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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:28:07 -0800, Mary Shafer
wrote: "Put out my hand and touched the face of Cthulu" Nah, I don't think so. It doesn't scan. ....More like "Stretched out my hand, and shook the tentacle of Cthulu." OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:28:07 -0800, Mary Shafer wrote:
Have you seen "Hello Cthulu" at: http://www.hello-cthulhu.com/?date=2004-11-09 Hmmm... OLd news Probably not what Lovecraft had in mind. Incorrect. THIS is what Lovecraft didn't have in mind: http://www.yamabuki.sakura.ne.jp/~ilek-vad/hpl/cg/index.htm I especially like it when the Elder Thing solves the shoggoth problem... Mary -- Chuck Stewart "Anime-style catgirls: Threat? Menace? Or just studying algebra?" |
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OM wrote: ...More like "Stretched out my hand, and shook the tentacle of Cthulu." My Flight: Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Ry'leth and danced the skies on slimey and unwholesome wings; sunward I've climbed, and joined the chaotic death of lightning-riven clouds- and done abominable things that you could not conceive of- shifted and slew and fed high in the unspeakable silence. Hov'ring there I've chased the the buzzing Fungi from Yuggoth along, and made dead that which dared breath that burnt and blighted air. Up, up the twisted nightmare blue, I've topped the cursed heavens with evil grace! Where never Nightgaunt, or even Elder Thing flew- and there with silently screaming mind I've trod the mind-numbing horror of space, reached out me claws, and touched something foul, and odd. (Poem found in an old Arab bookstore) :-) Pat |
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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... My Flight: Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Ry'leth and danced the skies on slimey and unwholesome wings; sunward I've climbed, and joined the chaotic death of lightning-riven clouds- and done abominable things that you could not conceive of- shifted and slew and fed high in the unspeakable silence. Hov'ring there I've chased the the buzzing Fungi from Yuggoth along, and made dead that which dared breath that burnt and blighted air. Up, up the twisted nightmare blue, I've topped the cursed heavens with evil grace! Where never Nightgaunt, or even Elder Thing flew- and there with silently screaming mind I've trod the mind-numbing horror of space, reached out me claws, and touched something foul, and odd. (Poem found in an old Arab bookstore) :-) Well, I just cribbed that for an email to a friend. Of course now we know the truth of the poem Reagan used to commemerate the Challenger astronauts. And we thought Nancy's interest in the occult was mundane! Pat |
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Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote: Well, I just cribbed that for an email to a friend. Never underestimate the advantages of having a library card to the "forbidden stacks" section of Miskatonic University; nor a handy copy of "S. Petersen's Field Guide To Cthulhu Monsters"* ready at all times...nor for that matter, a huge Japanese vinyl model of the old boy himself staring down from a nearby bookcase at you. :-) Pat * The quickie flow chart to determine what exactly you are dealing with is an all-time classic: "QUESTION NUMBER 12- DOES IT HAVE EYES? No- go to question number 13. Yes- go to question number 14." |
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"Chuck Stewart" wrote ...
Incorrect. THIS is what Lovecraft didn't have in mind: http://www.yamabuki.sakura.ne.jp/~ilek-vad/hpl/cg/index.htm Most excellent. $BF|K\8l$,J,$k$s$G$9$+!#(B I'd do (somewhat dubious) translations if anybody's interested ... but I'd want to charge in line with the potential for head imploding, soul stealing, eternal torment risk. I especially like it when the Elder Thing solves the shoggoth problem... |
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:45:37 -0600, Pat Flannery
wrote: [...] * The quickie flow chart to determine what exactly you are dealing with is an all-time classic: "QUESTION NUMBER 12- DOES IT HAVE EYES? No- go to question number 13. Yes- go to question number 14." That good-old dichotomous key! My 9th grade biology text (one of the new ones of that decade, BSCS or somesuch) had a portion for dealing with insects; the one Pat has sounds much more useful! /dps -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ |
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D Schneider wrote: That good-old dichotomous key! My 9th grade biology text (one of the new ones of that decade, BSCS or somesuch) had a portion for dealing with insects; the one Pat has sounds much more useful! I had the same one, now that you mention it; I also had one like that for identifying minerals Let's try one path from the book. 1.) IS IT INVISIBLE? Yes- Go to question 2. No- Go to question 3. We can see the sucker... 3.) DOES IT HAVE A SHAPE? Yes- Go to question 4. No- Go to question 22. It has many shapes, each consistent- NYARLATHOTEP, see pages 48-49 ....It only has one shape. 4.) IS IT WORM-LIKE IN SHAPE? Yes- Go to question 5. No- Go to question 7. ....It's hideous, but not worm-like in its hideousness. 7.) DOES IT HAVE A HEAD? Yes- Go to question 10. No- Go to question 8. ...It's got a head. It's got an appalling big-eyed head on a stalk. 10. DOES IT HAVE WINGS? Yes- Go to question 11. No- Go to question 15. ....Nope, no wings. It's got lots of other weird **** sticking out of the top of it around the head though. 15. IS THE THING'S BODY... Conical and legless?- GREAT RACE OF YITH, see pages 36-37 Non-conical, generally with legs? (Flips through book to pages 36-37) Yup, that's the thing in question all right! Luckily, these things are supposed to be friendly ....as to what I'm doing several million years in the past though... that is a very good question. (gets Star Trek Tech manual) 1.) DID SOME ONE REVERSE A TACHYON FIELD? Yes- Go to question 12. No- Go to question 2. 2.) IS Q INVOLVED? Yes- Go to question 35. No- Go to question 3. 3.) IS JAMES T. KIRK INVOLVED? Yes- Just give up. Especially if you happen to be wearing a red shirt. No- Are you _sure_ Q isn't involved? Have you asked Guinan? Have you asked Guinan _nicely_? Are you sure it's really Guinan, and not Q in disguise? ;-) Pat |
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