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Comment by Chris Breman on December 14, 2012 at 1:06am

I like that lion, Ian! Reminds me of

Sunt Leones

By Stevie Smith

The lions who ate the Christians on the sands of the arena

By indulging native appetites played what has now been seen a   

Not entirely negligible part

In consolidating at the very start

The position of the Early Christian Church.

Initiatory rites are always bloody

And the lions, it appears

From contemporary art, made a study

Of dyeing Coliseum sands a ruddy

Liturgically sacrificial hue

And if the Christians felt a little blue—

Well people being eaten often do.

Theirs was the death, and theirs the crown undying,

A state of things which must be satisfying.

My point which up to this has been obscured

is that it was the lions who procured

By chewing up blood gristle flesh and bone

The martyrdoms on which the Church has grown.

I only write this poem because I thought it rather looked   

As if the part the lions played was being overlooked.

By lions’ jaws great benefits and blessings were begotten   

And so our debt to Lionhood must never be forgotten.

Stevie Smith, “Sunt Leones” from New Selected Poems. Copyright © 1972

Comment by The Flying Atheist on December 13, 2012 at 10:31pm

I also had the nickname 'juice man' in high school because I hated drinking milk (still do) and for lunch I always washed down my food with a couple of these cheap, flavored juice drinks.

Comment by sk8eycat on December 13, 2012 at 5:41pm

Spud, I think my personal preference is Felaine..."feline" wth an "a" in the middle.  There are times when I think I'd really like to be a cat, even though their lives are so much shorter than our are.

Flying None (tee-hee!), a discussion/conversation about nicknames would be fun!  I've told you most of mine already; I don't think I want to talk about the one my best friend in elementary school gave me.  For some reason we went through a "baby-talk" phase in 2nd or 3rd grade, and I ended up stuck with that damned name through high school!  (People wrote it in my yearbooks!  Gah!)

I also get a giggle out of all three of  my initials: FEH.  Spelled "feh," it's a Yiddishism for "ugh!"  or "ick!"

Comment by Idaho Spud on December 13, 2012 at 4:38pm

Ice witch, I don't dislike any of your names.  I'm just trying to find one that I can remember and remember how to spell. lol.

Comment by booklover on December 13, 2012 at 4:18pm

Carl, my mom calls me "Dear Child" when she sends me cards, etc.  Not in a serious way, we don't remember how it got started.  Most of our family doesn't call each other by our real names.  My son will answer to anything I yell down the stairs to him. lol. Mindy is the official nickname of Melinda, which everyone in "real life" calls me.

Comment by sk8eycat on December 13, 2012 at 4:08pm

Ian: Lion 1 - xian 0.  Too bad there weren't more lions.

There is a certain type of person who needs to feel persecuted, whether they really are, or not.  If they're not being persecuted, they'll invent their own....and broadcast it.

When FFRF reminds people that putting any religious symbols and/or praying to their imaginary friend on publicly-owned property is unconstitutional, they immediately start wailing that we are trying to outlaw their particular fantasies altogether.  I think they enjoy it; it makes them feel important.

They scare me... willful ignorance scares me.

Comment by The Flying Atheist on December 13, 2012 at 4:07pm

I think this would be a fun topic to discuss......what nicknames have you had during the course of your lifetime?  My best friend from high school still calls me 'Mag' which is short for Maggot.  Ahhhh...only the best of friends could get away with that.  My two sisters endearingly call me 'The Creep.' 

Comment by sk8eycat on December 13, 2012 at 3:57pm

Dear Spud, you don't like "Felaine"?  When I first thought it up, about 12 years ago, I wondered WTF took me so long; I've been a cat fan all my life. 

When I was still skating, I used "La Bruja del Hielo;" I picked that one up when I scared the cojones off a porter on the company train trip to Mexico City.  He thought I really was a witch.  (Had my very long hair down over my face, cackling over a bowl of dry ice and water...we'd been partying for 2 days and nights, and it was more than a little drunk out.)

I've had a lot of crazy nicknames, and have enjoyed them all.

Comment by dr kellie on December 13, 2012 at 2:49pm

Flying atheist, I didn't know you were gay.  How awesome.

 

During my foray into rollerderby, my name was Sharon Needles.

Comment by Idaho Spud on December 13, 2012 at 2:45pm

Felaine, I'm still thinking about what to call you.

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