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Moonwolf
Jun 29, 2004

Flee from th' terrifyin' evil of "NHS"!


Failed Imagineer posted:

Yes...that would make sense. I know it's from some weird Biblical quote anyway

They're hoverflies because bees don't nest in carcasses and hoverflies will lay eggs in them like crazy. But also yes, ancient reference guy didn't know his entomology.

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Moonwolf
Jun 29, 2004

Flee from th' terrifyin' evil of "NHS"!


a pipe smoking dog posted:

The whole point of the thing is that it was a miracle and only Samson could answer the riddle because he was the only one who has witnessed the miracle.

Because of this I personally think the Philistines were justified in feeling that Samson had broken one of the major rules of riddles, though their response of threatening to murder his wife and family was probably a bit ott and things got a bit out of hand from there on. (For those who may not know their Bible this episode ends with Samson braining 1000 Philistines with a donkey's jaw, setting a model of conflict resolution which would dominate the middle east to the present day)

Rotting meat smells sweet though, Samson knew what he was doing. Riddles are bullshit wordgames anyway.

Moonwolf
Jun 29, 2004

Flee from th' terrifyin' evil of "NHS"!


namesake posted:

Poor Socialist Appeal, when your whole gimmick is being boring Trotskyists who commit to working within Labour and then Labour kicks you out what do you do?

More being boring Trotskyists that were deeply commited to being *in* Labour without actually doing anything at all other than being paying members.

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