The Sphinx's Lair

Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος, Tántalos) was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink. He was the father of Pelops, Niobe and Broteas, and was a son of Zeus and the nymph Plouto. Thus, like other heroes in Greek mythology such as Theseus and the Dioskouroi, Tantalus had both a hidden, divine parent and a mortal one. == Etymology == Plato in the Cratylus (395e) interprets Tantalos...

manshu

There is a saying. "If you love someone, then let them go. If they come back, they are for you."

humn

!

manshu

But letting them go is the hardest part I think. What if they never come back?

humn

3:53 PM

They will. Again and again.

manshu

Reminds me of someone who did come back. :p

humn

My sweetheart did 4 times just to see if i'd learned something in the meanwhile.

manshu

And did you?

humn

More than she could take.

I learned how to be loved by someone even more eager than i.

manshu

It's crazy how we improve mostly for others, not for ourselves

It's soothing and fruitful at the same time.

humn

3:57 PM

You've sampled the tree of knowledge! Better luck next time.

manshu

:D

I must take leave now.

humn

Thank you for another planetary visit!

manshu

Always.

And by always, I mean...whenever I can, I will.

humn

Same here.

manshu

:)

You should have some sleep now.

If you have been up for the whole night.

humn

4:01 PM

Time is meaningless at this point in time.

(That's something you would say.)

manshu

Words of wisdom. I wish my college classes were self-paced.

talk to you soon. :)

humn

Rest well, 4th brother.

Third Uncle - Bauhaus (with lyrics)

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Sphinx

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Q: Asking for a date

Not a date comes to your mind at first: written as dd/mm/yyyy has a unix timestamp such as ddmmyyyy00 where dd is for two-digit day mm two-digit month yyyy four-digit year Your playground: https://www.epochconverter.com/

mathematics

humn

Adrian Belew - Paint The Road

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(Sorry for the repeats. They're worth it.)

(And more to come.)

genesis THE RETURN OF THE GIANT HOGWEED live

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How i love music where instrumentalists dare their best to keep up!

It's like bicycling through backyards of grass.

If you don't pratfall, you float.

(Learn English from idiot savants.)

(I could say a word or two. Or play a tune, without understanding a note.)

(And i could do the same while understanding every undertone. La Vie!)

(La vive delicato. I live as if each day were the last.)

(And sooner or later it will be. Tautology.)

[Am i the only here who speaks English? Don't make me go to my new language, Punjabi.)

Guess i'm not leaving leaders.

Not well trained.

While on retrain:

Firth Of Fifth

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Learn again.

How the arpeggia sprinkle down.

Beginning around 2:49.

And really going at 3:02.

Learn some musicality while at it.

^ That is such a beautiful song.

After words.

It's like the words had to be spat before the music began.

@Doorknob, do you lurk as well? Or is it just your 'puter doing what mine does?

Mine burps.

Or are you hovering, @Doorknob? If so, muchas.

You feathered this nest.

Enjoy the ornaments others have displayed in the meanwhile!

No need to reply. Again, that means a lot.

I actually suspect you haven't yet found your voce, @Doorknob.

Took me half a century.

Enough taunting.

Doorknob

4:54 PM

@humn You could say that. I don't say much, but I look in every once in a while.

@humn Glad to see the nest is doing so well after the bird has left. :)

humn

You deserve credit.

You are 80 like i was before being 20.

Better, in fact.

Doorknob

@humn Sometimes I feel the same way, but surely it'll come in time.

humn

@Doorknob , Time wears on.

And the tread begs for more.

Genesis - Musical Box

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Sphinx

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Q: What Does Igor's Letter Say?

Igor arrived at the national convention of scientists with a bit of a conundrum. "My boss gave me this message," he tells his associates, "but says he can't for the life of him figure out what it says. He won't say where he got it or anything, but he does say he knows it's a fairly well known typ...

cipher

humn

5:09 PM

The dog sled is begging for more. If you haven't spent decades with indestrucitable feet you haven't lived. Now mine are back in tow.

The pavement needs padding.

Enough talk/typing. Out we go.

humn

7:23 PM

I have only begun to share the wonders of life.

ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition (full album)

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, , , well, of one life . . .

. . . traversed by so many others . . . too many . . .

Puzzling Meta

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Q: Should a cipher whose answer is in the English language be tagged [english]

It seems really obvious because the assumption is likely to be that, if a question is written in English and it is a cipher, that the result of that cipher will be in English. Obviously there can be situations where a special puzzle will not be maybe but basically, is it worth tagging a cipher wr...

discussion

humn

. . . and more wonders here . . .

When i go . . . elliptic with spaces . . . that's a good sign.

I have stories for almost every alphabetical letter, in almost every alphabet.

One at a time.

Most of them begin with C or K, by happenstance i guess.

Some of them i don't which letter begins them.

Many anonymous stories use multiple names, none of which i believe.

But i believe their stories.

I let strangers fable their fiction until they get to fact.

(That's fricative!)

Learn English in the worst way.

It can save your life.

Depending on where you travail.

I have taught English in the best way but prefer the other choice.

Don't make me teach naughty mathematics!

When the equation won't quite, it will out another end.

More than two ends.

(I hope you're listening to Pictures at an Exhibition up there. It's opera spectacular.)

("It's" = "They're")

(One of these days, English, look out. And edit timeout your day is due.)

(That comma was dropped on purpose. I like making threats. So much safer.)

The little fringes that make all the difference.

Are you watching for fun? I'll display fronds if so.

Guess not. Put another nickel in when the time is right.

humn

8:15 PM

E.L.P. recovers from drum solos like nobody else. (46:50) Correct me if wrong.

There's still another where the train chugged to life. Haven't found it online.

No other music critics awake at the moment?

I thought this was a round-the-clock carnival.

Think i'll move to Australia.

Another K-woman (also a relation) suggested as much.

See you there!

K-women bounce in the family.

Perhaps it's short for kangaroo.

(I know it's not. Each has a proper name.)

Mithrandir

@humn I have stuff on, but I doubt it's up most people's alleys around here.

humn

8:31 PM

Display! See what happens.

Mithrandir

Mordechai Shapiro - Kol Haderech - [Official Music Video] מרדכי שפירא - כל הדרך

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humn

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

One of my dear lamented spoke Aramaic.

John Dvorak

this reminds me of the time when I had MTV and all their ads were in Hebrew

Mithrandir

@JohnDvorak Movies & TV?

John Dvorak

Music TeleVision - back when they actually played music

humn

8:35 PM

!

John Dvorak

I like the song

Mithrandir

(Why are all of the singers wearing coats and hats? It's doesn't help the stereotypes...)

humn

Many are clothed by others.

John Dvorak

Wasn't it supposed to reinforce the Jewish culture?

Mithrandir

I mean, I'm Jewish. I don't wear a coat and hat ;)

humn

8:38 PM

You're freed!

Mithrandir

Ari Goldwag Am Echad - One Nation - Official Music Video ארי גולדוואג - עם אחד - קליפ הרשמי

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humn

!heY

I learned Aramaic/Hebrew from the best.

Still can't speak or type it. But do understand.

And still learning from the best, thanks to you, @Mithrandir.

You have the baton.

Mithrandir

Well, change of style:

The Lion King | Epic Orchestral Cover

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(I'm trawling through what YouTube has assembled for me at 'my mix'. Hasn't been so bad.)

humn

Difficult to cello without drawing tears.

(Signed, grateful arranger.)

Cello es bello.

And that piece of music featured cello.

Don't get me started on R-woman. We tried to make love so many times in so many ways. Chemistry just wasn't right. But she taught me bass register in the process.

To pull a chord from underneath!

She showers nursing wards now in her spare time.

Someone's gotta.

^ And that is pure codespeak. R-woman, ave! I should invite you here too.

Would be an even better place.

(Yes i know women, most still alive, who'd be welcome additions.)

(I am their afterglow.)

C-pet would singe you.

C-socks would amuse you to death.

C-dear brought life. I'm still sorry to have been a 10-lb baby.

I just didn't want to leave.

Three C-ompletely different persons.

Working through the alphabet.

Wait 'til i get back to the Ks.

K-ultaa K-aarina K-uningatar.

If you can decode that, huomenta.

Not many Suomeksi here.

Äh mitään. (That's city speak for, "well, well, well." I miss my native tongue.)

Okay, back to English. In the worst way.

This place could use more Suomeksi. We flounder English like nobody else.

English is so different from Suomi/Finnish. It's fresh cloth.

Mithrandir

9:37 PM

Y-Studs - Rise Up - Hanukkah

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humn

Thank you for the guardrail, @Mithrandir, needed that.

Mithrandir

כיפה-לייב - הבדלה Kippalive - Havdallah

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^I just sent an email to those guys, and they responded.

humn

Wow!

What did you say?

Mithrandir

I informed them that the English on their website needed some proofreading.

humn

And how did they respond?

Mithrandir

9:43 PM

They said thanks, they'll have someone take a look.

humn

When you're right you're right.

I don't even recognisze the language it's translated. But will.

Thank you feeding the antennae!

Is it phonetic Hebrew?

Mithrandir

Yes.

humn

Love it!

@Mithrandir you and i otta talk in a language complely foreign to both of us.

We'll make it up.

Mithrandir

確かに

humn

Nice move. I don't know what any of that means.

I even put on my reading glasses!

And went unicode.

I understand the last two letters and appreciate the sentiment.

But the first two????????????

(Although i'm sure the sentiment is well intended.)

Message comes through before the data.

Now you're speaking pillow talk, @Mithrandir. I love the tone of your voice.

Can't fool me, but always worth a try.

Just wait until i legend you.

Mithrandir

10:06 PM

Pillow talk... like zzzzz?

humn

Not much need for now. You legend yourself.

"Pillow talk" is a phrase for sweet nothings while in bed.

Or were you just testing me?

Mithrandir

Not testing... I've never heard of that.

humn

Learn English from the worst!

Mithrandir

Anything is possible if you believe.

When You Believe - The Prince Of Egypt

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humn

Molti!

How i love duet.

And choir.

Music makes me speak Itali.

Sphinx

10:18 PM

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Q: What should Trump do to get in?

There was a Top Secret meeting of many world leaders in Geneva. The leaders must enter a secret code on a computer screen to get in the room where the meeting was. First came Prime Minister T. May. The computer screen displayed BKS The Prime Minister entered 5601 The door opened and she we...

logical-deduction knowledge

humn

Ei änkäre puhu Suomeksi?

Anteeks.

("i" left off for efffect.)

I'm swearing in Suomi/Finnish. I really miss my native language.

I can swear in English too. You don't Want to hear it.

Oh you do? In English i swear in rhyme.

Not this time.

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