Subj : Re: Rome
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Thu Sep 15 2005 04:31:40

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Jim Larson 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 
> 
> In that case, Woohoo! 
> 
>> like that, it was like they were planning something.
> 
> (Was it a cunning plan?)
> 

In the dumb corner?  I doubt it.

.