Okay, who ordered the phoenix?

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So, who ordered the Phoenix?

Isis in ancient Egypt did it, but Flavius Philostratus made it a household name in ancient Greece.

In the last millennium a guy in Japan called Tezuka made it familiar in modern times. Then some guys at Marvel got tired of bringing superheroes from the dead so many times, that they made a superhero that had a good excuse to come back from the dead…

But in Arizona, Jack Swilling did order it in 1868!
http://thenaturalamerican.com/phoenix_history.htm
However, never mind that arcane info, now seriously:

Who will win a fight?

The order of the Phoenix or Jean Grey-Summers? :smiley:

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Sorry I’m late. I got picked up by an eagle and had a really good time.

No, not at the Eagle; by an eagle.

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What a bummer. I saw Andy’s name as the OP on the main page and clicked in to see if he returned. Sadly, no.

I still dislike that he left. In the trainwreck that was the last thread he participated in, I completely agreed with him. I think he got hosed.

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I would warn you all about the gloom and doom that befalls those who eat phoenix or resurrect long dead threads but no one ever believes me anyway.

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You are named Wile E, not Cassandra. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Um, Tracy Lord isn’t named Orpheus, Gorilla Girl isn’t named Helen and Mr. Boy1967 isn’t named Damocles either. What’s your point? :stuck_out_tongue:

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THERE! THERE!

That’s my point.

What’s your point?

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How appropriate, now that Flight of the Phoenix is back again as well.

Now where’s the valet with my wheels? Has anyone seen Ixion?

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I’ll get to the Vulture, as soon as I’m done dripping this venom on Loki’s head.

Yes. the service here is very slow.

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Here’s my point!

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Pardon me, but why doesn’t the “Two for one” deal cover the Phoenix?

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I’m back from the war!

Sorry it took so long, you would not believe how hard it is to get anywhere these days…

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Dad! Welcome back! You wouldn’t believe the creeps that have been hanging around Mom…

(The previous post is IMO one of the rare occasions when zombie revival is justified and funny.)

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Boy, took a while for that one to rise from its own ashes.

Archimedes ordered water from my restaurant, but my waiter got screwed on the tip.

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I read a bad review of this place on Yelp by someone named Cassandra but I didn’t find it credible.

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I slung him out last time he came into my place. He was still dripping from his bath, and it’d done a mighty poor job of cleaning off his smell, too. “You stinker!” I told him as my toe met his malodorous butt. Guy like that, you’d think he could manage better than I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I, but “You reeker!” was all he could come up with.