X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1156d4,6be5c1722034a56b X-Google-Attributes: gid1156d4,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,6be5c1722034a56b X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-02 11:04:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!btnet-peer0!btnet!news.mailgate.org!skynet.be!skynet.be!louie!not-for-mail From: "Skeddie" beau@belgacom.net> Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,rec.games.roguelike.adom References: <3bdc0ef9.18494503@News.CIS.DFN.DE> <3be06cc2$0$25357$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <9rptag$u8o$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk> <3BE08C37.8090600@nospam.mac.com> Subject: Re: The Return of Mike Throll 3 (2/2) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 16:29:56 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Lines: 36 Message-ID: <3be2ee1f$0$36457$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be> Organization: -= Skynet Usenet Service =- NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.4.168.200 X-Trace: 1004727841 reader1.news.skynet.be 36457 62.4.168.200 X-Complaints-To: abuse@skynet.be Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:9453 rec.games.roguelike.adom:31590 > > That's because in North America they refer to the natives as Indians. > > Probably because Americans are too stupid to realise that they're not > > actually Indian > > meh. the Indians were pretty stupid to live in a place called America > and not call themselves Americans, now weren't they? seems to me they > have only themselves to blame. America comes from Americo, that was the name of an expeditionist where somebody who designed maps was in love with, and next to his maps he kept scribing Americo and after a time they thought the land that was near the text was called so, so the name America was founded becuase of a gay-relation he also didnt know that it was not Americo but Amerigo, -- ,'.', !o ol /_.-._\ M E E T M E / \"'"/ \ / | | | \ , /| | | |\ / | | | | | \ __ / | | | | \ (_ | _ _| _| o _ | | | | | | | __) |<(/_(_|(_| | (/_ | | |___| | | | | | ' | | | | |__| |__| | |.-|__| | |__|-.| | | | | | | |_|_| |__|__|Skd