# Pegasus vs. the Dragon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegasus-vs-the-dragon/710920 "2015-01-26T13:52:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegasus-vs-the-dragon/710920/21 "2015-01-27T19:33:27Z")
Wow, I’m impressed with its size, but straddling the dome like that makes it look like a gaudy amusement park gimmick. Has anyone checked its insides? There could be Canadians hiding in there. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegasus-vs-the-dragon/710920/22 "2015-01-27T19:52:08Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > You can’t use _yourself_ as a cite. Who are you, Rush Limbaugh? > > Don’t make me send **jayrey** back with the Pyramid of Darkness too. You DO realize that the book is filled with footnotes and references, right? Besides, if Wikipedia can cite me as a reference, why can’t I? What IS the Pyramid of Darkness? I’m a-quiver with interest! ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegasus-vs-the-dragon/710920/23 "2015-01-27T22:04:51Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Has anyone checked its insides? There could be Canadians hiding in there. Timeo Canadaos et dona ferentes. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegasus-vs-the-dragon/710920/24 "2015-01-28T02:36:06Z")
Too bad it’s not a statue of a giant Peter MacKay stomping on a harpy instead. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegasus-vs-the-dragon/710920/25 "2015-01-28T03:55:23Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > You DO realize that the book is filled with footnotes and references, right? Besides, if Wikipedia can cite me as a reference, why can’t I? > What IS the Pyramid of Darkness? I’m a-quiver with interest! What the fuck? You’re supposed to be buried under NINE ATHENA DAMNED FEET IF SNOW!!! I guess I’ll have to do it myself. Dammit, jayrey… Anyway, you can cite the sources in you used in the book, but not the book itself. And you can’t say, “Find your own sources to support my assertion!” This is the Dope, not Fox News. And the Pyramid of Darkness is a satellite mounted technomagic gizmo that prevents all electronic devices from operating, covers the land in shadow, and turns every raccoon touched by that shadow into a bloodthirsty monster. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegasus-vs-the-dragon/710920/26 "2015-01-28T06:02:44Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Also, it would have bird-like hollow bones which is the ideal anatomy for dragon stomping. Indeed. [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/profiles/wedel\_0609.php](http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/profiles/wedel_0609.php) ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegasus-vs-the-dragon/710920/27 "2015-01-28T17:13:40Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Too bad it’s not a statue of a giant Peter MacKay stomping on a harpy instead. OMG. The myth of Peter and Belinda? ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegasus-vs-the-dragon/710920/28 "2015-01-29T19:12:07Z")
Link to the book, Cal? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegasus-vs-the-dragon/710920/29 "2015-01-29T22:50:05Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Wow, I’m impressed with its size, but straddling the dome like that makes it look like a gaudy amusement park gimmick. > > Has anyone checked its insides? There could be Canadians hiding in there. There are no Canadians there. Honest. Eh? What was that? :: whisper whisper :: Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegasus-vs-the-dragon/710920/30 "2015-01-31T00:04:48Z")
“And the Pyramid of Darkness is a satellite mounted technomagic gizmo that prevents all electronic devices from operating, covers the land in shadow, and turns every raccoon touched by that shadow into a bloodthirsty monster.” Now you know why I want to play with the Pyramid of Darkness! But \*\*Skald \*\*keeps all the good stuff for himself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegasus-vs-the-dragon/710920.md?page=1)