Did Achilles call his own Achilles tendon MY ACHILLES TENDON, or something else?
Amerigo Vespucci
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Thu Apr-01-10 09:01 AM
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Poll question: Did Achilles call his own Achilles tendon MY ACHILLES TENDON, or something else?
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Thu Apr-01-10 11:26 AM
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1. I think you spelled it wrong
Shouldn't there be a delta in that Greek word for "tendon"? (Tenontas -> Tendontas/Tendontes -- ?) --d! Yazoo, baby, yazoo! Yes, it's a Grammar Nazi K & R.
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Thu Apr-01-10 11:48 AM
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Thu Apr-01-10 08:21 PM
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Fri Apr-02-10 07:09 AM
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14. No, Killy was the dumb ass.
He could have worn a piece of armor over it.
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Thu Apr-01-10 11:56 AM
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3. Well he often called it Speedo,
But it's real name was Mr. Earl.
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Thu Apr-01-10 12:58 PM
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4. The Achilles Tendon was named for Achilles' best friend...
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Thu Apr-01-10 02:58 PM
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5. He gets a tendon,Ajax gets a soap.
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Thu Apr-01-10 08:32 PM
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12. Funny, In Programming AJAX Stands for..
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. So, that's a little bit more respectable.
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Thu Apr-01-10 03:00 PM
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6. Ow! I think I ruptured my me tendon!
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Thu Apr-01-10 04:02 PM
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8. He's ACHILLES, not POPEYE!
:rofl:
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Thu Apr-01-10 04:33 PM
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9. Man, he's looking pretty rough. Must be eating that spinach imported from China.
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Thu Apr-01-10 03:45 PM
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7. "This thing with the %#@%ing arrow in it"
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Thu Apr-01-10 08:25 PM
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11. My tendon is what he called it. He told me.
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Thu Apr-01-10 10:24 PM
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13. He called it "That stringy fucking thing in back of my ankle."
I heard him say that many times personally. mark
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Fri Apr-02-10 08:12 AM
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15. He called it his 'me tendon'.
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