The only problem with parodies and spoofs is that there is sometimes a kernel of truth in them. I would say, rather, that the value of parodies lies in their ability to "hold a mirror up to nature"--human nature, in this case. . . . The problem comes when you realize there really ARE peop...

. . . OHNO! Brian might show up and spank me!

Agora discussion about Latin turns from violent to kinky!

. . . As for the topics of "training children_and_guns", here are links to two Landover articles. (For those unfamiliar, this is a spoof site, but one I enjoy immensely.) Vacation Bible Gun Camp and Unarmed Student Shot in the Head by a Jesus Puppet. gailr The only problem with parodies a...

Agora discussion about Latin turns violent! Well, the Roman Empire wasn't built by pacifists! Shooting people is easier than knifing them or biffing them on the head with a rolling pan. I think violence should be kept violent: it's probably far too easy to pull a trigger: hand-to-hand combat requir...

... So much for a society that tries to control handguns . . . Larry , I may have become disoriented in the media whirlpool, but it is my understanding that violence in schools is no less prevalent in societies in which weapons control is less, shall we say, rigorous. Am I deceived ?... Henri No, H...

Sic transit gloria mundi ! Credo consociavi sodalitas cum sorore sua :wink: (Gawd, that took a long time to research!) I agree with (what I believe to be) Garzo 's take on this matter ; i e, that it will be a great pity when, in the course of time and befuddled government programmes, the last Latin...

. . . And, yes, the Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison sequence is used in many churches as a corporate recognition of sin and (subsequent) request for mercy. There are many fine musical settings of that text! :) -Tim It also appears in Tom Lehrer's classic, " The Vatican Rag :"...

. . . In an "ordinary" High Mass (without communion) in the Church of Sweden, item #4 is "Lord, have mercy upon us". Those words in Swedish, as a heading, are in our hymn books followed by "(Kyrie)", so this vocative is well known by all frequent and sufficiently inter...

. . .So I guess Greek originated Japanese as well, you never know

Brazilian dude

Just so long as you don't try to relate it all back to Nahuatl! We had enough of THAT somewhere else!

Aarrrgggghhhh!

From my high school daze: Latin is dead, as dead as can be. First it killed the Romans, and now it's killing me! They told me Latin would help me with my English, but I found it the other way around. It takes me quite a while to do any translating these days. I use the Perseus Project as a resource,...

Oh, Katy, preach to me, sister! I totally agree about that "pickax"... Surely a device of the Devil! :P -Tim I remember one of the first extractions I underwent at the Dental School in Baltimore. The student was having a hard time extracting a molar, so the instructor told him to "ge...

not to mention the amalgam with the lead and mercury in it. . . . If your dentist is still using amalgam you better find a new one who uses composites. Mind you, the mercury was not absorbed by the body as I understand, but the newer composites are just better and set up faster. No more waiting an ...

. . . The worst part was the casting for the crown. The taste of the compound was gagging, . . . Yes, part of the problem is the smell, sort of like burning rubber mixed with God knows what else. You have to breathe through your mouth instead of your nose so you don't smell it. My wife once gagged ...

OK, having had a few myself ( root canals, that is! ), I couldn't resist posting the lyrics to "Cavity Search" by Weird Al Yankovic from his Bad Hair Day CD, done, in the tradition of ". . . musical satirists Spike Jones, Tom Lehrer, Allan Sherman and Stan Freberg . . . ," to the...

. . . It was 1962, I was 13 then, not 14, in a place called Barfoot Park, . . . The fire burned about 10 acres, which is pretty small for a forest fire. Maybe the Forest Service has records you could check to verify my veracity. Anyway, there were a couple of girls involved, aged 13 and 14, and the...