Prevent, Gracie?

Look, my liege!

Am I just dense? I don't get the reference to sheep bladders...

Yeah, and that "preventing" quake thing, also, B K...

Click the link for the rainbow toad, it is astonishing!!!

adenosine: some.old.lady.: Am I just dense? I don't get the reference to sheep bladders...

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BEDEMIR: And that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped.
ARTHUR: This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedemir. Explain again how sheeps' bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.
BEDEMIR: Oh, certainly, sir.
LAUNCELOT: Look, my liege!
ARTHUR: Camelot!
GALAHAD: Camelot!
LAUNCELOT: Camelot!
PATSY: It's only a model.
ARTHUR: Shhh! Knights, I bid you welcome to your new home. Let us ride... to Camelot.

Oh good grief. I was so into the science I could not see beyond... beyond... into the fair Camelot!!!!

[face palm]

Punch another hole in my dork card.

BitwiseShift

I was concerned about the impact on the world supply of haggis.


Mmmmmm... haggis.

Sheep bladders don't prevent earthquakes.

That's just an ancient superstition.

The only scientific way to prevent earthquakes is to venerate and pray to Saint Emygdalius of Sienna, patron saint who protects against earthquakes (except Sienna, where they have them often). You could try burning some Jews and homosexuals in an Auto-da-fé, but that is less reliable. Like Sienna, places that hold auto-da-fés and book burnings have earthquakes frequently, so these methods of earthquake prevention are clearly not to be relied on.

The best way to avoid earthquakes is to move to a place that no sensible Jew or homosexual would live in.

Here's the reference from Subby's headline (you will find that a GIS answers most questions):


Sir Bedevere: ...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped.
King Arthur: This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.

Of course, this is just ancient superstition. The Earth is NOT banana-shaped. Modern science has revealed that it has gone all pear-shaped, just like the rest of us.

*But not as pear-shaped as Christopher Columbus thought it was. He believed he could get to Asia from Europe because the distance was only about 4,000 miles. In fact, the distance is much greater than he thought and he really lucked out by finding the mythical Hesperides before he and his crew all died of mutiny, starvation or thirst. Columbus was not only wrong about the size of the terrestrial pere, but also stole the idea of Asia being only 4,000 miles or so to the West from the numerous people who had visited North America in the preceding 1,000 years or so.

It's all in the Royal Commission Feasability Report which was done to prove that Columbus was a nutter.

1) The Earth is a sphere (of about 40,000 Roman miles circumference at the equator) but much larger than Columbus seems to think. It has to be at least 12,000 Roman miles to Asia in the West.
2) Columbus could not possibly reach Asia in the time and with the resources provided. He and his crew are likely to perish unless they turn back in time.
3) Even if he lucks out and finds some islands or a continent or two it is unlucky that these will be uninhabited.
4) The Americas have already been discovered innumerable times but nobody has seen any reason to remember where they were except for some Basque and Breton fishermen who fish for cod and halibut. The Spanish and Portuguese fishing industries will get their nickers in a knot if Columbus finds their secret fishing spot. (I made this one up. All the rest is historically true, so help me Cod.)

As things turned out, Columbus was a chump and remained convinced that he had found Asia until he died. The only questions left are who the Hell Columbus was, what he was really up to, and who is buried in his tomb. I'll leave that crap to conspiracy-mongers.

I love that pear-shaped joke and never miss an opportunity to use it.

brantgoose: Sheep bladders don't prevent earthquakes.

That's just an ancient superstition.

The only scientific way to prevent earthquakes is to venerate and pray to Saint Emygdalius of Sienna, patron saint who protects against earthquakes (except Sienna, where they have them often). You could try burning some Jews and homosexuals in an Auto-da-fé, but that is less reliable. Like Sienna, places that hold auto-da-fés and book burnings have earthquakes frequently, so these methods of earthquake prevention are clearly not to be relied on.

The best way to avoid earthquakes is to move to a place that no sensible Jew or homosexual would live in.


Can I still throw virgins into volcanoes?

Elvis Da King:

Can I still throw virgins into volcanoes?

Just a silly thought. Wouldn't it be more fun for both of you if she weren't a virgin anymore?

/But,hey. Whatever floats your boat, your High Priestness.

You're envisioning a different category of virgins than I am, I suspect.

Rather than asking applicants for Pele's embrace "have you ever had sex?" I am asking them "tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh'a'?" Anyone who responds "HisLaH, jawwI" goes in the volcano.