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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 09:48 AM Original message |
Internet Abuzz Over Meaning Of 'Ismail Ax' |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. I know. Mellvile did it. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. That's what I'm thinking the reference is to |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. That actually makes sense. What kind of character/problem was |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Queequeg is behind it. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. maybe it was just the name of his alter ego, other personality |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. The Internets are always abuzz about something. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Maybe HE didn't do it, Ishmael did! |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. No mention of the pics??? |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Isn't that also a story in the old testament of |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. In the Old Testament, it's Isaac, not Ishmael |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The claim as to who was closer to God had Persians claiming Isaac so they'd be above Arabs! |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. it is also said that th Arabs made up their god to one up cause they descended from a slave girl cas... |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. What is real in the "real" world puzzled the Greeks - and with tied random action at a distance |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. uh... |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. And then there's Dylan... |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. PJ Harvey does a fantastic version of that song |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. It may be a reference to Ishmael, the gorilla in the story of the same name. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. Oh, for pete's sake. It's a two-ingredient "word salad". Trying to |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. And just what have you got against readng the entrails of slaughtered... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. ROFLMAO! |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. Maybe he meant to write Is Maalox, but spelled it wrong. Maybe |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. He compared himself to Christ |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. You are right. Almost any person who feels oppressed can equate |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. Maybe it's an ANAGRAM |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. What kind of anagram is spelled three different ways with different letters? HE WAS NUTS! |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. A character |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. Dissociative identity disorder |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. As Pres. Muffley said to Gen. Turgidson: |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. Maybe he got it from the MySpace "What Is Your Mass Murderer Alter-Ego" Generator? n/t |
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jumpoffdaplanet (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ax can be used to refer to a guitar or bass |
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mconvente (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. That story about Abraham isn't just in the Quran - It's in the Bible too |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. today only Schizophrenics hear voices from god to kill their children |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Obama heard a voice from God - but not to kill anyone - Does he have a schizophrenic disorder? n/t |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. It has no other meaning other than he was psychotic |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. This is one of the most famous stories in the BIBLE. |
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