X-Google-Thread: f996b,27546932add65adb X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!usenet01.sei.cmu.edu!nn.andrew.cmu.edu!lmtp2nntp!not-for-mail From: "Arthur J. O'Dwyer" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: ASCII Art Fart for Tue, 2006 Aug 8: #2602 THE GAZA STRIP Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 12:12:48 -0500 (EST) Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: smtp.andrew.cmu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Trace: nn.andrew.cmu.edu 1168362767 11753 128.2.10.81 (9 Jan 2007 17:12:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: postman+netnews@andrew.cmu.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:12:47 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 128.2.10.81 Xref: g2news2.google.com alt.ascii-art:2849 On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Faux_Pseudo wrote: > _.-In alt.ascii-art, Tracy Johnson wrote the following -._ >> Faux_Tran wrote: >>> #2602 THE GAZA STRIP >>> >>> >>> ( >>> ) ( ) ( (_) ( ( ) ( >>> (_) (_) (_) (_) |~| (_) (_) (_) (_) >>> |~| |~| |~| |~| |:| |~| |~| |~| |~| >>> |:| |:| |:| |:| |:| |:| |:| |:| |:| >> >> I think there is only supposed to be seven lights. > > It all depends on who you ask. The modern version is '8 crazy nights' > + the one in the center so this one is contemporary to the last > thousand years or so. But if you go to the 2nd century necropolises > you will see seven candle menorahs. > > Seven: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menorah > Nine: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanukkiyah > > Doesn't anyone visit necropolises anymore? Doesn't anyone use the plural form "necropoleis" anymore? :) -Arthur