Subj : Re: Rome
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Jim Larson
Date : Thu Sep 15 2005 04:24:06

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Chaya wrote:

> Jim Larson wrote:
> 
>> Chaya wrote:
>> 
>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Jim Larson <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:Xns96D1CC9C35083v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: 
>>>> 
>>>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Nick <nickSPAMMENOT@snurcher.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:Xns96D1DE084C640ndtcm@ 68.1.17.6:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Nick <nickSPAMMENOT@snurcher.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:Xns96D1DC47D5B4Endtcm@ 68.1.17.6:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Jim Larson <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>> news:Xns96D1C5F8270393v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jim Larson <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>> news:Xns96D1C1C6CA6503v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's growing on me.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Favorite scenes in 2 & 3:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a) Titus Pullo explaining women to Lucius Vorenus.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> b) Atia working out the order of suicide as the gates are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> about to be broken down.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, and mmmmmmmmmNiobemmmmmmmm
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you miss the whole Rome thread we started yesterday or
>>>>>>>>>>>> is this a cunning plan to avoid my terrible Virgil based
>>>>>>>>>>>> pun? 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> (Mostly ignored, not having watched the episodes yet. What
>>>>>>>>>>> Virgil based pun?) 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> It was a reply to Nicks question of why they don't speak
>>>>>>>>>> Roman. Go on, go and read the thread and you'll see just how
>>>>>>>>>> embaressed I am 
>>>>>>>>>> about it
>>>>>>>>>> Ted
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Is that what that was?  You could take lessons on being dumb
>>>>>>>>> from me. 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> My first thought then was another pun on the lines of.
>>>>>>>>  Ee trust can teach me how to be as dumb as a Roman.
>>>>>>>>  Ted
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> <blank stare>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Etruscans, an Italian pre-Roman civilisation in the middle of
>>>>>> modern Italy eventually driven from their lands by the latin
>>>>>> peoples. Virgil thought that they were the remenants of refugees
>>>>>> from Troy hence the tie in to the Aeneas pun, but we really don't
>>>>>> know that much about them 
>>>>> 
>>>>> (It's not as funny if you explain it. Of course, this assumes it
>>>>> was funny before you explained it.)
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  It's a pun it's not supposed to be funny it's supposed to make you 
>>>> groan. Besides I was worried about Nick and Chaya sitting in the
>>>> corner like that, it was like they were planning something.
>>>>  Ted
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> We were scheming about how to take over from His Supreme Lordship
>>> Lawson.  I shouldn't have given him all those quarters. 
>>> 
>> 
>> Lawson? LAWSON?!?
>> 
> 
> D'oh!!!!  You know, 'R' and 'W' are very close on the keyboard...
> 

Rell, ofcouwse they awe. 

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Jim

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