My Arch-nemesisI lived in fear of a Darth Vader-esque school dinner lady who stood me perpetually at the naughty table for refusing to eat mushy peas. An ordeal made worse after I was caught spooning the accursed veg into her wellies. Who, we ask, has wrecked your life?
Thanks to Philly G for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 12:01)
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I think we're all forgetting what Nemesis truly is.NEMESIS was the goddess of indignation against, and retribution for, evil deeds and undeserved good fortune. She was a personification of the resentment aroused in men by those who committed crimes with apparent impunity, or who had inordinate good fortune. Her attributes were apple-branch, rein, lash, sword, or balance.
That's the sort of thing reserved for important and powerful people. Instead of NEMESIS I got Mildred the Mildly Disapproving whose attributes are the Dreaded Tut and the Vexed Sigh.
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Wanderer, Tue 4 May 2010, 17:31,
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NemesisThe Greek name of the goddess gladiators worshipped in the munera (games). Also worshipped Fortuna and Venus Libitina who may or may not have shared aspects with her.
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BORING!*throws tomatoes*
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 5 May 2010, 10:02,
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And a Walkman was a Sony product.One's own Nemesis is a personal version of the Goddess.
ISTR that Nemesis moved slowly toward the person until, eventually, catching up and spelling their doom. Many of these tales seem to me to have that air of inescapability to them.
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