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offline sneakattack on 2005-01-13 19:35 [#01457405]
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is meese.

damnit.





cool trivia: german word kaktus (cactus!!!) becomes kaktaech
when pluralized. YES


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-01-13 19:36 [#01457409]
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we call it kaktus as well...kaktusi in plural.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-01-13 19:37 [#01457410]
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oh and kaktusa if there are two.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-01-13 19:37 [#01457411]
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meese?


 

offline sneakattack on 2005-01-13 19:38 [#01457413]
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YES DAMNIT

MEESE

I actually thought of this because I wanted to tell
brokephones to stop PMSing about his laptop and quitting
xlt, and just relieve tension by going into his backyard and
fucking a bunch of MEESEthat was awesome


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2005-01-13 19:40 [#01457414]
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moose is the plaural of moose.

assassin is derived from the Arabic hassasin meaning hashish
users.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-01-13 19:40 [#01457415]
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I think I might be going for mooseses.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-01-13 19:40 [#01457417]
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twat.


 

offline sneakattack on 2005-01-13 19:40 [#01457418]
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whoa really?! shit.


 

offline sneakattack on 2005-01-13 19:41 [#01457419]
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DISSED

Myth : The word assassin is derived from the word hashish.

It is a common myth that the word assassin comes from the
Arabic word haschishin for hashish user.

The story is that al-Hassan ibn-al-Sabbah used hashish to
enlist the aid of young men into his private army known as
assassins (aschishin - or follower of Hassan). One of the
primary sources for this information comes from the writings
of Marco Polo who visited the area in 1273, almost 150 years
after the reign of Al-Hassan.

There are many conflicting facts and sources for this
information.

In the early 11th century, al-Hassan became the head of the
Persian sect of the Ismailians, a rather obscure party of
fanatics which gained local power under his guidance. In
1090, al-Hassan and his followers seized the castle of
Alamut, in the province of Rudbar, which lies in the
mountainous region south of the Caspian Sea. It was from
this mountain home that he obtained evil celebrity among the
Crusaders as "the old man of the mountains", and spread
terror through the Mohammedan world.[1]

In the account given by Marco Polo in "The Adventures [or
Travels] of Marco Polo" it is told that "The Old Man kept at
his court such boys of twelve years old as seemed to him
destined to become courageous men. When the Old Man sent
them into the garden in groups of four, ten or twenty, he
gave them hashish to drink. They slept for three days, then
they were carried sleeping into the garden where he had them
awakened.

"When these young men woke, and found themselves in the
garden with all these marvelous things, they truly believed
themselves to be in paradise. And these damsels were always
with them in songs and great entertainments; they; received
everything they asked for, so that they would never have
left that garden of their own will."

When the Old Man wished to kill someone, he would take a
young man and tell him they could return to Paradise if they
entered his service and followed his instructions or died in
his service.

From this acco


 

offline sneakattack on 2005-01-13 19:42 [#01457420]
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unt it is farily clear that hashish was not the substance
used. First, hashish is seldom prepared in a liquid form
Hassan would drug young men with a substance which "cast
them into a deep sleep" from which they could not be
awakened. They were then carried to a beautiful secret
garden which was impenetrable and unseen by any but those
intended to be his haschishin. When they awoke in the
garden, surrounded by beautiful naked women and boys, they
were told that they were in Paradise. After a few hours of
bliss, they were again made unconscious with the unknown
substance. Awakening back in the presence of "The Old Man of
the Mountain" they were told that he had given them this
glimpse of Paradise and that they would go to Paradise if
they entered his service and followed his instructions or
died in his service. Thus, he recruited an army of assassins
who were the first terrorist gang.

It is from this story that the connection between the words
assassin and hashish is drawn. It is said that the word
assassin comes from the Arabic word haschishin for hashish
user. But Hassan and his followers didn't speak Arabic; they
were Persians. Assassin comes from Hassassin -- a follower
of Hassan.

Hassan, in fact, was a hashish prohibitionist. He argued
that the Koran's ban on alcohol was a ban on all
intoxicants, so his assassins were drug free terrorists.
Except in the false Paradise where they were served wine as
one of the joys of heaven. So, it is desire for alcohol not
hashish that helped motivate the Assassins.


 

offline sneakattack on 2005-01-13 19:42 [#01457422]
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I'm not going to read that though, I'm going to keep
believing ecna =P


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2005-01-13 19:46 [#01457431]
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Yeah right because you pasted an unattributed pile of text
in reponse to my claim I am dissed? Nice try but no yayo
though homie.


 

offline sneakattack on 2005-01-13 19:50 [#01457442]
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I stand defeated.


 

offline Komakino from Tan-giers USSR (Russia) on 2005-01-13 20:18 [#01457489]
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bollockai


 

offline sneakattack on 2005-01-13 20:21 [#01457493]
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into which vital artery should I plunge your favorite spoon?


 

offline Ganymede from Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius on 2005-01-13 21:26 [#01457547]
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The plural of moose is moosoog.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-01-13 22:10 [#01457591]
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that's just insanity.

I know for a FACT now that it is mooseses.


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2005-01-13 22:13 [#01457593]
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there's a song by some old comedian fellow which claims that
it is in fact "meese"... it's the same dude who did "Camp
Grenada" i think... last name is Sherman, maybe...


 

offline Ganymede from Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius on 2005-01-13 23:12 [#01457639]
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No seriously, the word "moose" comes from the Ojibwe
language, and their plural for it is "moosoog".


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2005-01-13 23:13 [#01457640]
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pwn!


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-01-14 00:15 [#01457667]
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no no I think you'll find it is mooseses.


 

offline Amnesiac from ERIE (United States) on 2005-01-14 00:28 [#01457674]
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MOOSEN!


 

offline Ganymede from Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius on 2005-01-14 07:20 [#01458240]
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Yeah, well maybe in Dutch.


 

offline Bob Mcbob on 2005-01-14 07:25 [#01458250]
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next time i see 2 of them standing together, im gonna kill
one moose so i dont have to use the plural.


 

offline Bob Mcbob on 2005-01-14 07:27 [#01458257]
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plus, it would be cool to have a moose head on my wall.

i must rememer to have it done by a professional this time,
and not just hold it there with a few darts. it doesnt have
quite the same elegant appeal.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-01-14 09:32 [#01458664]
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nee joh.


 


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