesting large quantities of alcohol, you could probably scare up a scrum at almost any US university campus. (Evangel College in Springfield, MO, possibly being an exception.)

Posted by The Bede's American Successor (# 5042) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:

quote:
Originally posted by The Bede's American Successor:
No. It is: Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
We've got another one with a pony-tail, folks.

Oh. You've seen a picture of me on my web site. (Hey, the original poem used by S&G is in my Norton's Anthology. They must have used the same book in college.)

Posted by The Bede's American Successor (# 5042) on :

quote:
Originally posted by RuthW:

quote:
Originally posted by Christine:
Well, some of my good friends are Fijians (though not cannibals) and I'm not offended, and I doubt they would be either. Today they're all too pleased at having beaten the Americans in the Rugby World Cup to bother, anyway.
There's a Rugby World Cup? And an American national team? Who'd a-thunk?!

I wonder if there are actual Americans on the team. I've never known a single rugby player in my entire life.

You've lead a sheltered life. Be thankful. Where I went to college the rugby team wore buttons that said,

quote:
It takes leather balls to play rugby.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by The Bede's American Successor:
Oh. You've seen a picture of me on my web site.

Actually I haven't.

But at the very least a metaphorical pony-tail was evident.

Posted by Gremlin (# 129) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:

quote:
Originally posted by The Bede's American Successor:
No. It is: Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
We've got another one with a pony-tail, folks.

And just what is wrong with a pony-tail?

Admittedly it is no longer an option for this somewhat-thin-on-top Gremlin, but you may consider me a virtual pony-tail wearer! [Devil]

Gremlin

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

Everyone has said I look years younger since I cut mine off.

Posted by Gremlin (# 129) on :

That's one of the reasons I don't shave! As it is, I look somewhat older than bb... despite the truth. [Smile]

Gremlin

p.s. this is a *truly* derailed thread! (edit)

[ 16. October 2003, 23:07: Message edited by: Gremlin ]

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Gremlin:
this is a *truly* derailed thread!

Most threads I start end up that way. Do you think it indicates an incurable frivolity of thought?

Posted by Eanswyth (# 3363) on :

Most threads you post on get derailed. I wonder if there's a connection? [Biased]

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

I'm thinking there must be.

Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :

One could say that Sine thinks "outside the rails".

Posted by Duo Seraphim (# 3251) on :

There certainly is an American Rugby team. Here are the details of their match against Fiji, together with a gallery of well-fed men wrestling over a leather ball.

Finally here are some Fijian Rugby fans, making the traditional "loser gets eaten" sign.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Duo Seraphim:
Finally here are some Fijian Rugby fans, making the traditional "loser gets eaten" sign.

Oh please let me lose!

Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
Everyone has said I look years younger since I cut mine off.

For a moment I was afraid I was back on the Circumcision thread. [Eek!]

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

The pony tail, Alex.

Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :

oh you gays and your euphemisms.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

Actually, I don't deal in euphemisms very much, which may be why people frequently turn red and abruptly walk away from me.

Posted by terce (# 966) on :

<BOREDOM WARNING FOR RUGBY HATERS>
I was at the game! It was a pretty scrappy affair (lots of dropped balls [Big Grin]

) but the end really more than made up for it!

The US team was unable to get the last-second try (not just last-minute!) under the goal, and were forced to the side, where they scored. I looked up, & the clock said 80 minutes even.

It was a very difficult conversion ... Hercus tried hard ...

Hey, the Americans played better than I thought they would!

The crowd was behind Fiji all the way, though ...

</BOREDOM WARNING FOR RUGBY HATERS>

Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :

It's not that we hate rugby, it's just that (1) we don't understand it, and (2) have little opportunity of watching it. Speaking just for myself of course.

Posted by Grits (# 4169) on :

Yeah, I'd rather eat someone than watch rugby.

(Notice how neatly and unobtrusively I got this thread back on track?)

Posted by tomb (# 174) on :

Not unobtrusively enough, Grits. There are too many vegetables and not enough long pork to justify keeping this thread open much longer.

It's dying soon (like.tomorrow?)

And if that's a hellhost pronouncement (which it is), may I say as a shipmate that I still have my pony tail and that any of you who cut yours off have sold out to The Man?

Discuss.

Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :

Grooming is a personal matter and not necessarily indicative of anything greater.

Posted by The Bede's American Successor (# 5042) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:

quote:
Originally posted by Duo Seraphim:
Finally here are some Fijian Rugby fans, making the traditional "loser gets eaten" sign.
Oh please let me lose!

Is this the time to point out there are gay rugby teams and leagues around?

There is one such team in Seattle that would like to make it to the next Gay Games. One of their former players has proposed raising money to get there by auctioning their used jock straps on E-Bay.

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

quote:
Originally posted by terce:

I was at the game!

I watched it live on TV here in the Kong. Excellent, though crass, commentary from a couple of Aussie blokes incongruously shoved into suits and shaved between the eyes for the occasion.

e.g.

[as a Fijian casually smacks an American in the teeth about 40m away from the ball]

Commentator 1:"Oh, a bit of rough and tumble there!"

Commentator 2: "That's all right, it's a man's game! The yank'll be right in a minute, you'll see."

[or when the Fijians get a scrum moving]

Commentators 1 and 2, chanting in unison: "Su-mo! Su-mo! Su-mo! Haw! Haw! Haw!" (they collapse into helpless guffaws at their own wit.)

Posted by Peppone (# 3855) on :

The same two guys did also did an excellent job on the Italy game. Like when a try was disputed:

quote:
"The Italians are waving their arms around! Haw! Haw! Haw! Haw!"

Well, that's what Italians do, gentlemen. Now if some Fijians had been waving some Italian arms around, then this thread would have been back on track.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by tomb:
may I say as a shipmate that I still have my pony tail and that any of you who cut yours off have sold out to The Man?

tomb, it was quite stressful to see all my hair lying on the floor of the salon. But young hair around a middle-aged face just doesn't work. There comes a time when you have to let go. Otherwise you just look silly.

You can do it. I know you can. There's probably a support group out there somewhere for aging hippies who want to update their look.

Posted by Sarkycow (# 1012) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:

quote:
Originally posted by Duo Seraphim:
Finally here are some Fijian Rugby fans, making the traditional "loser gets eaten" sign.
Oh please let me lose!

Uh, Sign? I don't *think* the Fijians mean to eat people in the same sense as you might [Biased]

Sarkycow

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

I like the one on the right. Although the one in the center with his mouth wide open isn't half bad.

Posted by Presleyterian (# 1915) on :

They said it couldn't be done, but yes, indeed, I shall re-rail this thread. Bear with me.

For years I've been something of a rugger hugger and remember the other famous button worn by ruggers: RUGBY PLAYERS EAT THEIR DEAD. The derivation was the 1972 incident recounted in the book Alive. A plane carrying a rugby team from Uruguay crashed in a remote part of the Andes. The survivors lived for 72 days by eating the teammates who died in the crash.

There you have, it. Cannibalism and rugby all tied up in one neat package. Thank you, thank you very much. You're too kind.

[ 17. October 2003, 14:56: Message edited by: Presleyterian ]

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

Anyone want to talk about the Donner Party?

Posted by Plain Old Wally (# 3245) on :

You just had to dredge up all my painful, repressed memories of the War of the Triple Alliance didn't you.

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

Well, if it wasn't those painful, repressed memories, it would have been something else.

BTW, suckers, I'm off today and still in my pj's and bath robe. Hope you're having fun at work.

Posted by Plain Old Wally (# 3245) on :

Pony tailian.

Posted by Eanswyth (# 3363) on :

Re: Donner Party

When I went to Lake Tahoe, I make a sidetrip to Truckee to visit Donner Pass. I was shocked to learn that there are no wonderfully tacky souvenirs for Donner Pass. Just think of the marketing opportunities. Who wouldn't just love a t-shirt that said "I ate my date at Donner Pass"?

Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Peppone:

quote:
"The Italians are waving their arms around! Haw! Haw! Haw! Haw!"

How did Jack Chick get involved with this? [Eek!]

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Eanswyth:
Who wouldn't just love a t-shirt that said "I ate my date at Donner Pass"?

I'm thinking it doesn't reflect well on us that we can have a thread on cannibalism that goes four pages.

I thought this was supposed to be a Christian web site.

Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
I'm thinking it doesn't reflect well on us that we can have a thread on cannibalism that goes four pages.

Are you saying we have poor taste?

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

Either that, or we all like the other white meat.

Posted by Hinematov (# 4766) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Eanswyth:
Re: Donner Party

When I went to Lake Tahoe, I make a sidetrip to Truckee to visit Donner Pass. I was shocked to learn that there are no wonderfully tacky souvenirs for Donner Pass. Just think of the marketing opportunities. Who wouldn't just love a t-shirt that said "I ate my date at Donner Pass"?

You just went to the wrong state. If you want tacky, go to Colorado and visit
Colorado's Cannibal Trail

[ 18. October 2003, 08:09: Message edited by: Hinematov ]

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

This is so sick. I love it.

Yum yum.

Posted by Hinematov (# 4766) on :

Then Google "Alferd Packer". You're in for a heap of fun.

The article didn't mention the motto of the grill is Serving Our Fellow Man Since 1847

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

You're right.

quote:
In the state of Colorado
In the year of seventy-four
They crossed the San Juan Mountains
Growing hungry to the core.
Their guide was Alferd Packer
And they trusted him too long:
For his character was weak
And his appetite was strong.

They called him a murderer, a cannibal, a thief;
It just doesn't pay to eat anything but Government-inspected beef.
<snip>
Eighteen years he stayed in jail,
It was a dreadful fate,
For he suffered indigestion
Every time he ate.
Still, it's hard to blame this hungry guy
Who went searchin' for the mines,
For when he ate his friends
He'd never heard of Duncan Hines.

Link to the whole words and the events behind the ballad.

{Edited for copyright and added in link to whole ballard. Sine you really should know better.}

[ 18. October 2003, 17:33: Message edited by: Nightlamp ]

Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on :

Try Eddie Gein. [Eek!]

Posted by Nightlamp (# 266) on :

Sine I am assuming that the song is an old folk song written before 1923. Am I correct?

Nightlamp
Hellhost

[ 18. October 2003, 13:26: Message edited by: Nightlamp ]

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

Akshually, I don't think so. Probably ought to kill it.

Sorry.

Posted by Hinematov (# 4766) on :

It was written by legendary folkie, Phil Ochs.

Posted by nicolemrw (# 28) on :

at one time, don't know if it still exists, there was a conservation organization named after aferd packer too. their motto was "take a land developer to lunch."

Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :

quote:
Sine you really should know better.

Yeah, well ain't that the story of my life.

Yours in Christ,
Brother Rugburn

Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :

Ya know, if this missionary had been circum cised, there would have been just that much less for those Fijians to eat.

[ 22. October 2003, 00:39: Message edited by: Mousethief ]

Posted by Alt Wally (# 3245) on :

Mousethief, you've been moving pretty fast. Stop a second and look behind you. Do you see that invisible boundary?

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