Return of the Samurai!

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No, the idea is that one can't be easily seen, but there are various legends about which one it is and why.

-- Mark

I am told the word also means "beauty" in Japanese... but I don't really know.

Mike

I know! It's the seventh one. (I couldn't stop myself.)

Mike

This is all well-established astronomy. Apparently the Greeks could see seven, and there are many more than six in the cluster. Whether their eyesight was especially acute or the skies were darker, the historical Western name is "the Seven Sisters."

Google it.

What some post-Hiroshima Japanese could see in the shadow of their smokestacks is another matter.

--Tim May

relevant. :^) -Danny

Wait, wait--javario has forgotten about the Civil War, too---since he's a Northerner, all that Confederate, Southern stuff is a no no...whoops, no more pecan pie at Thanksgiving, and no more KFC. Don't even think about pulled pork.

I wonder if the working girls hangin' on the corner I pass going to work might take offense...

(Pe) U (geot) 505 perhaps...

KIA? Not a good acronym amongst my military acquaintances...

Seems there are way too many ways people get their knickers in a knot over alphabet soup car names. Audi has their "A" series cars (at least they don't call their A-6 the "Intruder,") M-B their "C" and others, why not slip in some "Bs" from Subaru (as long as they don't step on Volvo's B-18s and B-20s?) Do the British royals ever get upset about Ford's Crown Victoria? And how many people in the advertising dept that came up with Saab's "born from jets" campaign would know their Saab-arus had a little Nakajima in the woodpile?

Rick

KFC's okay... Kentucky tried to stay unaligned in "The War Between the States" but eventually leaned to the north.

Mike

I sympathize with the brave Southern men who stood up to the meddling fools in Washington over the issue of states' rights and self determination. Many of those in DC seem to think they know whats best for people in each state. That sounds familiar today too. Fools from worthless states like MA trying to force gay marriage onto the majority of Christian Americans. Remember Lincoln's emancipation proclamation only freed slaves in the states that rebelled- and he had no authority over them !! New 'Jerseyans still had slaves as did people in the north. The War of Northern Aggression may be over but Lee surrendered-- I didnt.

But fried chicken...traditionally Southern!

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