It was a translation / chinese whisper issue.
They wrote about beans from other plants.
They wrote about beans from other plants.
In point of fact, that's not too far off from the way Sitchin works.
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Dakota Tebaldi
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04-24-2008 15:04
In point of fact, that's not too far off from the way Sitchin works. |
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Alyx Sands
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04-24-2008 15:07
No. But, I will add that Sitchin is a complete nutcase, and the Sumerians never REALLY wrote about "beings" (I hate that word anyway) coming from other planets. I've done quite a bit of reading on the Ancient Near East and must have missed that part, too....  _____________________
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Alyx Sands
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04-24-2008 15:09
Wasn't Anthrax an 80's metal band? Assorted Geek Knowledge: They still are..... _____________________
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04-24-2008 15:11
I've done quite a bit of reading on the Ancient Near East and must have missed that part, too.... It's a mistranslation. They wrote about going to Planet Hollywood for lunch. It was translated as "beings from another planet are going to eat us for lunch". All they wanted was an overpriced hamburger and maybe a t-shirt. _____________________
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Alyx Sands
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04-24-2008 15:12
How many of us have Torley Linden as a contact on our Flickr page? I know I do. Perhaps we can arrange to have him pop in here and post one of his fabulous photos for us at the very least??? Reading the thread backwards.... I have! But HE friended ME first! I felt quite flattered really.....  _____________________
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Alyx Sands
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04-24-2008 15:14
I took the "How will I die?" quiz, It said I would die of boredom.  I must have been really bored to post on this thread, I wonder how much more bored i have to be to die... Still going backwards through this thread..... *HUGS FOR THE CABBIT* _____________________
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Macphisto Angelus
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04-24-2008 15:15
/me waves back to Macphisto...hi! Yes, yes, yes...bacon IS always a good idea. Morning, noon, and night...and all times in between; there is a bacon (or pork recipe) for any time of day. Hey...I bet we could make a cookbook entitled: Bacon: 24/7. Well, well, well...look what I found! (oh geez, I hope this wasn't somewhere in pages 1-121 of this thread...)  Seduced by bacon? Isn't that a furry title??  _____________________
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Alyx Sands
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04-24-2008 15:16
It's a mistranslation. They wrote about going to Planet Hollywood for lunch. It was translated as "beings from another planet are going to eat us for lunch". All they wanted was an overpriced hamburger and maybe a t-shirt. And there I thought that place SELLS "meat" from another planet..... _____________________
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Alyx Sands
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04-24-2008 15:18
Bleargh, no dead pigs for me....
Hey, I'm gonna die out of boredom, too.....dang, and I thought spamming this thread would prevent that! _____________________
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04-24-2008 15:22
OK... now for a word from our sponsor, (the de-railer of the derailed thread, that was derailed 10 times removed):
'Say that ten times real fast!' Nibiru, (also known as Eris thanks to NASA & JPL) is suspected (by nutcases) of being the home of a reptilian race, where their leader Anu or Lucifer (who see humans as cattle) dwell and plots our demise...They are traveling back and forth from Nibiru to the Earth using disk shaped (nutcase) crafts with magnetic/gravity drive: and they have bases underground and on our moon...And yes, I need to get my (nutcase) tin-foil hat adjusted. All kidding aside, there IS a recently discovered planet-X, but according to NASA the path will not bring it anywhere near the earth. According to Sitchin (the nutcase) it will get dangerously close. Whose chart is the more accurate of the two? We will soon find out. I want to invest $5000 in an infrared telescope and face it to the southern sky to plot its course. Stay tuned...Oh wait...its turning...no...hmmm... _____________________
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Macphisto Angelus
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04-24-2008 15:28
Aliens are friendz....
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04-24-2008 16:09
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04-24-2008 16:31
OMG! The quiz was right. I'm going to die while having sex. With Amaranthim's hands around my neck ... Erotic asphyxiation? Don't worry Yosef... I will be gentle... |
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Allegria Kanto
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04-24-2008 16:47
/me frowns and looks disapointed. How about ropes, then? Hmmmm... I have a nice little leash in my inventory, I'm sure it will be long enough. Oh and look! here are those fur-trimmed shackles. Not to worry, Yosef, I'm sure I can keep you well-entertained. /me's eyes go wide and dreamy as she plots entertaining Yosef. _____________________
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Macphisto Angelus
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04-24-2008 17:06
We all need a little Bluto in this thread.
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04-24-2008 17:13
We all need a little Bluto in this thread. What we need is a road trip! .d _____________________
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Kaimi Kyomoon
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04-24-2008 17:32
To-ga. _____________________
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04-24-2008 17:37
Zardoz? Is that the one where Sean Connery lets the viewer down, his fellow countrymen down, and most importantly himself down? I can't bring myself to post a picture. Suffice to say, he rubbed himself in Baby Bio to sprout even more body hair, wears a ludicrous plaited wig, the campest moustache to ever grace the silver screen, thigh high boots and some extraordinary red cloth nappy/braces combination, I'm sure he was laughing all the way to the bank, however. You mean ...this?:  _____________________
There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Allegria Kanto
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04-24-2008 17:39
You mean ...this?: OMG, someone wash my eyes with bleach! Sean, I'll never think of you in the same way again! Oh look! my 100th post! _____________________
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Maggie McArdle
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04-24-2008 17:39
"Amazon Women on the Moon." Try that and possibly "Hollywood Shuffle." At least they were ment to be a comedy. may as well add Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Toxic Avenger and my personal fave, Plan 9 From outer Space! Honorable Mention: Mars Needs Women! _____________________
There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Macphisto Angelus
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04-24-2008 17:43
may as well add Attack of the Killer Tomatoes When this came on Showtime when I was a kid, I watched it over and over and over. It really was funny back then.  _____________________
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04-24-2008 17:43
Oh, my goodness...does this mean....barbecue for dinner???? Yes !! Mac Phi is cookin tonight! @ MacPhi, good! then the roast pig will be extra delish when you finish cookin it i still watch it, has it d/l from my renewed netflix queue. the classics are always a hoot _____________________
There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Macphisto Angelus
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04-24-2008 17:46
Yes !! Mac Phi is cookin tonight! @ MacPhi, good! then the roast pig will be extra delish when you finish cookin it i still watch it, has it d/l from my renewed netflix queue. the classics are always a hoot I'm a workin' on it. Almost done...   _____________________
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Kaimi Kyomoon
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04-24-2008 17:50
may as well add Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Toxic Avenger and my personal fave, Plan 9 From outer Space! Honorable Mention: Mars Needs Women!  _____________________
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Dakota Tebaldi
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04-24-2008 17:52
All kidding aside, there IS a recently discovered planet-X, but according to NASA the path will not bring it anywhere near the earth. ...or Mars, or Jupiter, or any other planet, really. It's a SDO. |
