Beanz Meanz Erebuz
The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 10 Feb 1998
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Tony Ellis — 10 Feb 1998, 08:45

                                                                      10/02/98
                                                                      09:17
 Beanz Meanz Erebuz

CRCulver (on the Black Beans):

> This story seems, in my opinion, to show the planting of the black hole in
> the Old Sun.

Nice idea, but see below:

> Who is this woman? 

Evidently a space traveller with access to alien lifeforms - not unlike
a female Hethor. I think that's all we know about her.

> I would like to know the etymology of 'Nessus' and what relation it 
> has to poison.

Nessus the centaur was killed by Hercules. His ingenious revenge,
as he lay dying, was to get Hercules' wife to treat a shirt with his
blood, which was the most caustic poison imaginable. When 
Hercules put on the shirt it burned like fire and couldn't be 
removed. 

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