# At last, Dr. Scylla, we meet again, but THIS time, the advantage is mine! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2001, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712 "2001-08-03T00:03:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/41 "2001-08-03T15:17:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\*6) If all I could see from where I stood were three long islands and a wood, what would I see if I turned and looked the other way? > \*\* A: The rest of the bar. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/42 "2001-08-03T15:17:40Z")
Well, I tried to help **Fenris** before, so I guess I should try again. In the spirit of **Fenris** ā€™ very own talents, hereā€™s my attempt to help with a view and a post that do absolutely nothing to aid **Scylla** ā€™s cause: _ahem_ **Postinā€™** (Sung to the tune of ā€œRawhideā€) Postinā€™, postinā€™, postinā€™, Some with quotes in boldinā€™ Keep that post count growinā€™ Postinā€™! Scyllaā€™s wife will win at tennis Therā€™ll be Amish kids who menace Heā€™ll have a heat-struck Elmo by his side Open ā€˜em up! View the page! Post Reply! Postinā€™! Write ā€˜em downā€™! Submit Reply! Itā€™s for Fenris, Postin! And no kittens or koalas were harmed in the posting of this message. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/43 "2001-08-03T15:24:41Z")
I just want you to know, weā€™re all counting on you. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/44 "2001-08-03T15:30:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\*I just want you to know, weā€™re all counting on you. > Good luck. \*\* I thought we were all counting against himā€¦like this is 43 and countingā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/45 "2001-08-03T15:40:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dorkbro \* > [Not sure about number 4 - but Rats got imported darn near everywhere. Any real Aussies want to take a stab?] Um, dorkbro? Fenris was referring to Oz, as in The Wizard of. Not as in the nickname of Australia. Dorothy, Toto, et al. Iā€™ll get you my pretty. And such. Fenris, Iā€™m disappointed with the lack of mention of any groundhogs. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/46 "2001-08-03T15:45:16Z")
> [@](#): > > _thinksnow posted:_ > > I just want you to know, weā€™re all counting on you. > Good luck. > > _Then Paul the Younger posted:_ > > I thought we were all counting against himā€¦like this is 43 and countingā€¦ Preposition trouble? No, I think **thinksnow** is making a reference to the movie, _Airplane_. You know, when Robert Hays is trying to bring the plane in, Leslie Nielsen keeps popping into the cockpit, saying the line that **thinksnow** posted, and leaving. Even after the aircraft is stopped on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/47 "2001-08-03T16:13:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\*6) If all I could see from where I stood were three long islands and a wood, what would I see if I turned and looked the other way? > \*\* Well, just make sure you donā€™t look upā€¦then youā€™ll go crazy and die thinking about starving Italiansā€¦trust me on this oneā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/48 "2001-08-03T16:18:54Z")
1. Rico has no nationality. When the veterans took over, and created a global society, the earth became one nation. The Federation. He becomes a citizen with franchise upon successful completion of his term of enlistment. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/49 "2001-08-03T17:02:09Z")
Does anybody think **Scylla** will realize that number 14 is being answered by Cecil today? **Wring** , how do you get these guys to fight each other instead of trying to take you down? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/50 "2001-08-03T17:04:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > _thinksnow posted:_ > > I just want you to know, weā€™re all counting on you. > Good luck. > _Then Paul the Younger posted:_ > > I thought we were all counting against himā€¦like this is 43 and countingā€¦ > _Then Spoons posted:_ > > Preposition trouble? > > No, I think **thinksnow** is making a reference to the movie, _Airplane_. You know, when Robert Hays is trying to bring the plane in, Leslie Nielsen keeps popping into the cockpit, saying the line that **thinksnow** posted, and leaving. Even after the aircraft is stopped on the ground. \*\* Thanks, **Spoons** , I got the reference. I was just making a play on the word ā€œcountingā€. Sorry mine didnā€™t also contain a movie reference, guess it looked like a left-turn to you. BTW, I donā€™t see any prepositions in our above exchange. I think you meant to say ā€œPronoun Troubleā€ as in the classic Daffy Duck/Bugs Bunny exchangeā€¦ **Daffy** : "Aha! Prrrrronoun trouble!..Itā€™s not ā€˜He doesnā€™t have to shoot _you_ now,ā€™ itā€™s ā€˜He doesnā€™t have to shoot ME now.ā€™ ā€œWell I say he DOES have to shoot me now! So shoot me now!ā€ ā€“ BLAMM! [sup]Fenris must be smiling with curious amusement at the fact that debate springs up over _Airplane_ and Bugs Bunny instead of _Starship Troopers_. [/sup] šŸ™‚ Oh, and **Spoons** , I loved the Rawhide parody! ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/51 "2001-08-03T17:07:04Z")
Does **Dr. Scylla** meet his fate when both the post count AND the view exceed the alotted numbers, or when the post count OR the viw count exceed the alotted numbers? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/52 "2001-08-03T17:52:34Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Paul the Younger_ > BTW, I donā€™t see any prepositions in our above exchangeā€¦ You know, I was thinking about the Bugs/Daffy ā€œpronoun troubleā€ thing, but it was the difference in meaning caused by the prepositions in your post and in **thinksnow** ā€™s that struck me. So, I went for that instead of playing with pronouns, and I was hoping someone would get the oblique Bugs/Daffy reference. Hereā€™s where the prepositions are: **Thinksnow** wrote: ā€¦counting _on_ you. And, **Paul** , you wrote: ā€¦counting _against_ him. _On_ and _against_ are both prepositions. (Bugs and Daffy and _Airplane_ and now grammar. Iā€™m sure **Fenris** is wondering if he really wants this kind of help.) Oh, and thanks for the compliment, **Paul**! ---
**Author:** ![steeljaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/53 "2001-08-03T18:05:41Z")
Iā€™ve been away from the boards for a long time. So I donā€™t really know whatā€™s going on here. But I do know this: One time when I was just a wee lad I was collecting octopi (plural of octopus?) in a 5 gal water container to add to my salt water tank. Just then this twatrake came up to me, a helpless, poor, defenseless, non-voting child and started reaming me for removing the octopi from the tide pools. She went on and on about how others wonā€™t be able to enjoy them, and asked ā€œHow many do you have in there, like 30?ā€ She uttered the question with detectable amounts of sarcasm. Then I said ā€œNo, like 8.ā€ with as much sarcasm as I could summon. To get to the point when I went back up the beach where my friendā€™s dad was he started informing me of the evils of the liberals nā€™ stuff. So Iā€™m against whichever one of you would have yelled at me for getting the octopuses (change up). Someone let me know where I stand, then Iā€™ll post/answer accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/54 "2001-08-03T18:16:20Z")
Iā€™m against the evironment, and favor the killing of baby animals. If Iā€™d have been there I would have fed her to the octopi, returning her to the food chain she so professes to love. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/55 "2001-08-03T18:57:18Z")
Johnny Rico was indeed Filipino. It was the Tagalog, plus the reference at the end to the great Filipino president, Ramon Magsaysay. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/56 "2001-08-03T19:44:41Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80380) has got to be playing fast and loose with the rules of engagementā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/57 "2001-08-03T21:16:50Z")
So just the Luger question needs to be answered? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/58 "2001-08-03T21:32:18Z")
Just to clear up any confusion: 1. Incomplete, and besides, one (or more) of the names are incorrect. 2. Answered, damnitall. I thought people would suffer over this one. 3. Answered. 4. Incomplete. 5. Answered 6. ??? Not answered. I thought thisā€™d be the easy one. Hint: read it out loud. It might help. Or not. 7. Answered (by **Protesilaus** 8. Answered 9. Answered 10. Not answered correctly 11. Not answered correctly 12. Answered, but **Scylla** wants to debate it (He says Juan has no nationality). Have at him, folks! Letā€™s debate the topic! Use lots and lots of short posts! 13. Answered 14. Not _actually_ answered yet. But a link would do it. 15. Answered (by **Bad News Baboon** ) 16. Answered \*\*wring and Munch \*\*: I considered grounhogs, but they seemed too obvious. **Snickers** , itā€™s the part after thatā€¦the gitchy-gitchy yaya part. **Spoons** : Great parody, man. Plst some more! Here! In this thread!!! **Zebra** : I think Iā€™m gonna complain about Cecil helping Mad Dr. Scylla! **Paul the Younger** I really thought the debate would be over Starship Troopers, but hell! Iā€™ll take Airplane and Chuck Jones cartoons if necessary. **Monster104** ā€œorā€ not ā€œandā€ ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/59 "2001-08-03T21:32:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80380) has got to be playing fast and loose with the rules of engagementā€¦ \*\* Um. Jewelerā€™s daughter here. and I can tell you from experience that thereā€™s nothing about the rules of engagement that have anything to do with either this thread or the one listed. In the first place, **Fenris & Scylla** are not engaged - as a matter of fact, **Scylla** is married and from what I recall isnā€™t into that whole plural marriage stuff. Or at least thatā€™s what his wife told him. In the second place (leans over as someone whispers in her ear) [sub] what? theyā€™re talking about other kind of engagement? well, what the hell other kind is there??? hmmm, yea, uhuh, hmmm, reallY? youā€™re kidding? **really**? war you say? well, some marriages are more likeā€¦ what? ohhhhhhhhh. well thatā€™s very different)[/sub] [emily latille voice on] Nevermind [emily latille voice off] \*\*\*\*\* (note, this way I got to yet again post to the thread to increase the chances of **Fenris** being sucessful) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712/60 "2001-08-03T21:45:31Z")
W **ring**? The jewelerā€™s daughter? Your _killing_ me here. [sub]Another meaningless post, brought to you by the letter S [/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-dr-scylla-we-meet-again-but-this-time-the-advantage-is-mine/74712.md?page=4)