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There is a famous poem "Tiger" by William Blake. It's said that the poem says about how it is possible that although God forgive sins, there is a punishment for them in afterlife. Could you tell me which words in the text suggest such an interpretation?
RainbowGurl
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no need to be jeleious, your the one who turned me downMartin said:Hey hey hey, go do that in your own fecking thread, you bunch of fecking perverts!!
Sheesh!
Cheers, Martin
*Cuddles up to Wabbit*
Martin
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Here we go.
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RaVeN:
How long after death will your nails & hair stop growing?
They don't - after you die, your body starts to dry out creating the illusion that your hair and nails are still growing.
Who "discovered" popcorn?
As it turns out, folks have been popping corn for thousands of years. In fact, archeologists discovered some very stale popcorn in New Mexico that was about 4,000 years old. Popcorn was very important to the Aztecs, who not only ate it but used it as decoration in their religious ceremonies. And during World War II, when sugar was rationed in the U.S., popcorn became a popular substitute for candy.
The folklore of some Native American tribes told of spirits who lived inside each kernel of popcorn. The spirits were quiet and content to live on their own -- but grew angry if their houses were heated. The hotter their homes became, the angrier they'd get -- shaking the kernels until the heat was too much. Finally they would burst out of their homes and into the air as a disgruntled puff of steam.
What are the 5 most widely read books of all time other than the bible (or any religious themed publication) & dictionary or encyclopedia?
I'm not sure, but these are some titles I found:
Are there any stats out on how many car accidents are caused per year because the driver was using a cell phone at the time?
It's been estimated that one in 3 now use cell phones, which would account for the increase in cell phone related accidents.
Studies at Harvard estimate 2,600 cell phone related deaths last year. Injuries were approximated at 570,000 and there were well over 1.5 million dollars in property damage caused by cell phone use while driving.
What monitarily is the most valuable work of art?
Well, "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" is quite expensive, at $82,500,000..
.. but ..
.. A 1905 masterpiece by Pablo Picasso, "Garcon a la Pipe" became the most expensive painting in history, selling at Sotheby's in New York for 104,168,000 dollars to smash the world record for an auctioned art work.
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Litany:
What is the most popular pie on the planet?
Well, I can't tell you for the entire planet, but ..
.. in an official government poll, the most popular pie in the UK turned out to be the Steak and kidney pie. Over the other side of the world, Australians tend to favour the Pork pie, whilst the Russians still eat more Vodka pie than any other.
What is the biggest pie of ever?
I think it was Denby Dale in Yorkshire that claimed to have made the biggest pie in the world in the 70's.
What is the most pie a pie chuffer ever chuffed in one pie chuffing session?
I honestly do not know.
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Idun - I'll get to your question.
NEXT!!
Cheers, Martin
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RaVeN:
How long after death will your nails & hair stop growing?
They don't - after you die, your body starts to dry out creating the illusion that your hair and nails are still growing.
Who "discovered" popcorn?
As it turns out, folks have been popping corn for thousands of years. In fact, archeologists discovered some very stale popcorn in New Mexico that was about 4,000 years old. Popcorn was very important to the Aztecs, who not only ate it but used it as decoration in their religious ceremonies. And during World War II, when sugar was rationed in the U.S., popcorn became a popular substitute for candy.
The folklore of some Native American tribes told of spirits who lived inside each kernel of popcorn. The spirits were quiet and content to live on their own -- but grew angry if their houses were heated. The hotter their homes became, the angrier they'd get -- shaking the kernels until the heat was too much. Finally they would burst out of their homes and into the air as a disgruntled puff of steam.
What are the 5 most widely read books of all time other than the bible (or any religious themed publication) & dictionary or encyclopedia?
I'm not sure, but these are some titles I found:
- Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (800.000.000 copies sold)
- The Lord of the Rings (Over 100.000.000 copies sold)
- The Diary of Anne Frank (Over 25.000.000 copies sold)
Are there any stats out on how many car accidents are caused per year because the driver was using a cell phone at the time?
It's been estimated that one in 3 now use cell phones, which would account for the increase in cell phone related accidents.
Studies at Harvard estimate 2,600 cell phone related deaths last year. Injuries were approximated at 570,000 and there were well over 1.5 million dollars in property damage caused by cell phone use while driving.
What monitarily is the most valuable work of art?
Well, "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" is quite expensive, at $82,500,000..
.. but ..
.. A 1905 masterpiece by Pablo Picasso, "Garcon a la Pipe" became the most expensive painting in history, selling at Sotheby's in New York for 104,168,000 dollars to smash the world record for an auctioned art work.
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Litany:
What is the most popular pie on the planet?
Well, I can't tell you for the entire planet, but ..
.. in an official government poll, the most popular pie in the UK turned out to be the Steak and kidney pie. Over the other side of the world, Australians tend to favour the Pork pie, whilst the Russians still eat more Vodka pie than any other.
What is the biggest pie of ever?
I think it was Denby Dale in Yorkshire that claimed to have made the biggest pie in the world in the 70's.
What is the most pie a pie chuffer ever chuffed in one pie chuffing session?
I honestly do not know.
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Idun - I'll get to your question.
NEXT!!
Cheers, Martin
RaVeN
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Litany said:
And just who did you have in mind (hyppotheticaly speaking of course) for all of the above?
I'll have you know that I have all of my hamburgers taste-tested for me by the village idiot. And when Wabbit's busy I ship them off to Tugger.
I wonder what ever became of him?
RaVeN
Martin
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Hey look, a pink elephant.
*points*
Anyway ...
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Idun:
There is a famous poem "Tiger" by William Blake. It's said that the poem says about how it is possible that although God forgive sins, there is a punishment for them in afterlife. Could you tell me which words in the text suggest such an interpretation?
The Tyger, by William Blake (from his collection Songs of Innocence and Experience).
Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? and what dread feet?
What the hammer? What the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
Well, the only thing that came close to an answer to your (very good and very difficult) question was the following:
Man was banished from the Garden of Eden, into the 'forests of the night' after succumbing to the temptations of evil. 'Thy fearful symmetry' is the natural balance of good and evil not only in the world, but in the heart of man. The poem then makes an attempt at cleverly alluding to the dawn of man on Earth, and the discovery of fire with the line 'What the hand dare seize the fire?' (an allusion to Promethias, as well). Blake continues with an inventory of inventions, such as 'art,' 'the hammer,' 'the chain,' and 'the anvil.' The 'stars,' or Angels in Heaven 'threw down their spears,' ending a war in Heaven when man fell, according to Christian mythology. With this regard, "The Tyger" isn't another name for man, but rather a symbol for man's loss of innocence and gaining of the experience of sin against God.
This is probably not correct - if it isn't and you do know the actual answer, please tell me, because I really want to know!
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Litany:
Next question, very important. Is there anywhere in the UK that will sell/import me this intriguing vodka pie? Or failing that, a recipe?
Alas, I couldn't find any useful information on this russian work of art - and believe me, I looked!
Scuse the double post, but what is the best drug for putting into hamburgers, for example if you had to get someone quite large onto an airplane but they weren't all that keen on flying?
Rat Poison - and lots of it.
Where do the army lock away their insane?
You'd think I'd know that, wouldn't you? Well, I don't.
Do you have a blueprint?
That'll be a no then.
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NEXT!
Cheers, Martin
*points*
Anyway ...
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Idun:
There is a famous poem "Tiger" by William Blake. It's said that the poem says about how it is possible that although God forgive sins, there is a punishment for them in afterlife. Could you tell me which words in the text suggest such an interpretation?
The Tyger, by William Blake (from his collection Songs of Innocence and Experience).
Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? and what dread feet?
What the hammer? What the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
Well, the only thing that came close to an answer to your (very good and very difficult) question was the following:
Man was banished from the Garden of Eden, into the 'forests of the night' after succumbing to the temptations of evil. 'Thy fearful symmetry' is the natural balance of good and evil not only in the world, but in the heart of man. The poem then makes an attempt at cleverly alluding to the dawn of man on Earth, and the discovery of fire with the line 'What the hand dare seize the fire?' (an allusion to Promethias, as well). Blake continues with an inventory of inventions, such as 'art,' 'the hammer,' 'the chain,' and 'the anvil.' The 'stars,' or Angels in Heaven 'threw down their spears,' ending a war in Heaven when man fell, according to Christian mythology. With this regard, "The Tyger" isn't another name for man, but rather a symbol for man's loss of innocence and gaining of the experience of sin against God.
This is probably not correct - if it isn't and you do know the actual answer, please tell me, because I really want to know!
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Litany:
Next question, very important. Is there anywhere in the UK that will sell/import me this intriguing vodka pie? Or failing that, a recipe?
Alas, I couldn't find any useful information on this russian work of art - and believe me, I looked!
Scuse the double post, but what is the best drug for putting into hamburgers, for example if you had to get someone quite large onto an airplane but they weren't all that keen on flying?
Rat Poison - and lots of it.
Where do the army lock away their insane?
You'd think I'd know that, wouldn't you? Well, I don't.
Do you have a blueprint?
That'll be a no then.
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NEXT!
Cheers, Martin
Martin
Active Member
RaVeN:
Where did the term Yankee come from?
It's actually derived from Dutch.
The origins of "Yankee" have been fiercely debated throughout the history of the Republic, and to this day the Oxford English Dictionary says the source of the word is "unascertained." Perhaps the most widely accepted explanation was advanced by H.L. Mencken, who argued that Yankee derives from the Dutch expression Jan Kaas, literally "John Cheese." This supposedly was a derogatory nickname bestowed on the Dutch by the Germans and the Flemish in the 1600s. (Wisconsin cheeseheads can undoubtedly relate.)
The English later applied the term to Dutch pirates (arrrrrrrrr), and later still Dutch settlers in New York applied it to English settlers in Connecticut, who were known for their piratical trading practices. During the French and Indian War the British general James Wolfe took to referring derisively to the native New Englanders in his army as Yankees, and the term was widely popularized during the Revolutionary War by the song "Yankee Doodle." By the war's end, of course, the colonists had perversely adopted the term as their own. Southerners used Yankee pejoratively to describe Northerners during the Civil War, but found themselves, along with all other Americans, called thus by the English during world wars I and II.
So, does that make us family?
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NEXT!!
Cheers, Martin
Where did the term Yankee come from?
It's actually derived from Dutch.
The origins of "Yankee" have been fiercely debated throughout the history of the Republic, and to this day the Oxford English Dictionary says the source of the word is "unascertained." Perhaps the most widely accepted explanation was advanced by H.L. Mencken, who argued that Yankee derives from the Dutch expression Jan Kaas, literally "John Cheese." This supposedly was a derogatory nickname bestowed on the Dutch by the Germans and the Flemish in the 1600s. (Wisconsin cheeseheads can undoubtedly relate.)
The English later applied the term to Dutch pirates (arrrrrrrrr), and later still Dutch settlers in New York applied it to English settlers in Connecticut, who were known for their piratical trading practices. During the French and Indian War the British general James Wolfe took to referring derisively to the native New Englanders in his army as Yankees, and the term was widely popularized during the Revolutionary War by the song "Yankee Doodle." By the war's end, of course, the colonists had perversely adopted the term as their own. Southerners used Yankee pejoratively to describe Northerners during the Civil War, but found themselves, along with all other Americans, called thus by the English during world wars I and II.
So, does that make us family?
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NEXT!!
Cheers, Martin
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Martin,
I don't know the actual answer. It was difficult for me to find any Blake's poems translated into Polish (he's unfortunately not a very popular writer in my country), not to mention any professional articles what is his work about. I thought that maybe you know some sources, where poetry critics give some clues what to look more closely at. If the explanation you have given is yours, you may be proud of yourself. For me it is very interesting and convincing.
I don't know the actual answer. It was difficult for me to find any Blake's poems translated into Polish (he's unfortunately not a very popular writer in my country), not to mention any professional articles what is his work about. I thought that maybe you know some sources, where poetry critics give some clues what to look more closely at. If the explanation you have given is yours, you may be proud of yourself. For me it is very interesting and convincing.
M
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I'll look for.
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