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Friendly Enemies
We've seen it many times. Two men who don't like
each other are forced into a situation together.
They fight - physically, emotionally or both - but
wind up being good friends who accomplish a great
task. When did this common theme start?
Your guesses fall short if you don't mention the
first story of literature. This is the opening theme
of the Gilgamesh epic written in cuneiform more
than 2700 years ago in Mesopotamian. Gilgamesh,
the super King of the first civilization has a terrible
attitude. Shemhat, the foremost temple prostitute,
is sent to tame Enkidu, the wild man who lives among
the animals of the forest. He's the only one with
enough strength to challenge Gilgamesh. After six
days and seven nights of love, Enkidu is ready for
civilization and the king. They fight, become friends
and go on a great mission together.
Who would have guessed that their story would conquer
Hollywood thousands of years later?
By Joel Miller |
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"The earth
is spinning around its axis while orbiting around a sun racing
around the galaxy.
And you crave stability. You’re dizzy!"
- Dartwill Aquila |
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What word does the
following group of five words have in common?
Card, Cheese, Cup, Floor, Key |
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"Why does a
slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and substantial
tax cut save you thirty cents?"
- Peg Bracken |
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| Virginia Dare, named after
the Virginian colony, was born in 1587. She was the first
European child to be born in the Americas. We don't know
what happened to her or the other members of the colony
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Have you eaten your oatmeal
this morning? If you're Canadian, you probably have. Canadians
lead the world in consumption of oats; nearly five times
as much as Americans. The Chinese, at the other extreme,
don't eat oats at all. |
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"Treat people
as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become
what they are capable of being."
- Johann Goethe |
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| Bug
- Although the ability to plant a hidden listening
device had been possible for several years, it wasn't
until 1935 that the verb 'to bug' came in use to
describe the covert action. |
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| Conga
- Grab the last person in the chain of people from
behind by the waist and join the conga dance. Take
three steps forward to the Latin-American music
and kick. 'I came, I saw, I conga'd'. J. Cavanaugh
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