VOTE! Misc Av Contest:Mythological Creatures - Page 2

Kai "the spy" · January 20 2013, 08:16 PM

trekkiedane wrote:

^Imagine how few votes you'd have if not

Negative Two?!

trekkiedane · January 20 2013, 08:19 PM

Don't they carry? -a negative in this round is transferred to the next?

Rhubarbodendron · January 20 2013, 09:23 PM

Kai, I think the problem is that this time it's such a difficult decision. All the avatars are awesome. Usually, we have one or several that are not quite as good as the others so that it's a comepratively easy choice.
It's a pity we have only 2 votes. Your fairy would have been my #3.
My #1 and #2 were RJD's and TD's avatars, but I am biased as I love wolves (occasionally meet some up in the national park) and because this mythical Danish king is very close to a mythical German emperor (Ours, too, sleeps till he is needed. He sits at a stone table and his beard has grown all the way through the stone. Let's hope there's a barber at hand when we need the emperor's help

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Kai "the spy" · January 21 2013, 12:10 AM

trekkiedane wrote:

Don't they carry? -a negative in this round is transferred to the next?

But, what if I have a negative in this contest, but don't even make an entry next round, then join the contest after that again?

Rhubarbodendron wrote:

Kai, I think the problem is that this time it's such a difficult decision. All the avatars are awesome. Usually, we have one or several that are not quite as good as the others so that it's a comepratively easy choice.
It's a pity we have only 2 votes. Your fairy would have been my #3.
My #1 and #2 were RJD's and TD's avatars, but I am biased as I love wolves (occasionally meet some up in the national park) and because this mythical Danish king is very close to a mythical German emperor (Ours, too, sleeps till he is needed. He sits at a stone table and his beard has grown all the way through the stone. Let's hope there's a barber at hand when we need the emperor's help

)

Yeah, I'm aware of that. The too-many-options problem, not the German emperor myth. But it sounds intriguing, making me wonder why I haven't heard of it before. What's the name of that emperor?

Anyway, thanks for your concern, but I'm good.

RJDiogenes · January 21 2013, 11:06 AM

^^ There have been times when I've gotten zero votes, too.

trekkiedane wrote:

^If only you'd put a couple more wolves on that moon! You could have won this round... I mean just take a look at the awesomeness that is the three howling wolves-T-shirt.

Ah, a whole pack of them. I should have thought of that.

Rhubarbodendron · January 21 2013, 11:11 AM

^Karl der Große (Charlemagne). Rumour has it that he waits inside Untersberg Mountain.
Others say it's Friedrich Barbarossa. Again others say it's not Untersberg but Kyffhäuser Mountain.
There's rather a lot of versions. A few are mentioned in both the German and English Wikipedia:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untersberg#Mythen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untersberg#Legend

Kai "the spy" · January 21 2013, 12:47 PM

They say that about Karl der Große?! I'm the son of two German teachers, why did I never hear about that?

Well, thanks for the info, Rhubarbodendron.

Rhubarbodendron · January 21 2013, 06:18 PM

you're welcome

Presumably it is because that particular legend is a quite local one and mostly restricted to Southern Bavaria and the adjoining parts of Austria.
The same goes for the Kyffhäuser legend and the former GDR. Plus: the young people don't know these legends anymore and the old ones have no real occasion to tell them. I mean, which family sits at home with the TV switched off, listening to their grandparents telling legends, myths and creepy stories?

The theme was also used in Paul Keller's "das letzte Märchen", a comperatively unknown novel. It was first published in 1905 and is rather pro-war, empire and very strict government. In his story it's Rübezahl who sleeps there. http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/1433/17 (scroll down to the middle)
I like the novel because the language is beautiful and most of the story is quite funny (particularly chapter 3), yet the political undercurrents make me wince. It's interesting (and creepy for a rather left-wing social democrate) how in hindsight the 3rd Reich quite clearly announced itself for a very long time and how many different factors came together, making the result almost inevitable.

RJDiogenes · January 21 2013, 10:57 PM

Rhubarbodendron wrote:

I mean, which family sits at home with the TV switched off, listening to their grandparents telling legends, myths and creepy stories?

The really happy ones?

trekkiedane · January 21 2013, 11:00 PM

RJDiogenes wrote:

Rhubarbodendron wrote:

I mean, which family sits at home with the TV switched off, listening to their grandparents telling legends, myths and creepy stories?

The really happy ones?

Aren't those families merely characters on TV?

RJDiogenes · January 21 2013, 11:07 PM

That's a great idea for a TV show. A family that never watches TV but sits around reading and telling stories to each other. Unfortunately, getting a channel to air a show that encourages people to not watch TV would be as likely as getting politicians to vote for election reform.

auntiehill · January 22 2013, 01:43 AM

Still time to vote.

Kai "the spy" · January 22 2013, 02:51 AM

RJDiogenes wrote:

That's a great idea for a TV show. A family that never watches TV but sits around reading and telling stories to each other.

Wasn't that the premise of the Family Guy Star Wars parodies?!

RJDiogenes · January 22 2013, 10:37 AM

I don't know. I've never seen that show.

auntiehill · January 22 2013, 06:24 PM

And the winner is.... Owain Taggart! Congrats! The next contest is yours.

View Poll Results: VOTE FOR 2! Mythological Creatures
Ar-Pharazon	6	28.57%
auntiehill	7	33.33%
JiNX-01	4	19.05%
Kai "the spy"	1	4.76%
Orac	3	14.29%
Owain Taggart	10	47.62%
Rhubarbodendron	2	9.52%
RJDiogenes	3	14.29%
Shandee	3	14.29%
trekkiedane	2	9.52%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 21. You may not vote on this poll

January 20 2013, 08:19 PM	#17
trekkiedane Admiral Location: I'll let you know when I get there.	Re: VOTE! Misc Av Contest:Mythological Creatures Don't they carry? -a negative in this round is transferred to the next? __________________ You just assume condescension because I'm European and we're known for not taking Americans seriously. It's a curse. { Emilia }

January 20 2013, 09:23 PM	#18
Rhubarbodendron Fleet Captain Location: Milky Way, outer spiral arm, Sol 3	Re: VOTE! Misc Av Contest:Mythological Creatures Kai, I think the problem is that this time it's such a difficult decision. All the avatars are awesome. Usually, we have one or several that are not quite as good as the others so that it's a comepratively easy choice. It's a pity we have only 2 votes. Your fairy would have been my #3. My #1 and #2 were RJD's and TD's avatars, but I am biased as I love wolves (occasionally meet some up in the national park) and because this mythical Danish king is very close to a mythical German emperor (Ours, too, sleeps till he is needed. He sits at a stone table and his beard has grown all the way through the stone. Let's hope there's a barber at hand when we need the emperor's help ) __________________ Eve is the revised, improved and updated version of Adam [Helen Vita]

January 21 2013, 11:11 AM	#21
Rhubarbodendron Fleet Captain Location: Milky Way, outer spiral arm, Sol 3	Re: VOTE! Misc Av Contest:Mythological Creatures ^Karl der Große (Charlemagne). Rumour has it that he waits inside Untersberg Mountain. Others say it's Friedrich Barbarossa. Again others say it's not Untersberg but Kyffhäuser Mountain. There's rather a lot of versions. A few are mentioned in both the German and English Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untersberg#Mythen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untersberg#Legend __________________ Eve is the revised, improved and updated version of Adam [Helen Vita]

January 21 2013, 12:47 PM	#22
Kai "the spy" Fleet Captain Location: Kai "the spy"	Re: VOTE! Misc Av Contest:Mythological Creatures They say that about Karl der Große?! I'm the son of two German teachers, why did I never hear about that? Well, thanks for the info, Rhubarbodendron. __________________ Chicks dig red trunks!

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January 21 2013, 06:18 PM	#23
Rhubarbodendron Fleet Captain Location: Milky Way, outer spiral arm, Sol 3	Re: VOTE! Misc Av Contest:Mythological Creatures you're welcome Presumably it is because that particular legend is a quite local one and mostly restricted to Southern Bavaria and the adjoining parts of Austria. The same goes for the Kyffhäuser legend and the former GDR. Plus: the young people don't know these legends anymore and the old ones have no real occasion to tell them. I mean, which family sits at home with the TV switched off, listening to their grandparents telling legends, myths and creepy stories? The theme was also used in Paul Keller's "das letzte Märchen", a comperatively unknown novel. It was first published in 1905 and is rather pro-war, empire and very strict government. In his story it's Rübezahl who sleeps there. http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/1433/17 (scroll down to the middle) I like the novel because the language is beautiful and most of the story is quite funny (particularly chapter 3), yet the political undercurrents make me wince. It's interesting (and creepy for a rather left-wing social democrate) how in hindsight the 3rd Reich quite clearly announced itself for a very long time and how many different factors came together, making the result almost inevitable. __________________ Eve is the revised, improved and updated version of Adam [Helen Vita]

January 21 2013, 11:07 PM	#26
RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Location: RJDiogenes of Boston	Re: VOTE! Misc Av Contest:Mythological Creatures That's a great idea for a TV show. A family that never watches TV but sits around reading and telling stories to each other. Unfortunately, getting a channel to air a show that encourages people to not watch TV would be as likely as getting politicians to vote for election reform. __________________ Please stop by my Gallery and YouTube Page for a visit. And read Trunkards!

January 22 2013, 01:43 AM	#27
auntiehill Fleet Admiral Location: av by Chemahkuu	Re: VOTE! Misc Av Contest:Mythological Creatures Still time to vote.

January 22 2013, 10:37 AM	#29
RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Location: RJDiogenes of Boston	Re: VOTE! Misc Av Contest:Mythological Creatures I don't know. I've never seen that show. __________________ Please stop by my Gallery and YouTube Page for a visit. And read Trunkards!

January 22 2013, 06:24 PM	#30
auntiehill Fleet Admiral Location: av by Chemahkuu	Re: VOTE! Misc Av Contest:Mythological Creatures And the winner is.... Owain Taggart! Congrats! The next contest is yours.