Terminus Est

Adam Thornton · 30 Jul 2010, 00:29 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:29:46 -0500
Subject: (urth) Terminus Est
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On Jul 29, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:

> On 7/29/2010 1:30 PM, James Wynn wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> John Watkins wrote:
>>>> For what it's worth, I checked to see if "Terminus Est" was the
>>>> Vulgate translation of Christ's last words.
>>>> 
>>>> Of course it isn't, nor is it "finire est." It's "consummatum est."
>> 
>> David Stockhoff wrote:
>>> "It is fulfilled?"
>>> 
>>> "I want some soup?"
>> 
>> Hmm...No. "I am full. No thank you."
>> 
> 
> "This is the End" - you know, like the Doors' song, the one with the killing and the incest and the masked executioner with the special blue rock and the ancient buildings and the lake and the giant serpent?

No, nothing AT ALL like that.

RIDE THE SNAKE,
Adam

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