I think this guy might be confused...
Aug. 27th, 2003 09:53 pmFound on EBay:
> THIS IS A VERY NICE METAL CHESS SET, THE PIECES ARE GREEK LEGENDS,
> EXAMPLE: ARCH ANGEL GABRIEL IS THE QUEEN, DAVID IS THE KING.
Eh? WTF?
I don't think David and the archangel Gabriel are greek mythological characters, dude. I mean, I know both Greek and Hebrew have "funny letters" but that's as far as the similarity goes :)
> THIS IS A VERY NICE METAL CHESS SET, THE PIECES ARE GREEK LEGENDS,
> EXAMPLE: ARCH ANGEL GABRIEL IS THE QUEEN, DAVID IS THE KING.
Eh? WTF?
I don't think David and the archangel Gabriel are greek mythological characters, dude. I mean, I know both Greek and Hebrew have "funny letters" but that's as far as the similarity goes :)
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Date: 2003-08-28 01:47 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2003-08-28 10:32 am (UTC)Heheh - before the EBay listing finishes, and this whole thread gets impounded by fundamentalists for being an example of modern immorality, Gabriel (or very possibly Gabrielle) is illustrated here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3143166394&category=2554
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Date: 2003-08-29 04:56 pm (UTC)There's an interesting bit in last months PC Pro about an interesting piece of software.. it takes the sentence structure and removes the buzz words, bull shit and poor literacy then feeds out the actual meaning...
Appears to work quite well!
Nathan, The Toxic Pixie
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Date: 2003-08-30 03:15 pm (UTC)Ooo - sounds good! Is it online anywhere?
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Date: 2003-09-03 10:48 am (UTC)Heh, not much use today, me :)
Nathan, The Toxic Pixie
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Date: 2003-09-03 03:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-05 11:03 am (UTC)Nathan, The Toxic Pixie