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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Er, no, sorry.
It's in a tree now though.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:19, 1 reply, 16 years ago)
Oh well
No difference really.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:29, Reply)
Yeah, the way I see it,
The night-creatures (tree-foxes or something?) get a salty treat.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:32, Reply)
Yes
But what does the bacon have to do with it?
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:38, Reply)
Shhhhh!
The RSPCA will be after me again :(
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:41, Reply)
Bacon
is the ur-meat and hence is de rigeur for any experiments in "fringe" science.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:49, Reply)
"ur"?
Nah, I'm using it 'cos it's closest to human meat, in terms of shop-available fleshes.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:52, Reply)
What's "ur", though?
All I can think of is "Universal Requirement" :\
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:53, Reply)
Man
nobody gets classical references these days.

Ur was the first city.

so Ur-something is shorthand for the first of something or the Platonic Form of it.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 22:59, Reply)
Can only think of one reference
The chronicles of Thomas Covenant (weird books they are), where ur signifies as above all else eg. Covenant is the ur-Lord, therefore the master of all Lords of Magic.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 23:00, Reply)
Thomas Covenant?
The ones about the land? And he has the white gold magic? And leprosy? I read some of them when I was littler. From what I remember they where realy good.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 23:03, Reply)
There's a new series
the third. Not bad. Not as much clenching as the first two.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 23:04, Reply)
I like them
They're strange, but good. I'm waiting until he has finished all of the third set until reading them. I'll probably hit all then books in one shot.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 23:14, Reply)
Ah!
That makes ur-sense now, thanks.
Which classical stuff is that from?
If it's Roman, I'm gonna be ashamed of myself.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 23:02, Reply)
Ur was Babylonian I think...
Sort of around where Iran/Iraq is today. I think.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 23:03, Reply)
Mess of Potamia, as the Daily Show has it.
But nobody googled "ur prefix" ? Shame on you.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 23:05, Reply)
ur, right.
My knowledge only really extends to Roman and Greek.
And stupid Cryptozoology stuff.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 23:08, Reply)

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