Alt Tv Rewind

Metlhd3138Jan 24, 2003, 7:02 PM ET

James Q. MorrisseyJan 24, 2003, 7:10 PM ET↩ Metlhd3138

Persephone, banned to Hades, ate seven pomegranate seeds, wasnt allowed back.

JQM

Alan HamiltonJan 25, 2003, 2:47 AM ET↩ James Q. Morrissey

On 25 Jan 2003 02:28:55 GMT, Howard Wilson II wrote:

People don't want cars named after hungry old Greek broads!

Aaron HirshbergJan 25, 2003, 10:22 AM ET↩ Alan Hamilton

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Yeah people want cars with names like Maybach! The Chrysler Maybach! Named after the subsidiary of Mercedes that made the V-12 diesel engines for the German Tiger Tanks during WWII!

Space

Benjamin RobinsonJan 26, 2003, 12:54 AM ET↩ Aaron Hirshberg

In alt.tv.simpsons, on the "Re: Perspehone? What the hell does that mean?" thread, Aaron Hirshberg wrote:

Yes, but before that they were a manufacturer of stratospherically expensive German luxury cars. Karl Maybach, the company founder, wanted to build sophisticatedengines for carmakers, but didn't find any takes. So, he built his own cars.

Maybach's father once worked Gottleib Daimler, which may explain why DaimlerChrysler decided to resurrect the name for their ultra-luxury brand.

(Source: http://www.mtu-friedrichshafen.com/en/th/thhima.htm)

DaveJan 27, 2003, 11:16 AM ET↩ Aaron Hirshberg

"Aaron Hirshberg" wrote in message news:[email]...

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Tigers used Maybach HL-230 and later HL-234 V-12 engines. These were both gasoline engines, not diesels. Try to imagine comic book guy saying this.

R H MenzelJan 25, 2003, 2:42 PM ET↩ James Q. Morrissey

Howard Wilson II wrote in message news:[email]...

A mind is terrible thing to waste on the average "Simpsons" fan.

Benjamin RobinsonJan 26, 2003, 12:57 AM ET↩ James Q. Morrissey

In alt.tv.simpsons, on the "Re: Perspehone? What the hell does that mean?" thread, Howard Wilson II wrote:

You might both be right. Wasn't Hades' underworld realm also called Hades?

R H MenzelJan 29, 2003, 3:58 PM ET↩ Benjamin Robinson

Benjamin Robinson wrote in message news:[email]...

Hades?

Yup!

falsemanJan 24, 2003, 7:15 PM ET↩ Metlhd3138

Hades' wife. She ate some pomegranite seeds in the afterworld and had to stay. The efforts of her mother Ceres were to no avail.

Sorry if I got any of this wrong -- I'm too lazy to look her up in Bulfinch's.

Carbon Rod and ToddJan 24, 2003, 8:52 PM ET↩ falseman

Well, in the sequel, "Persephone's Revenge," her mom (Meryl Streep) managed to seduce Hercules (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and got him to bust into the underworld, kick Hades' (Christopher Walken's) ass, and rescue Persephone (Reese Witherspoon.)

Jason SaslowJan 24, 2003, 11:49 PM ET↩ Carbon Rod and Todd

Meh, I thought that movie would have been so much better with Renï¿½e Zellweger as Persephone.

Brad FilipponeJan 26, 2003, 7:47 PM ET↩ falseman

Ceres of course, is the Roman copy of Demeter.

Brad

Dwayne ConyersJan 27, 2003, 9:09 PM ET↩ Brad Filippone

The state of our education system... sigh...

JimJan 24, 2003, 10:45 PM ET↩ Metlhd3138

[email] (Metlhd3138) wrote in news:[email]:

If there were a planet in our Solar System beyond Pluto [1], it would be called Persephone.

Jim

[1] or Neptune, when it's further from the Sun than Pluto.

R H MenzelJan 25, 2003, 3:50 PM ET↩ Jim

Jim wrote in message news:5LnY9.28121$AV4.2520@sccrnsc01...

I seem to recall a theoretical small planet(oid) beyond Pluto (and sometimes Neptune) that's named Charon.

Jason SaslowJan 25, 2003, 3:45 PM ET↩ R H Menzel

Isn't that Pluto's moon (which is only slightly smaller than Pluto)?

R H MenzelJan 25, 2003, 7:19 PM ET↩ Jason Saslow

Jason Saslow wrote in message news:[email]...

D'OH!!!

You're right!

(Damn those flaking brain cells)

James Q. MorrisseyJan 25, 2003, 5:00 PM ET↩ R H Menzel

i once heard where senility was just laziness and that 70 year olds have 99% of the brain cells they had when they were young. also, to give myself some credit back, i know that charon is the boat type guy who takes dead souls across the river Styx to Hades, and you have to pay him two coins what are placed on a dead person's closed eyes when they're buried.

JQM

R H MenzelJan 25, 2003, 8:42 PM ET↩ James Q. Morrissey

James Morrissey wrote in message news:b0v1d5$94k$[email]...

99%

pay

Having brain cells and being able to use them properly is two different things.

And what waters did the souls drink from?

Where did the dead heroes go?

Where did really bad souls go?

What was Sisyphus' crime?

What was Tantalus' crime?

James Q. MorrisseyJan 25, 2003, 6:59 PM ET↩ R H Menzel