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Post by Chrytonia on Dec 31, 2003 15:24:45 GMT -5
He's never going to tell us....
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Post by Mars Sara on Jan 2, 2004 7:31:11 GMT -5
But it's much more fun trying to guess!
Wouldn't many of the American revolutionary leaders count as well? Adams, Jefferson, Madison- None of them became dictators either.
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Sir Paul
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Post by Sir Paul on Jan 2, 2004 22:29:23 GMT -5
Sorry I haven't been active this past week. I was gone on vacation up to the bay area to visit my girlfriend who went home for the holidays. It turns out my girlfriend is a bisexual, who came out to me after I met her pot-head father and lesbian mother. Wow. Lousy homa-sexuals from SF. So after much soul-searching and meeting "Tina," she broke it off with me.
But anyways, back to the contest! Abysseria! Three points to you!
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (fl. 458 B.C.)
Cincinnatus was plowing his field, when he learned he had been appointed dictator. The Romans had appointed Cincinnatus dictator for six months so he could defend the Romans against the neighboring Aequi who had surrounded the Roman army and the consul Minucius in the Alban Hills. Cincinnatus rose to the occasion, defeated the Aequi, made them pass under the yoke to show their subjugation, gave up the title of dictator sixteen days after it had been granted, and promptly returned to his farm.
Cincinnatus is considered a model of Roman virtue. He, if he wanted to, could have seized control while he was dictator and rule Rome, but he, as Washington did, had the power of a dictator, and pissed it away in the name of freedom and honor. Contestants not receiving points this episode will receive a conciliation prize of an AOL 9.0 CD, to be mailed to their home. Remember, the first one to thirty points wins the grand prize! Our current standings are:
1) Ramoth – 3 pts 1) Abysseria – 3 pts 3 - 6,901) Everyone Else – 0 pts
Thank you all for playing, G’night!
Cheesy theme song / fade to black
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