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On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:53:48 -0500, VtSkier <VtSkier@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Martin Edwards wrote:
>> VtSkier wrote:
>>> Renia wrote:
>>>
>>>> prd wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In sci.archaeology message
>>>>> news:G9udnRViMoCvhxbYnZ2dnUVZ_uC3nZ2d@xxxxxxxxxx by "C. Morgan"
>>>>> <morganc3po@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> . . . :
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) The Atlantean culture, because it predates all others known.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2) The Kingdom of Cimmeria, because their barbarian hordes were
>>>>>> the most
>>>>>> powerful vicious fighters in history.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3) The Isle of Avalon, because there are so many mysteries yet to be
>>>>>> unraveled there.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You forgot Inner Earth.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Or Middle Earth.
>>>
>>>
>>> No, not synonymous. Inner Earth is part of the
>>> Hollow Earth Theory.
>>>
>>> Middle Earth is "middle" as in "time", that is
>>> "Old Earth", "Middle Earth", and "New Earth" or
>>> "Modern Earth".
>>>
>> Nothing gets past this guy.
>
>So I was in my optometrist's office having my eyes examined
>for a possible change of prescription. Getting all done, I
>put my old (only 2 years old) glasses back on and the Doc
>asked me to read the smallest type I could on the card that
>handed me.
>
>So I read the copyright notice.
>
>He then said, "Nothing much gets by you, does it?"
>
>Or, said another way, thanks for noticing. I am a
>fan of Fantasy litterature.
>
>This thread interests me, so I read all of the posts
>to it.
>
>Funny that no one has come up Erewhon yet.
>
>This name is an anagram or a reversal and the writer,
>Samuel Butler, was satirizing Victorian society.
Samuel Butler named his New Zealand sheep station 'Erewhon'. See
http://www.truenz.co.nz/econature/images/Tussock&BeechEcotours1.jpg
Eric Stevens
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