Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Daniel65 Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho Subject: Re: [OT] The dumb and the guilty (Was Re: How many ....) Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 19:16:28 +1000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 69 Message-ID: References: <199e94ddd32456be8b7d600a5058347b@dizum.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 09:16:28 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="da2346aa4cf7a6ebf1d07cc2c913b6c9"; logging-data="156028"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+igFUxp3Xb8wZthOqD2IJz/Hqejx1FjVo=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Geak/AznT1homQx67ZcRI5jrEXw= In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4182 The Doctor wrote on 9/4/24 3:36 pm: > In article , solar penguin > wrote: >> The idiot insisted: >>> In article , solar penguin >>> wrote: >>>> The idiot insisted: >>>>> In article , solar penguin >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> The idiot insisted: >>>>>>> In article , solar penguin >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> The idiot insisted: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You just cannot accept the answer Red-Beard! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Maybe he could if you actually gave an answer for once! >>>>>>>> But as that will never happen, we’ll never know. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Like red-beard you will never accept Feather-beard! >>>>>> >>>>>> Well duh! Of course I’ll never have the chance to accept >>>>>> something if I’m never even offered it in the first >>>>>> place. That’s how accepting works. >>>>> >>>>> IYIO Birdie! >>>> >>>> We can put it to the test if you like. >>>> >>>> Cite your Biblical chapter and verse that proves how the word >>>> Easter is derived from the word Ishtar, and see whether I >>>> accept it. >>>> >>>> Well, what are you waiting for? >>> >>> What about in JUges and Johua where the Israelites are told to >>> tear down the pagan poles? >> >> What about it? Can you cite the exact chapter and verse? >> >> I don’t recall any mention of this being the origin of the word >> Easter. > > Do you recall: > > http://www.chakoteya.net/DoctorWho/18-4.htm > > DOCTOR: That's very good. Have you ever heard of the Brothers Grimm? > ROMANA: This is no time for fairy tales. DOCTOR: They also discovered > the Law of Consonantal Shift. How language changes over the years. > ROMANA: You mean the hard sounds softening, B's becoming V's and so > on. DOCTOR: Hmm. ROMANA: Camilla, Aukon and Zargo. Wait a minute. > Sharkey, Zharkey, Zarkey, Zar, Zargo. The same name passed down > through generations. DOCTOR: That's right. And MacMillan becomes? > ROMANA: Camilla. DOCTOR: And O'Connor becomes? ROMANA: Aukon. The > descendants of the original ship's officers. DOCTOR: Yes. And this is > the original ship. The pilot here, co-pilot there. No, no, no, pilot > there, co-pilot here. Instrument banks there, control panels there. > ROMANA: You mean this is the Hydrax, the explorer ship? DOCTOR: Yes. > Do you fancy exploring it? ROMANA: Mmm. (The Doctor gets up.) DOCTOR: > Inspection hatch. ROMANA: Ahem. Doctor? (Romana has found something > by the side of the wooden throne.) DOCTOR: Shush. Inspection hatch. > ROMANA: Doctor. DOCTOR: Hmm? (The Doctor goes to where Romana is > pointing.) DOCTOR: Romana, I've found the inspection hatch. No, asswipe, that text DOESN'T contain the word "Easter", asswipe, so THAT doesn't answer Solar Penguin's request, asswipe!! -- Daniel