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Re: Question

Postby rogruth » Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:07 am

Rufus,
So what is a herd of sphinxes called?
(Almost afraid to ask.}
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Re: Question

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:08 am

rogruth wrote:Rufus,
So what is a herd of sphinxes called?
(Almost afraid to ask.}


Had to look it up - A finery of sphinxes
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Re: Question

Postby Roy » Mon Sep 10, 2018 11:23 am

Oh, really? Where does one find a finery of sphinxes?
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Re: Question

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Sep 10, 2018 11:59 am

Roy wrote:Oh, really? Where does one find a finery of sphinxes?


Yes, really. Names for many things exist that rarely get used or even have need of......

Where? Maybe in Egypt?
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Re: Question

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:14 pm

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
Roy wrote:Oh, really? Where does one find a finery of sphinxes?


Yes, really. Names for many things exist that rarely get used or even have need of......

Oh Yes, and some of my favorite names are for groups of crows, of spiders, of larks, of roaches, and of butterflies.... :o Cute stuff there.

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Re: Question

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:18 pm

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
Roy wrote:Oh, really? Where does one find a finery of sphinxes?


Yes, really. ...Where? Maybe in Egypt?

Yes, but, I'd imagine they are very slow movers. One wouldn't want to get caught behind such a finery in traffic, huh.
P.S. Why would somebody even have come up with a name for a group of them. Where would one expect to come across a group of sphinxes. Aside from the "Avenue of Sphinxes" connecting the Luxor Temple and the Karnak Temple, who needed a name for such a collection?! :? Oh. Wait. Maybe the Avenue was exactly the reason why> :oops:
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Re: Question

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:26 pm

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
Roy wrote:Oh, really? Where does one find a finery of sphinxes?


Yes, really. ...Where? Maybe in Egypt?

Yes, but, I'd imagine they are very slow movers. One wouldn't want to get caught behind such a finery in traffic, huh.
P.S. Why would somebody even have come up with a name for a group of them. Where would one expect to come across a group of sphinxes. Aside from the "Avenue of Sphinxes" leading up to the Ramesseum (I think that's what it's called and where it is,) who needed a name for a bunch of them?!

I have no good answers, but I did post these (page 1 of 2) some time back....

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Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:32 pm

NOW we're rockin and rollin!!! Name those groups! :D

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Re: Question

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:56 pm

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:NOW we're rockin and rollin!!! Name those groups! :D

There is actually a class for the undead and for the psychotic!!!! THat is news. To me.


I like the "All Entries Verified" that's initialed - there's the person you really want to have a chat with about these names!
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Re: Question

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Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
MurphOnMillerAve wrote:NOW we're rockin and rollin!!! Name those groups! :D

There is actually a class for the undead and for the psychotic!!!! THat is news. To me.


I like the "All Entries Verified" that's initialed - there's the person you really want to have a chat with about these names!

Rufus,
I thought those were your initials but my eyes fail.
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Re: Question

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rogruth wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
MurphOnMillerAve wrote:NOW we're rockin and rollin!!! Name those groups! :D

There is actually a class for the undead and for the psychotic!!!! THat is news. To me.


I like the "All Entries Verified" that's initialed - there's the person you really want to have a chat with about these names!

Rufus,
I thought those were your initials but my eyes fail.


No. I have never encountered The Borg
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Re: Question

Postby Roy » Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:06 pm

An itself of Yahwehs? Regardless of the form, it still suggests a multiple of Yahwehs, as if one could put on a Yahweh parade.
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Re: Question

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Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
MurphOnMillerAve wrote:NOW we're rockin and rollin!!! Name those groups! :D

There is actually a class for the undead and for the psychotic!!!! THat is news. To me.


I like the "All Entries Verified" that's initialed - there's the person you really want to have a chat with about these names!

You have a wonderful eye for detail, as does Roger who sees details in a photo I had not noticed at all (like the family-jewels/nose guard objects).

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Re: Question

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Sat Sep 22, 2018 6:13 pm

What's happening to and on Antarctica?
For example, a large iceberg, Larsen-C, broke away from the shelf. It is 6000sq.km, many x's larger than London.

Also, like Yellowstone, is there a volcano far underground getting ready to blow?

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Re: Question

Postby rogruth » Sat Sep 22, 2018 9:34 pm

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:What's happening to and on Antarctica?
For example, a large iceberg, Larsen-C, broke away from the shelf. It is 6000sq.km, many x's larger than London.

Also, like Yellowstone, is there a volcano far underground getting ready to blow?

Murph,
I refuse to worry about those types of events that might happen.
There is nothing I can do to stop them.
I don't look forward to what will become of me, my family and friends
and the rest of us earthlings but I won't worry about something I can't avoid.
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