tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post4725842035168465437..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: follow-up: Voynich, Sion, Tolkien, etc.Jeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-32406565551720104822011-02-25T01:30:02.779-06:002011-02-25T01:30:02.779-06:00"Until I see better evidence otherwise the an..."Until I see better evidence otherwise the answer to both is this is the work of an anonymous crazy man."<br /><br />Ever heard of the Mad Fishmonger? Also known as Saint Fishmonger, this individual is alleged to be responsible for the mysterious rain of crabs and periwinkles that beset Worcester, England in 1881. Charles Forte rejected his existence, while Robert Anton Wilson suggested (at least in fiction) that this mad saint was responsible for many of the other things that have been recorded falling from the sky. <br /><br />A nice summary including Charles Forte's own words: <br />http://baronvonhoopla.wordpress.com/category/mad-fishmonger/Odrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693018140658090516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-87450564014593995002011-02-24T21:33:13.920-06:002011-02-24T21:33:13.920-06:00Let me try that again.
Re: Capt. America & In...Let me try that again.<br /><br />Re: Capt. America & Indiana Jones -<br /><br />Hear, hear.<br /><br />If you haven't seen it, one of Will Eisner's last graphic novels was <i>The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion</i>. A good read about an ugly old conspiracy theory that needs to die.Devin Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944849659698291143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-36191135352223073112011-02-24T21:31:02.446-06:002011-02-24T21:31:02.446-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Devin Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944849659698291143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-48175493662721390512011-02-24T03:26:06.622-06:002011-02-24T03:26:06.622-06:00@Talysman:
No, Lorraine Williams. Apparently she&#...@Talysman:<br />No, Lorraine Williams. Apparently she's responsible for everything bad that's ever happened.anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-30687068297198889382011-02-24T02:14:40.205-06:002011-02-24T02:14:40.205-06:00@anarchist: Francis Tumblety?@anarchist: Francis Tumblety?Talysmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-76141552329232596792011-02-23T22:29:59.227-06:002011-02-23T22:29:59.227-06:00Jeff, I agree.
I also think they were the same ma...Jeff, I agree.<br /><br />I also think they were the same man.anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-30266069527919914952011-02-23T12:52:23.952-06:002011-02-23T12:52:23.952-06:00Voynich as outsider art has a certain appeal, sinc...Voynich as outsider art has a certain appeal, since there's a pretty good example of non-outsider art that looks a lot like the Voynich MS: the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus" rel="nofollow">Codex Seraphinianus</a>.<br /><br />However, leaving aside the specific script used in the MS, I think the Voynich manuscript looks a lot like some of the rare, mysterious volumes of the period a con man might want to fake. Half of it is a "description" of possibly medicinal plants (although as I recall, none of the species have been identified, hence they're probably faked.) The other half is astronomical (which could actually be medically-oriented, since astrological correspondences were considered part of medicine at the time.Talysmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-55540455247368727032011-02-23T11:36:37.165-06:002011-02-23T11:36:37.165-06:00"You ever meet anyone who gives the Protocols..."You ever meet anyone who gives the Protocols [of Zion] the least bit of credence and you have my permission to punch them in the face. It's what Indiana Jones and Captain America would do."<br /><br />QFT. I tip my hat to you, sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-57904835035995270272011-02-23T11:33:47.880-06:002011-02-23T11:33:47.880-06:00ah yeah, sorry. Brain frazzled over here.
(now I&...ah yeah, sorry. Brain frazzled over here.<br /><br />(now I'm wondering what I'm screwing up with what I'm doing if I miss something that clear in your post... ay ay ay)JimLotFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-25308759853989420772011-02-23T11:28:13.556-06:002011-02-23T11:28:13.556-06:00'[T]he century' was in reference to my pre...'[T]he century' was in reference to my previous mention of the 20th century, so I thought I was clear.<br /><br />I still write 2010 for the date sometimes, though.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-52010485481566018472011-02-23T11:14:42.980-06:002011-02-23T11:14:42.980-06:00>>Published at the beginning of the century
...>>Published at the beginning of the century<br /><br />Beginning of last century.<br /><br />(and you thought writing the previous year on checks after the New Year was a hard habit to break, eh?)JimLotFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.com