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The name I am searching for is:
NILCE
Possilbe Brazilian or Portugese
Definitely Feminine
Thanks! :)
NILCE
Possilbe Brazilian or Portugese
Definitely Feminine
Thanks! :)
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"Nilce" is a Portuguese variation of the name "Nice", which is from the Greek "Nike" meaning "Victory". The English (or Latin) equivalent would be "Victoria". Another Portuguese equivalent would be "Vitoria".
-- Nanaea
-- Nanaea
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Prepare the holy hand grenade!
*grins* I could not help myself.
The name Maynard is probably used elsewhere but it is among other places found in the great Monty Python movie:
"The Quest for the Holy Grail"
Those interested should look further here:
http://www.montypython.net/
Quote:
'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shalt be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thou foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.'
*grins* I could not help myself.
The name Maynard is probably used elsewhere but it is among other places found in the great Monty Python movie:
"The Quest for the Holy Grail"
Those interested should look further here:
http://www.montypython.net/
Quote:
'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shalt be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thou foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.'
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Ni!
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I love that movie! And the various humorous anachronisms aside, the medieval Python settings, with their simple-minded savagery and disgusting scummy peasantry, are probably much more accurate in depicting life in those times than most other movies.
I'm currently reading "Deus Lo Volt", a novelish chronicle of the events of the Crusades that contains mostly documented accounts of what went on. The degree and scale of the brutality by both Crusaders and Saracens is horrifying -- surely the 1100's were a time that would be as alien to most of us as the surface of Mars! It's a wonder humanity has made it this far (notice I didn't say "progressed").
I'm currently reading "Deus Lo Volt", a novelish chronicle of the events of the Crusades that contains mostly documented accounts of what went on. The degree and scale of the brutality by both Crusaders and Saracens is horrifying -- surely the 1100's were a time that would be as alien to most of us as the surface of Mars! It's a wonder humanity has made it this far (notice I didn't say "progressed").
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"It's a wonder humanity has made it this far.."
Humanity has made it? You romantic idealist you. Thank God for dogs and dolphins.
Humanity has made it? You romantic idealist you. Thank God for dogs and dolphins.
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Pope Urban II
As far as I remember it was pope Urban the II saying those words.
Yet, I am curious what take has the book you speak of on Saladin?
Sometimes he is seen as part of the normal leader mentality and other times I have heard him presented almost as a paradigm of chivalry.
As far as I remember it was pope Urban the II saying those words.
Yet, I am curious what take has the book you speak of on Saladin?
Sometimes he is seen as part of the normal leader mentality and other times I have heard him presented almost as a paradigm of chivalry.
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I've only read up to the end of the Second Crusade (mid-1100s) when Saladin was still at home poppin zits and fretting over whether Dad would let him borrow the mangonel to go to the prom.
However, as far as humanity and chivalry go, the earlier, more obscure Turkoman military leaders wouldn't be a tough act to follow. By comparison to them, even Saddam Hussein was Mother Teresa.
Remind me and I'll relate the author's take on Saladin in a week or so, assuming I can take the additional accounts of mass murder, beheading, cannibalism, Jew-burning, flailing, enslavement, pillage, starvation, and general mayhem that will be required to get that far in the book.
However, as far as humanity and chivalry go, the earlier, more obscure Turkoman military leaders wouldn't be a tough act to follow. By comparison to them, even Saddam Hussein was Mother Teresa.
Remind me and I'll relate the author's take on Saladin in a week or so, assuming I can take the additional accounts of mass murder, beheading, cannibalism, Jew-burning, flailing, enslavement, pillage, starvation, and general mayhem that will be required to get that far in the book.
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Maynard was also the beatnik buddy of Dobie Gillis, on an old American teevee show that Daividh may have watched back in the B.C. (Before Color) era. :)
Here's a great website where you can find the goofy lyrics to old teevee show theme songs.
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/4760/comedies1.html
Ahhhh... They don't make 'em like that anymore. Hey! How come they don't write teevee theme song lyrics anymore?
-- Nanaea
Here's a great website where you can find the goofy lyrics to old teevee show theme songs.
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/4760/comedies1.html
Ahhhh... They don't make 'em like that anymore. Hey! How come they don't write teevee theme song lyrics anymore?
-- Nanaea
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I did indeed watch Dobie Gillis in the dear ol' late 50's, probably as a junior high schooler. Maynard G. Krebs, of course, was a bit of a hero to us.
Besides being topical to us punks, this show was a welcome change from the cowboy-show saturation we'd endured just a coupla years earlier. (At one time '57-ish there were well over twenty cowboy shows per week on the three networks!)
I scanned through the TV theme lyrics and noted that several seemed never to be played even though the music itself was aired every week. The first verse to "Lucy", for example, I'd never heard.
The last stanza to "I Married Joan" contains an error (trust me).
I believe this show aired before the earth's crust had completely cooled; nevertheless, I've seen every episode. You may recall that Jim Backus, who played Joan's husband Judge Stephens, later was the voice for Mr. Magoo.
TV shows don't have theme lyrics today partially because the cynical execs don't expect them to last -- and they don't. Too many are in the formulaic "Friends" mold, and it's been done earlier, better, and funnier decades ago.
If you want funny today, you've got "Malcolm in the Middle", "Frasier", "Drew Carey", and "Whose Line Is It Anyway" (not a plotted show, but a must-see). Not much else.
A lovely movie and TV actress, Anne Sothern, passed away yesterday at 92. Her show "Private Secretary" brightened our viewing hours in the 50's. Me and a lot of other geezers will remember her fondly.
Besides being topical to us punks, this show was a welcome change from the cowboy-show saturation we'd endured just a coupla years earlier. (At one time '57-ish there were well over twenty cowboy shows per week on the three networks!)
I scanned through the TV theme lyrics and noted that several seemed never to be played even though the music itself was aired every week. The first verse to "Lucy", for example, I'd never heard.
The last stanza to "I Married Joan" contains an error (trust me).
I believe this show aired before the earth's crust had completely cooled; nevertheless, I've seen every episode. You may recall that Jim Backus, who played Joan's husband Judge Stephens, later was the voice for Mr. Magoo.
TV shows don't have theme lyrics today partially because the cynical execs don't expect them to last -- and they don't. Too many are in the formulaic "Friends" mold, and it's been done earlier, better, and funnier decades ago.
If you want funny today, you've got "Malcolm in the Middle", "Frasier", "Drew Carey", and "Whose Line Is It Anyway" (not a plotted show, but a must-see). Not much else.
A lovely movie and TV actress, Anne Sothern, passed away yesterday at 92. Her show "Private Secretary" brightened our viewing hours in the 50's. Me and a lot of other geezers will remember her fondly.
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The only recent US TV theme with lyrics I know of (aired in Greece, at least) is "the Nanny" (probably a second cousin of Nanaea gone astray).
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The US Army realized belatedly they could have saved themselves days of bombarding Noriega's Panamanian headquarters (and ears) with the amplified tunes of Poison, Whitesnake, etc., and simply played the soundtrack to one episode of "The Nanny". Ol' Manuel would've come running out, ears bleeding copiously, begging for mercy!
Miss Drescher's one redeeming role was her short appearance in "This Is Spinal Tap", a classic non-Python flick that ranks only slightly below "The Holy Grail".
Miss Drescher's one redeeming role was her short appearance in "This Is Spinal Tap", a classic non-Python flick that ranks only slightly below "The Holy Grail".
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That's "Harp" as in the Irish lager -- nuthin' ta do wit' Heaven. Hey, I took P.L.'s (or rather, P.P.P.'s) anagrammed Irish name as a challenge! :)
As for Miss Fran Fine... I may have relatives in Queens, Noo Yawk, but I sure don't tawk like that! :)
-- Nanaea
As for Miss Fran Fine... I may have relatives in Queens, Noo Yawk, but I sure don't tawk like that! :)
-- Nanaea
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Phew! I was meaning to ask you :)
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The Dubbing-Down of Greece...
Something I was wondering about... Obviously you're getting that teevee series in Greece, and it must be dubbed into the Greek language, right? So, did the Greeks actually go to the trouble of finding someone with a voice *that* grating to use for the Greek dubbing of each episode? And, if so, WHERE the heck would they find a Greek chick with a voice like Fran Drescher?
-- Nanaea
Something I was wondering about... Obviously you're getting that teevee series in Greece, and it must be dubbed into the Greek language, right? So, did the Greeks actually go to the trouble of finding someone with a voice *that* grating to use for the Greek dubbing of each episode? And, if so, WHERE the heck would they find a Greek chick with a voice like Fran Drescher?
-- Nanaea
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Last summer on a Greek island I saw an ancient Bruce Lee movie dubbed in German, and got cheesy jollies to last a lifetime. Thankfully English language programs -- with the *Smurfs* being a notable exception -- are not dubbed on Greek TV, so we enjoy Fran's nasal kvetchings unadulterated every sunday morning :) If they ever decided to dub her, I guess the Smurf team would do a decent job.
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Maynard's evolution
Forgot to add that Maynard from the old Dobie Gillis teevee show later evolved into Gilligan of *Gilligan's Island*. (The same actor played both roles.)
-- Nanaea
Forgot to add that Maynard from the old Dobie Gillis teevee show later evolved into Gilligan of *Gilligan's Island*. (The same actor played both roles.)
-- Nanaea
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