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  • vinteuil
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 12844

    Originally posted by Anna View Post
    Well, I guess Scorpio which means? The Scorpions? (not the hard rock Germans, the English one)
    [ a type of insect ]

    Insects have six legs.
    Scorpions have eight legs.

    Scorpions are not insects.

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26539

      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
      [ a type of insect ]

      Insects have six legs.
      Scorpions have eight legs.

      Scorpions are not insects.
      Was about to opine as much

      The piano in Capricorn was one of Rachmaninov's...

      EDIT: vinteuil and mercia both beat me to the two fascinating items I had hoped to contribute in this post!! I don't know why I bother
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • Anna

        Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
        [ a type of insect ]
        Scorpions are not insects.
        I know that but it's the nearest Zodiac sign to an insect ...... and I don't see how it fits with brainwashed
        Last edited by Guest; 07-05-12, 13:35. Reason: thought

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        • Flay
          Full Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 5795

          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          previously belonged to Rachmaninov ?
          Yes, it was a prized possession.

          Back to the question. Not The Scorpions.

          Brainwashed hairy insect
          A very popular band named after an insect - when they were first formed their hair attracted comments. As time went on the hair got longer. This particular member had a solo album called B**********
          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26539

            Originally posted by Flay View Post
            Yes, it was a prized possession.

            Back to the question. Not The Scorpions.



            A very popular band named after an insect - when they were first formed their hair attracted comments. As time went on the hair got longer. This particular member had a solo album called B**********
            Beatles are insects. Aren't they? I'm no longer sure of anything...
            "...the isle is full of noises,
            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
              Gone fishin'
              • Sep 2011
              • 30163

              Originally posted by Flay View Post
              the quiet one in the band before he went solo...
              Garth Knox?
              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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              • Anna

                Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                Beatles are insects. Aren't they? I'm no longer sure of anything...
                Brainwashed by George Harrison maybe?

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                • Flay
                  Full Member
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 5795

                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                  Beatles are insects. Aren't they? I'm no longer sure of anything...
                  Thank you, Caliban. BEEtles are insects, but yes, it was an ex-Beatle. I want track from the album <sob>
                  Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                    Gone fishin'
                    • Sep 2011
                    • 30163

                    Originally posted by Flay View Post
                    A very popular band named after an insect - when they were first formed their hair attracted comments. As time went on the hair got longer. This particular member had a solo album called B**********
                    George Harrison, Brainwashed;(released posthumously in 2002) Track 3:Pisces Fish.
                    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                    • Flay
                      Full Member
                      • Mar 2007
                      • 5795

                      Originally posted by Anna View Post
                      Brainwashed by George Harrison maybe?
                      Now you're talking
                      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                      • vinteuil
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 12844

                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                        Beatles are insects. Aren't they? I'm no longer sure of anything...
                        ... o regain that confidence, man - you know (I know you know) that coleoptera are insects

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26539

                          Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                          George Harrison, Brainwashed;(released posthumously in 2002) Track 3:Pisces Fish.
                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • Flay
                            Full Member
                            • Mar 2007
                            • 5795

                            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                            George Harrison, Brainwashed; Pisces Fish.
                            Hooray!!! We made it! Why do we do this??? Who wants to restore order with an A? I am totally lost, shall we call the stuarts for an inquiry?
                            Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                            • Flay
                              Full Member
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 5795

                              I confess I had not read the bit about it being released posthumously. Anything for a quick buck eh?
                              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                              • vinteuil
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 12844

                                Originally posted by Flay View Post
                                Why do we do this????
                                ... so that we can show off. "Mine is more obscure than yours, na!"

                                Just the same as male yoof goin' out for a curry to brag as to who can eat the hottest phool....

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