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RickyMaveety · 11-13-2008, 03:44 PM

I never would have thought that the Norwegian Blue Parrot (beautiful plumage) would have been familiar to the Ancient Greeks.

OK .... now I can't get the image out of my head of the Spartans meeting Xerxes and the Persians at Thermopylae and instead of arrows and swords, the Greeks just stand there doing shtick and actually kill the Persians with laughter.

Xerxes: Look, I came here for an argument!!

Leonidas: Oh, I'm sorry, this is abuse, you want Hypatia, down the coast about a mile.

11-13-2008, 03:44 PM	#8
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	I never would have thought that the Norwegian Blue Parrot (beautiful plumage) would have been familiar to the Ancient Greeks. OK .... now I can't get the image out of my head of the Spartans meeting Xerxes and the Persians at Thermopylae and instead of arrows and swords, the Greeks just stand there doing shtick and actually kill the Persians with laughter. Xerxes: Look, I came here for an argument!! Leonidas: Oh, I'm sorry, this is abuse, you want Hypatia, down the coast about a mile.