Your favorite legends!
Keruvalia
10-02-2006, 06:43
Ok sure ... we all have them.
Those legends we admire or, at least, enjoy the stories about.
Some may say Paris, some may decry Samuel, and even some my say Paul Bunyon.
What inspired you? Who are your mythological heroes?
Me? I say Zorro. I love Zorro. That guy kicked ass in a major way. Zorro would tear Chuck Norris 5 new ones. Zorro is the shiznit.
So what about ya'll?
Megaloria
10-02-2006, 06:47
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I always liked the urban legend of the kidney theives. Better watch out or you'll end up in a bathtub full of icy water missing something you'd rather of kept! :D
Megaloria
10-02-2006, 06:53
Better watch out or you'll end up in a bathtub full of icy water missing something you'd rather of kept! :D
not to be confused with wallet thieves, girlfriend thieves, sandwich thieves or the dreaded testicle theives.
Keruvalia
10-02-2006, 06:55
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Lollerskates!
M3rcenaries
10-02-2006, 07:01
I always liked the urban legend of the kidney theives. Better watch out or you'll end up in a bathtub full of icy water missing something you'd rather of kept! :D
Did that actually happen or...
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
10-02-2006, 07:06
not to be confused with wallet thieves, girlfriend thieves, sandwich thieves or the dreaded testicle theives.
Want to guess which one of those I've never been?
Keruvalia
10-02-2006, 07:08
Want to guess which one of those I've never been?
Well you've never taken my sandwich, so I gotta go with that one.
Did that actually happen or...
Nah, urban legend that usually starts with some American man visiting in some Latin American country following a slutty dressed woman around a corner and getting jumped. I believe it was supposed to be one of those warnings against such casual encounters or that could happen to you. That and the danger of visiting places with the 'inferior people'.
There are other versions but I believe that was one of the popular ones.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
10-02-2006, 07:49
Well you've never taken my sandwich, so I gotta go with that one.
I could have sworn I gave your gf back . . .
Your testicles, on the other hand, are going to stay mine in a sense vaguely reminiscient of Chewbacca and Mr T.
Boonytopia
10-02-2006, 10:54
David Boon.
Gutsy batsman. (http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4169.html)
Drinking master. (http://www.boonieforpresident.com/frame_m52.asp)
Verdigroth
10-02-2006, 12:04
Favorite Legend....hmm...Camelot
David Boon.
Drinking master. (http://www.boonieforpresident.com/frame_m52.asp)
LOL!
Legends? Johnny Appleseed. (the difference one man can make with a bit of kindness and a happy heart.)
Myths? Greek ones are my favorites.
Mariehamn
10-02-2006, 12:42
Legends? Johnny Appleseed.
I eat an apple everyday because that man!
Myths? I've been trying to read this Norse myth, and I'd really like it to be my favorite, but the Greek's just own in this department. Can't beat the Odyssey (spelling, wrong, maybe, you decide).
Breitenburg
10-02-2006, 12:49
Jersey Devil, hometown pride!
Boonytopia
10-02-2006, 12:52
LOL!
A friend & I tried to replicate his feat on a Melbourne-London flight. The best we could do was 48 between the two of us, including pre take-off & changeing plane in KL beers. We dishonoured ourselves.
A friend & I tried to replicate his feat on a Melbourne-London flight. The best we could do was 48 between the two of us, including pre take-off & changeing plane in KL beers. We dishonoured ourselves.
Hahahahahaha! How long is that flight? 12 hours? 24 each is still a pretty damn good effort though :D
Boonytopia
10-02-2006, 13:03
Hahahahahaha! How long is that flight? 12 hours? 24 each is still a pretty damn good effort though :D
Melbourne-London is about 22-28 hours, depending on how many times you stop/change planes.
We drank 24 each over a time span of 26 hours. Arrival at Heathrow was very ordinary. It's not something I would even be tempted to try again. It sounded like a great idea as we were sitting in the pub at Tulla, and it was a hoot to try, but the final wash up was a far cry from the original "glamour". :)
Lunatic Goofballs
10-02-2006, 13:03
I've always been partial to Western Tall Tales.
Paul Bunyan, John Henry and Pecos Bill are my favorites.
I'm also terribly amused by Elvis sightings. :)
Mighty Lord Skeletor
10-02-2006, 13:03
Richard Simmons has had a profound impact upon my life and the way in which i lead it.
He's a truly inspirational man.
Lunatic Goofballs
10-02-2006, 13:05
Richard Simmons has had a profound impact upon my life and the way in which i lead it.
He's a truly inspirational man.
Depending on the sort of impact he had, that is either very good and I'm glad for you...
..or...
...I'd really rather not know about the profound impact, and I'd like to change the subject please. :)
Melbourne-London is about 22-28 hours, depending on how many times you stop/change planes.
We drank 24 each over a time span of 26 hours. Arrival at Heathrow was very ordinary. It's not something I would even be tempted to try again. It sounded like a great idea as we were sitting in the pub at Tulla, and it was a hoot to try, but the final wash up was a far cry from the original "glamour". :)
Hm, that's still pretty good. I've drank that much before, and yeah. The end result isn't much fun. :p
Neu Leonstein
10-02-2006, 13:07
The Great Ajax.
Boonytopia
10-02-2006, 13:15
The Great Ajax.
And the indomitable Domestos.
Handy Andy was always quite inspiring too. ;)
Ashmoria
10-02-2006, 16:10
elfego baca
at 19 he went over to reserve NM to kick some texan butt when he heard that a bunch of texas cowboys had been harrassing local hispanics. i dont know where he started out but its about 150 miles from here-- a long way to go by horse. he was put on trial for killing a couple of them but was aquitted. he had to hole up in a tiny cabin during the shoot out. it was hit with thousands of bullets but he didnt get a scratch. they brought the bullet ridden door to his trial.
when he was sherriff of socorro county many years later there was a gang of outlaws headquartered about 30 miles north of here. his deputies wanted to grab some guns and go have a shoot out. not a good idea. he decided on another strategy. he was issuing arrest warrants. they had until march to turn themselves in. if they didnt, he would conisder them to be resisting arrest and shoot them on sight. i dont think any of them turned themselves in.
Fenrir ftw.
Although a god may not count as a legend but no other god kicks ass like Fenrir. Despite all the other gods Fenrir manages to rise up and conquer them, or at least Odin. <-- pwn3d
Drunk commies deleted
10-02-2006, 16:20
Jersey Devil, hometown pride!
Fuck yeah. Let's not forget Black Betty of the Sourland Mountains. It's a nice revolutionary war era ghost story.
One word.
KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHN!
Let's see, the alligators in the sewer one is awesome while the nonexistant Bielefeld and Fan-death ones are fairly cool as well.
The Abomination
10-02-2006, 18:11
The Mabinogion, the best mythological cycle ever.
And a cookie to whoever knows what on earth I'm on about. ;)
IL Ruffino
10-02-2006, 18:16
*runs around yelling "BEWARE THE MANAHA!"*
Kibolonia
10-02-2006, 19:21
Sun Wu Kong. Any monkey that will go to hell to keep his friends from dying and go to war with heaven and win, well he's not your ordinary poop-flinger.
The Odyssey.
The labors of Hercules.
The adventures of Miowara Tomokato.
The Silver Surfer Mephisto saga.
The Pittsburgh Steelers! Finally, we're back! One for the thumb!
The psycho killer in the back seat, seen only by the gas station attendant...:headbang:
Xenophobialand
10-02-2006, 20:34
The Beast of Gevaudan.
Europa Maxima
10-02-2006, 20:36
I am tied between the Scandinavian and Greek myths. Next up, the Egyptian and Far Asian ones.
Stuart Pearce, Bill Beaumont, Lloyd George
Lacadaemon
10-02-2006, 20:40
Stuart Pearce, Bill Beaumont, Lloyd George
In that vein, I would nominate Douglas Jardine.
The blessed Chris
10-02-2006, 20:42
In terms of literature, The Iliad / The Odyssey
In relation to a person, it would George Best, or Napoleon.
DrunkenDove
10-02-2006, 20:43
Cúchullain. The guy fought the entire army of Connacht in single combat one after the other. Highly impressive.
Sun Wu Kong. Who else had a rock for a mother, used an army of monkeys to the fight the gods, and pissed on Buddha’s hand (http://www.china-on-site.com/pages/comic/95.php)?
Frangland
10-02-2006, 21:33
Paul Bunyan and Babe da Blue Ox... heroes of Wisconsin and Minnesota
wasn't there a folk hero called Jack Magorak or something like that?
Frangland
10-02-2006, 21:34
Cúchulainn
YES!
The Hound of Ulster!
Didn't he kill his best friend and lay him down close to a river or something like that?
YES!
The Hound of Ulster!
Didn't he kill his best friend and lay him down close to a river or something like that?
I don't know, I have a very bare recollection of the Táin
The Half-Hidden
10-02-2006, 22:34
Cúchullain, King Arthur, Robin Hood, The Púca stories, general Tuatha de Danann stuff.
In that vein, I would nominate Douglas Jardine.
Agreed,
I aslo think that (though they may not be legends) Phillip Pullman, Douglas Adams and Terry Pracett shoiuld be on this list. And Martain johnson
The Psyker
10-02-2006, 23:32
I've always liked the Aurthorian Cycle of myths and legends.