Gaius Octavius

Pilate demonstrated his humility by having worshipers walk on Tiberius' name?

tflex: In your post above, in the Sheperds Chapel quotation, the term 'elect' was used.

AoS: I'm world famous! How many of your acquaintance are so honoured? I am ecstatic! Let me raise the shroud from your peekers - somewhat. "Don", if you have been paying attention recently, is a title - of 'respect' one might say. In the case we are making reference to, it signifies membership in a secret Elect and Select society. This society, of which I am Tyrant, has a Senate. Who knows?, and if you are a good boy, write your own papers, mind your manners and eat your herbs, you may one day in the future be Selected.

I believe that something like dice were found at Masada which are claimed to be the the deciding factor in who killed whom. A sort of lottery. Sacrifical knives used to kill family and each other were also found.

tflex, the term 'Elect' troubles me. If this group exists, aren't those not members of it, justified in condemning God?

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It is unfortunate that there aren't more and larger pictures of the site. Dionesus(?) may have just been there.

If my memory serves, Hyerdahl was not a trained archaeologist. He tried to proove that the first settlers came from the 'west' and not the 'east'. He also tried to proove that Egyptians came to the Americas.

Trillions for war; figs for history.

Too bad that they didn't have the likes of Sherlock Holmes in those days. Hope that they uncover the culprit.

Take a look at the Home Page of this site and then give the Perseus Project a peek.

I'll go with #4. Been let down too many times. The first End Times were supposed to come 1,000 years after Christ. So, it was celebrated in 1,000A.D. Since the Lads couldn't count properly, God gave them a pass. Didn't want idiots running around Heaven all day long. In the early 19th century some group of holey-rollers were informed by their prophet that the Second Coming would occur on a date certain. Day came and went. Nothing of any import passed. So the holey rev said: "OOOps made a mistake; it will happen on____." Again nothing. Rev went on welfare. Then there was the Kool-Aid crowd in Guyana. Magnificent mistake. Once more, we had the 'believers' somewhere in the western US who took to this idea, and murdered themselves believing that they would abide in a space ship behind (naturally) the Moon. Big blunder. Now we have the Korean Kook who sits at the Right Side of God. Commands angels, etc. Just can't get the Cana bit up or walk on water - in view of all. Probably can do all when alone. As you have come to know, I know all. Thus all y'all are alerted that the End will come when I die. Make all necessary preparations. In the meantime, send all your gold to me as you won't need it. No vaults in Heaven or Hell - whichever you Elect.

When white lightning is in the heavens, it is an evil omen. An adequate usage of white lightnin on earth will counteract this omen.

In my serene gravity I beg to offer you quite a number of solutions to all of your problems: Marry and divorce several billionaires. (Millionaires wont do at this stage of inflation.) In the case of spilt gasoline, an intelligently placed lucifer will perform a number of miracles for you.

It pleases me to be the presenter of pleasant tidings pertaining to the present perigrinations of the pertinacious and puissant Lord Pertinax of Putney :notworthy: . His Grace, :notworthy: in his perpetual pursuit of pastoral provender, is perambulating through the pastures of the provinces of the Picts; picking parsley, purslane, pansies and peppermint, and imbibing potent porter. These powerful precious pearls of paradise will provide his porridge with potent palatable provisions. Paroxysms of pleasure will permeate his person :notworthy: and perpetuate his pleasure at all prandial proceedings. His :notworthy: peculiar pastime proceeds from a penchant for perpetuating the practice of polyphristic psyonics. This ponderous, peripatetic periphrasis should not be perplexing to the polloi.

A Miracle! A Miracle! :angel: And in our times! And to one of our very own, His Greekship! :notworthy: Where are the ignorant non-believers now? :pimp:

One can go as far back as the Barbary Pirates. (The treaty with them, which is the law of the U.S., specified that the U.S. is not a Christian state.) There will be elections in the U.S. though. Just as Israel could not move into Lebanon without the consent of the U.S., I believe that the Brits were told when to grab the current rats. Puts Iraq, Afganistan and Lebanon onto the sports pages. We shouldn't be blind to 'some' of the idiocy coming from the buschia, nor should we be blind to the balance. 'Mission Accomplished'

Give a gander at comment number seven above. Disabuse yourself of any thoughts that I am capable of drawing that Tomcat with my devil's machine. :alien:

The radio trash talkers are at it already. "Time to ease up on our liberties."

MPC: You can look forward to super 747's. Probably will be littered with bowling alleys. It seems that this little bit was known for a year and a half. Why didn't the powers that be stop people from 'carrying' on tooth paste earlier? Or nabbing these terrorists earlier? Could it be that elections are at bat? Or a diversion is needed now?

The rules of the road require that anyone who wins a bet as a result of the Forums efforts, must deposit 10% of the winnings with a Tribune. Surely you will honor your obligation to me.

What about my TOMCAT? I'm a TRIBUNE!

Doesn't matter how many passports one has. You are what you are. The Pope is a German even though he has a Vatican passport. A Brit of 100 years ago, went to India and had a family there. A son of the latter, who never set foot in G.B., had a family. Were the members of the 3rd generation Indians or Brits?

That is of no importance. What is important is: Whooooooooo? Which scurrolous sabotaging scoundrel ran off with my personal, patented, copyrighted and trade marked TOMCAT? Hah? This burglary shall not stand! :whip: Investigations are proceeding! And when the culprit is apprehended :giljotiini:.

This happened during the First Punic War. The admiral said something more like: "If they won't eat, let them drink." Flang the Sacred Chickens overboard and lost the battle. Sorry that I can't give you a citation but I believe that it is in Livy.