Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 30 August 2002, "Ernest Nitka" wrote: > Bingo! or at least that's my information - My father took it upon himself to > read some of H. Ryder Haggard's tomes to us when we were in grade school - > memorable summer nites with him reading - I became addicted and have > inherited a large number of his novels. This was when it first dawned on me > that the written word and my imagination were better than Hollywood's > product - King Solomon's Mines with Stuart Granger come to mind. Sorry > there is no prize for winning this contest :( but thanks for letting me > relive my childhood on a busy friday. > > ernie +++++++++++++++++++++++++ All... Be advised the last URL has a *lot* of earthy descriptions to it, so don't say I didn't warn you! +++++++++++++++++++++++++ According to the following page: http://wood.bigelowsite.com/aracnetlive/wood/SWMBO_Explanation.htm "I believe that I have the absolute original usage of, "She who must be obeyed". I say that because the instance I found is roughly 5000 years old, from the "Epic of Gilgamesh". This is supposedly the oldest story known to exist. Below is a link to both the page with the usage (top) and the main Gilgamesh Epic page (bottom). For a 5000 year old story it is a bit pornographic, so be advised if you read through it. Either way, it seems obvious that men feared the women-folk, even back then!" Main page of the "Epic of Gilgamesh": http://www.greatdreams.com/gil1.htm Page with the quote, and the quote itself: http://www.greatdreams.com/gil3.htm "The bigger part of him was made in heaven and the smaller part somewhere on earth. She-who-must-be-obeyed fashioned his body's self. She endowed him." Regards, /Mitch _____________________________________ Mitch Zeissler E-mail: zeissler@directvinternet.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html