# Okay, who ordered the phoenix? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604 "2003-06-22T19:03:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/21 "2003-06-23T00:56:15Z")
“They’re not gonna try and land that thing **here** are they?” “It sure as hell looks that way!” (bolding mine) From one of my favorite **James Stewart** films: _Flight Of The Phoenix_, which I am still searching for on either DVD or VHS. **AMC** is currently mauling this excellent film almost weekly! ☹ Q ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/22 "2003-06-23T01:10:34Z")
Sorry, can’t hear much of this thread, my dog keeps barking. DOWN, CERBERUS, DOWN BOYS! ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/23 "2003-06-23T01:44:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > **From one of my favorite James Stewart films: _Flight Of The Phoenix_, which I am still searching for on either DVD or VHS.** Ummm…I believe you’ll find the fleece you seek [here.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008MTVZ/qid=1056332949/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-4029631-5319240?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846) ---
**Author:** ![Quantum\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e79b87/32.png) [@Quantum\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quantum_Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/24 "2003-06-23T01:50:29Z")
Will you shut the dog up, hon? I can’t hear the takeout man!.. That’s better. We really need to thank Hephaestus for that triple muzzle. …OK, we’d like two orders of ambrosia, one nectar and one pomegranate juice. Address? Oh, yeah. The underworld… What do you mean, you don’t deliver to the land of the dead? Your ad says you’ll deliver ANYWHERE!.. Look, I’ll get hubby to write you a pass. And the dog is muzzled, don’t worry about him. Just ignore the ghosts, they won’t bother you unless there’s fresh blood around. OK? Good. \ ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/25 "2003-06-23T01:52:14Z")
WhooooHooooo! Thanks **Davebear**! I had been looking at my local **Border’s Books** and haven’t seen the film there, so I didn’t even bother looking anywhere else, dummy me! 😃 Appreciate it! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/26 "2003-06-23T02:15:05Z")
Hey, garcon, a turtle just killed the man next to me and now it’s splattered all over my souvlakia! ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/27 "2003-06-23T02:25:05Z")
I would’ve been here sooner, but I spilled some hot wax on my husband… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/28 "2003-06-23T02:43:20Z")
Like my new haircut? I think I’ll go lie down for a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/29 "2003-06-23T03:00:39Z")
Damnit! I was giving my baby a bath in the Styx when all three of that pooch’s heads started yapping and Achilles starting crying. There, there darling. We’ll get that spot on your ankle later, mommy promises. .:Thetis:. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/30 "2003-06-23T03:14:17Z")
Phoenix? I ordered up a big dish of my own sons. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/31 "2003-06-23T03:39:47Z")
Look, I’ll pick up the fried bird later, OK? Right now I’ve got this **splitting** headache. It feels like I’m having labor pains in my forehead. ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/32 "2003-06-23T03:46:57Z")
It wasn’t me. I’ll just finish up this lotus fruit and then I’ve got to be getting…, [sub][sup]ummmmm…[/sup][/sub], well, I thought there was somewhere I had to be going, but maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/33 "2003-06-23T04:54:23Z")
I was on my way to pick it up, I swear, but on our way out the door my husband just HAD to glance over at the new neighbor’s yard (little Miss Gorgon) where she was lying out by the pool even though I’ve warned him time and again NOT to look directly at her. Honestly, the woman just moved in three days ago and 14 men in the neighborhood have already been completely turned to stone. I certainly don’t see the attraction what with all the snakes in her hair, but there’s no accounting for taste I guess. Now my husband is out in the front yard frozen for all eternity with a big goofy grin on his face. Maybe I can hang bird feeders on him or something. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/34 "2003-06-23T06:19:54Z")
I seem to have gotten lost–I was following the thread Ariadne gave me, (and doing the “always turn right” trick, just in case), and then this crazy bull-man thing attacked me. Now I’m covered in blood and all turned around. I just hope that thing wasn’t sick, I’d hate to get mad cow’s disease or something. Add an order of ribs to the phoenix, will ya? ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/35 "2003-06-23T11:18:57Z")
Um, I think Cyclops ordered the Phoenix. Yeah, him & Professor Xavier. Look, YOU guys make your little ‘in-jokes’ about YOUR favorite classical literature and I’LL make MINE. 'kay? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/36 "2003-06-23T11:29:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*WhooooHooooo! Thanks **Davebear**! I had been looking at my local **Border’s Books** and haven’t seen the film there, so I didn’t even bother looking anywhere else, dummy me! 😃 > > Appreciate it! > > Quasi \*\* You’re welcome. 🙂 It _is_ a great movie. I may have to order a copy, myself. Well, I guess now I know why the darn database just keeps returning “The Phoenix is up”, “The Phoenix is down”, “The Phoenix is up”,… I thought someone had hacked our Oracle server. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/37 "2003-06-23T12:01:38Z")
I’m sorry i can’t pick my order right now, I’m all tied up. …Sisyphus…looking your way…not amused…at all Just deliver it at the cave next to the Lethe, my brother will pay you. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/38 "2003-06-23T15:25:01Z")
No thanks - I’m not eating anything today… Have to get back and help my mom. No really! I’m on a diet, I couldn’t eat a thing. OOoooo Pomegranate seeds!!! Well maybe I can stay a while… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/39 "2003-06-23T15:33:08Z")
There goes that kid riding Pegasus again. HEY!!! MY HOUSE DOES NOT NEED FERTILIZING!!! Damn kids. No respect. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604/40 "2003-06-23T15:41:48Z")
I’m wondering if a phoenix is a kosher bird. Is it a predator? Is it a scavenger? Does it show significant intelligence? So anyway, I was at a singles’ party the weekend before last, and I met this lovely girl named Rommie. She said she was more beautiful than someone – I didn’t catch the name, it was all Greek to me. Anyway, she hasn’t returned my calls all week; I hope she didn’t get tied down with something major. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604.md?page=3)