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- From: albyrne@unix1.tcd.ie (The Phantom)
- Subject: Re: If you don't mind me asking this.....
- Message-ID: <albyrne.727616175@unix1.tcd.ie>
- Keywords: Bacchus, Dionysus
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- Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
- References: <albyrne.727560049@unix1.tcd.ie> <C16zDp.7Au@unix.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:36:15 GMT
- Lines: 75
-
- In <C16zDp.7Au@unix.portal.com> markm@shell.portal.com (Mark M Mavroudis) writes:
-
- >In article <albyrne.727560049@unix1.tcd.ie> albyrne@unix1.tcd.ie (The Phantom) writes:
- >>Hi everyone,
- >>I hope you don't mind me asking this but I'm just a curious person.....
- >>Who is bacchus and why is there a group dedicated to this person. [...]
-
- >Bacchus, also known as Dionysus (from Greek and Roman mythology), was the
- >god of wine. He led a "religion", which celebrated nature and fertility
- >through wine and orgies. Church services must have been a blast.
-
- Hmm,...thanks for the information. I checked my poetry book and the
- quote was "Bacchus and his pards" it was indeed Keats and he was talking
- about getting drunk as a means of escape. The poem was "Ode to a
- Nightingale" and quite a good one it was too.
-
- >This newsgroup seems to be for the purpose of discussing wine,
- >but it does not appear to get much traffic. We could try
- >to get it going, however.
-
- I agree with you about the traffic thing( hard to disagree really) but I
- don't know anything about wine-making and also I don't drink so I'm not
- particularly interested. However just to keep the group alive I'll send
- a few articles in perhaps we can get some traffic going again( On any
- topic!!!).
-
- >>
- >>The Phantom...... e-mail: albyrne@unix1.tcd.ie
- >>
- >>
- >>PS. If you're in the mood would you like to explain the mysterious
- >>symbols that keep appearing on postings eg :-) :-> :< etc....
-
- >Those symbols are called emoticons. They emphasize how you are feeling
- >about what you write. :-) is a sideways smiley face. (turn your
- >head to the left - see it?) It's used to indicate you are smiling
- >when you write something. You can call someone a jerk, add a :-),
- >and hopefully what you said will be interpreted as a joke. There
- >are hundreds of them, and new ones being created all the time.
- >Unfortunately, they don't mean the same thing to everyone ;-).
- >;-) is a guy winking, btw.
-
- Again,thanks for the info....how about this one d:-) (a guy with a
- baseball cap on).
-
- >>Thanks a lot...
- >>
-
- >You're welcome.
-
- >>PPS. I can't get .signature files to work properly.
- >>
-
- >Check the man page for your posting software.
-
- I did and I actually managed to get it working but I hadn't realised
- it!
-
- >>--
- >>Alan Byrne
- >>E-mail: albyrne@unix1.tcd.ie
-
- >In vino veritas, eh?
-
- Huh?? My latin or whatever it is , isn't the best..could you please
- explain??
-
- >MM (decendent of Bacchus?)
- >--
- >Mark Mavroudis - Santa Clara, CA - markm@shell.portal.com
-
- The Phantom.
- --
- Alan Byrne
- E-mail: albyrne@unix1.tcd.ie
-