[UA] N.E.S.W.

[Edward Parsons]

I suppose all this westwards stuff is due to the fact that for a long time,
most people had no idea what was to the west (cross the atlantic)....

Actually, most people still don't.



----- Original Message -----
From: "cd skogsberg" <d97skog at dtek.chalmers.se>
To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [UA] N.E.S.W.


> Edward Parsons wrote:
> > Go west...some link to the Egyptian land of the dead (westwards)?
>
> There's also the Taoist legends: sages don't die, they leave for the
> West, as well as Annwn and Tir Nan Og of Celtic myth -- Ken Hite
> mentioned this in his Supressed Transmission column 'Things To Do In
> Gaming When You're Dead'.
>
> /cd
> --
> An old RoboTech joke went along the lines of "we just installed an AI
> weapons specialist subsystem; when I told John 'I'd like to get that
> girl', the AI suggested laying a minefield around her house".
>
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