What was it called?
"The Elves and the MOOmaker"?
OK, that was bad, coffee should have finished brewing....
<ups and searches for humour upgrade>
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 4:09 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Fairy Myths (was: The Bushwacking continues...)
OOh, can they code too? : )
Reminds me of the filk about some elves who would come out at night and
build impossible programs -- in Fortran. The poor programmer they did this
for was then given an even more impossible task. Beware of the elves that
code!!!
Judith
> OK, but I will mention the Menehune - legendary builders on Kaua'i
> basically Hawaiian leprechauns shy forest-dwellers,
> emerge at night to build wondrous civil engineering projects
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Gilchrist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 10:33 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: The Bushwacking continues...
>
>
> Umm, I am Irish! I come from just outside Dublin and was raised
> Catholic and all that but am very anti-IRA for reasons mentioned in
> other posts.
>
> Totally agree with you on the land/economic reasons and yeah I'd love
> to
go
> back but the salaries ain't as good!
>
> Can absolutely recommend Eire as a good vacation spot, lots of cool
> places to go! Mikey D and the antiquity crew, you might be interested
> in a 3,000 BC burial tomb (read Celtic pyramid) about 10 miles away
> from where I
live.
>
> I always find it interesting to think that before Anglo-colonization
> of Ireland, there were the Normans, before that there were the
> Vikings,
before
> that there were Celts and before that was a mythological race known as
> De Danaan (the source of the fairy myths).
>
> Kinda funny to think Ireland was invaded by fairies at one stage :-)
> (Ben B, don't you dare make a pun on Lucky Charms !)
>
> Now if only I could spin some magic with CF....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Smyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 11:26 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: The Bushwacking continues...
>
>
> The troubles in Ireland have virtually nothing to do with religeon.
>
> Even when they began centuries ago it was more about land than
> religeon,
now
> its more about money.
>
> Why don't you go to Eire? It's much, much quieter.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Gilchrist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 20 August 2001 16:24
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: The Bushwacking continues...
>
>
> July 12th for a fortnight.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 5:46 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: The Bushwacking continues...
>
>
>
> > There is actually a lot more at the root of
> > "the Troubles" than religion.
> > Religion is just the excuse the parties use.
> > It is really an economic war being waged at the expense
> > of the citizens of Ireland and Great Britian.
>
> That's true, but there's also more than one "trouble" in Northern
> Ireland, what with the Orangemen marching around and the violence that
> escalates every marching season.
>
> When is that marching season again? I'd like to plan an Irish
> vacation around it. I mean heck, I was in marching band, but we never
> caused any trouble like *that*! =B)
>
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