Hi! I am a genius!

[NatCh]

Interesting thing about misunderstanding Mr. Bunny -- people of my generation grew up thinking that "nimrod" is an insult because he called Mr. Fudd "poor little nimrod" (and partly because it sounds like one). But (at the risk of telling folks things they already know) "Nimrod" is the name of a Old Testament Biblical character, a hunter of renown.

Funny how we misapprehend things and they stick, isn't it?

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by NatCh

Interesting thing about misunderstanding Mr. Bunny -- people of my generation grew up thinking that "nimrod" is an insult because he called Mr. Fudd "poor little nimrod" (and partly because it sounds like one). But (at the risk of telling folks things they already know) "Nimrod" is the name of a Old Testament Biblical character, a hunter of renown.

Funny how we misapprehend things and they stick, isn't it?

Capitalized, it's the name of a descendant of Ham. Without the cap, it means "idiot" .... it's slang that actually predates Prof. Bunny by some years. Or ... I could be wrong .... it may be that (according to one source) the slang comes from B Bunny calling Mr. Fudd a "poor little Nimrod" as a reference to Mr. Fudd's being a hunter. Although, more research is clearly indicated .... I simply must know the answer to this!!


And, I'm positive he said maroon .... but I'll agree that the raccoon can be a complete and total nimrod.

[Dr. Drib]

Wasn't it Daniel Boone who had something to do with a raccoon? Now, I'm confused.

Well, I need to go finish watching "Charly," and then I'm going to see "Forrest Gump" again.

Don

...Or go read the novel (or the novelette) of "Flowers For Algernon" -- a great piece of literature, in my opinion.

[Taylor514ce]

Nimrod was a "mighty hunter" in opposition to Yahweh. What that means, exactly, no one quite knows. Also, the builder of the Tower of Babel, which served to congregate people into a mighty city (Babylon), which is portrayed in the Bible as contrary to the diety's purpose for Man to "fill the earth". The languages were confused specifically to cause the people to disperse.

For me, I always admired Nimrod. A man of vision. Charismatic. Civil planner. Someone interested in human potential, recognizing that people, as a group, could achieve heroic feats.

Interestingly, Nimrod (or possibly his son) was aka Tammuz, and worship of Tammuz, including the cross symbol, spread out from Babylon. The cross was eventually adopted as THE symbol of Christianity, resulting in a rather ironic victory for Nimrod in his rebellion.

Nimrod and the cities he founded are always portrayed in the Bible as corrupt, vile, wicked, and perverted, yet the religion(s) and festivals resulting from the deification of Nimrod and his offspring (such as Easter) have all entered mainstream Christianity.

It's a fascinating topic.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

Relax and enjoy yourself. This is a nice place to go and not worry about being the sharpest tack on the bulletin board. Everyone at MR is smarter than your average gibbon,
...

~ahem~ Adrian desires an audience with DixieGal. He expects restitution for this slander, and believes that exercise of your culinary skills may serve as such. Watch him though; he can be a bit "grabby", if you know what I mean.

Originally Posted by NatCh

Interesting thing about misunderstanding Mr. Bunny -- people of my generation grew up thinking that "nimrod" is an insult because he called Mr. Fudd "poor little nimrod" (and partly because it sounds like one). [...]

Funny how we misapprehend things and they stick, isn't it?

He he he..."rod".

Cheers,
Marc

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

~ahem~ Adrian desires an audience with DixieGal. He expects restitution for this slander, and believes that exercise of your culinary skills may serve as such. Watch him though; he can be a bit "grabby", if you know what I mean.

Cheers,
Marc

I believe the adjective "average" was used in conjuction with gibbon. Nobody here would ever accuse Adrian of being average.....

[NatCh]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Nobody here would ever accuse Adrian of being average.....

Certainly nobody currently within arm's reach.

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Capitalized, it's the name of a descendant of Ham. Without the cap, it means "idiot" .... it's slang that actually predates Prof. Bunny by some years. Or ... I could be wrong .... it may be that (according to one source) the slang comes from B Bunny calling Mr. Fudd a "poor little Nimrod" as a reference to Mr. Fudd's being a hunter. Although, more research is clearly indicated .... I simply must know the answer to this!!


And, I'm positive he said maroon .... but I'll agree that the raccoon can be a complete and total nimrod.

Maroon it was...

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by NatCh

I'm sorry, kaas, but Diogene will not be answering any more questions, not here at any rate.

The other moderators and I felt that he had sufficiently demonstrated that his sole interest was in Trolling. As you all know, that's not something we tolerate around here, so he is no longer among us.

We would like to thank the MobileRead Community at large for displaying remarkable restraint in dealing with him.

We are very reluctant to ban anyone, so we try to allow many opportunities to stop such behavior, but on occasion, certain individuals simply insist on compelling us to demonstrate that we will resort to that option.

It's not something we like to do, but the Community here at MobileRead is just too valuable to not protect it.

Thank you all again for your patience and understanding.

Thanks, sheriff. (no sting intended.) I've never understood trolling, but the first and most important rule in life is the golden rule. And virtually all of us here follow it....

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

I believe the adjective "average" was used in conjuction with gibbon. Nobody here would ever accuse Adrian of being average.....

Originally Posted by NatCh

Certainly nobody currently within arm's reach.

Adrian says, "Apology accepted" to you both (Yeah, I know, you don't have anything to apologise for, and nor did you apologise anyway...but, well, I find it's best just to nod your head and smile and stay, as you say, NatCh, out of his arms' reach.).

He still wants that date though, DixieGal. He says he'll bring flowers (usually some lovely orchids, though you might want to check at the door, because there was this time once, early on when he hadn't caught up with all the nuances of the concept, when he bought a bouquet of Titan arum to a lady...).

Cheers,
Marc

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Thanks, sheriff. (no sting intended.) I've never understood trolling, but the first and most important rule in life is the golden rule. And virtually all of us here follow it....

Or a version of it anyway. Such as "Never say anything unkind about a gibbon named Adrian, unless you want unkind things said about you, at your funeral, after a gibbon named Adrian has ripped you limb from limb."

[NatCh]

I thought that version of the rule only applied to wookies ....

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by NatCh

I thought that version of the rule only applied to wookies ....

Take that up with Adrian. Oh, and we'll miss you.

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

I believe the adjective "average" was used in conjuction with gibbon. Nobody here would ever accuse Adrian of being average.....

What he said!

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Maroon it was...

I distinctly remember a few "ultramaroons" also!

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Adrian says, "Apology accepted" to you both (Yeah, I know, you don't have anything to apologise for, and nor did you apologise anyway...but, well, I find it's best just to nod your head and smile and stay, as you say, NatCh, out of his arms' reach.).

He still wants that date though, DixieGal. He says he'll bring flowers (usually some lovely orchids, though you might want to check at the door, because there was this time once, early on when he hadn't caught up with all the nuances of the concept, when he bought a bouquet of Titan arum to a lady...).

Cheers,
Marc

What's a Titan arum? After googling a few unknown terms from MR on my work computer, I've learned not to.

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Or a version of it anyway. Such as "Never say anything unkind about a gibbon named Adrian, unless you want unkind things said about you, at your funeral, after a gibbon named Adrian has ripped you limb from limb."

Gimme a big showy funeral, lots of flowers that all smell cloyish, enough sappy music to leave every eye in the parlor moist, and many eulogizers who break down into fits of weeping midway through the eulogy. Then snap off my head and blast it into geosynchronous orbit so that I can always be "watching over you."

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

What's a Titan arum? After googling a few unknown terms from MR on my work computer, I've learned not to.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arum_titan

Gimme a big showy funeral, lots of flowers that all smell cloyish, enough sappy music to leave every eye in the parlor moist, and many eulogizers who break down into fits of weeping midway through the eulogy. Then snap off my head and blast it into geosynchronous orbit so that I can always be "watching over you."

you scare me sometimes.