# Selene, the temptress... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228 "2003-10-08T04:48:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/1 "2003-10-08T04:48:56Z")
The Moon. She beckons me. She says to me, “Come.” And I must go to her… ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/2 "2003-10-08T05:34:51Z")
I’m happy for you. Just make sure you remain firmly attached to that balcony. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/3 "2003-10-08T08:25:10Z")
Personally, I never listen to rocks. No matter how big or pretty. Only housepets have anything worth listening to. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/4 "2003-10-08T12:11:07Z")
Wow, **Ice Wolf** , I just had an Anubis Gates type of moment…maybe NCB should chain himself down? I knew he had a sort of wizardy air about him… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/5 "2003-10-08T12:18:04Z")
I thought **John Cater Of Mars** was the only guy on this Board that got called to other planets. Does this mean that **NoClueBoy** is, well…a sort of a Moonie? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/6 "2003-10-08T12:19:27Z")
Who was the Chinese poet who died when he tried to kiss the reflection of the moon in the water? ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/7 "2003-10-08T12:58:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster \* > \*\*Who was the Chinese poet who died when he tried to kiss the reflection of the moon in the water? \*\* Are you thinking of Li Po??? I believe his story goes…While attempting to kiss the reflection of the moon on the water, he fell out of his boat and promptly drowned. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/8 "2003-10-08T14:03:45Z")
Damn, you’re good. Li Po it was. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/9 "2003-10-08T14:40:45Z")
so NOW I have competition???!!! 😉 vanilla, the Sun Goddess ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/10 "2003-10-08T15:48:42Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by vanilla_ > so NOW I have competition???!!! > 😉 > vanilla, the Sun Goddess Well, I’ll always be a sun-worshipper, if that makes you feel any better. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/11 "2003-10-08T17:19:14Z")
I prefer to worship the Asteroid Belt, myself. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/12 "2003-10-08T23:06:39Z")
I had to punch new holes in my asteroid belt, it wasn’t fitting quite right. Space Boy: “You mean we’re going to Jupiter?” Winkie, the Space Pirate: “You bet your asteroids!” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selene-the-temptress/206228/13 "2003-10-09T02:29:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*The Moon. > > She beckons me. > > She says to me, “Come.” > > And I must go to her… \*\* Um, Dude: I’ve got more than a little experience with this sort of thing. I suggest you pick a celestral body that has an atmosphere. It also helps if there are gonna’ be a few celestral bodies located on the surface of the celestral body you travel to. I’m just sayin’.