Subj : Interesting To : RACHEL L. AKERS From : TODD HENSON Date : Thu Feb 22 2001 04:58 pm > Gidday All, > > This message produced an interesting array of suggestions. Just thought people > might like to add to the list > > Rai > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 > mailing list mlm-list@yahoogroups.com > Subject: OK, now it's our turn! > > Haloo, All - > > (This in today's news): > > John Paul II is planning on making St. Isadore of Seville the > patron saint of the Internet. > > Question for everybody: when you think of the Internet, > which god/dess comes to mind? > > "Mercury looking at his behind and walking towards it" does > not count as an answer, but as an expression of exasperation. > Perhaps Thoth, the Egyptian god who gave us writing, learning, etc. The internet could be looked at as an expansion of that. > Alpha > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > & the suggestions.... > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Question for everybody: when you think of the Internet, > > which god/dess comes to mind? > > No fooling, I think of Loki, although your description of > Mercury runs a close second. Or maybe Epimetheus. > > The 'net seems like a classic emanation of the Trickster -- > looks good from a distance, sounds useful, even works OK > sometimes, but it's capricious and unpredictable. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The current stats: > Loki 3 > Eris 1 > > Alpha...0 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > OT: > > --- Msged/2 4.00 > * Origin: Elfwhere - The POINTy eared POINT (3:640/531.2379) --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5 * Origin: BBS Networks @ www.bbsnets.com 808-839-5016 (1:10/345) .