12-02-2005 16:58									#3511
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quote: Originally posted by self biased so i finally had it done.

Dammit man, don't they make you go cross-eyed?!

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Skanks
Grow some hear on your head mate.

	12-02-2005 23:03									#3512
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon Anyone else here vote that Skanky should always wear trousers? The glare! The glare!!

Voting yes.

	13-02-2005 07:12									#3513
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And alva - I already tried the long hair thing. Should be a picture of me in the thread somewhere with long hair.

	13-02-2005 13:54									#3514
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I thought that was a Klingon.

	13-02-2005 14:38									#3515
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns And alva - I already tried the long hair thing. Should be a picture of me in the thread somewhere with long hair.

What ^^ said.

Why not try medium?

	13-02-2005 15:30									#3516
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quote: Originally posted by notyoueither I thought that was a Klingon.

I can reveal, exclusively on 'Poly, that they are one and the same!

	13-02-2005 18:05									#3518
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Enough talk! We need pics! We need pics! This is Ming's grandma:

	13-02-2005 18:08									#3519
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I've seen her already.

	13-02-2005 18:54									#3520
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* Shogun Gunner thinks he's read all this somewhere else previously...

	13-02-2005 19:22									#3521
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quote: Originally posted by Heresson I've seen her already.

In the Biblical sense?

	13-02-2005 19:38									#3522
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We do need the vomit smiley.

	13-02-2005 20:33									#3523
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quote: Originally posted by Shogun Gunner * Shogun Gunner thinks he's read all this somewhere else previously...

I've used her on a couple of other forums, are you a member of the PIF forums(Paradox)? It's my true belief that Ming's grandma is needed in this world of suffering...

	13-02-2005 20:33									#3524
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quote: Originally posted by Heresson We do need the vomit smiley.

Amen, brother!

	13-02-2005 20:52									#3525
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Ah! Paradox forum! That's where I've probably seen it!

	13-02-2005 20:55									#3526
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quote: Originally posted by Nikolai It's my true belief that Ming's grandma is needed in this world of suffering...

You should use this lady instead.

	13-02-2005 21:00									#3527
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That was Matka Boska Ostrobramska (Holy Mother of God of the Sharp Gate, in Vilnius), my grandma used to have a copy of it
and here is Mother of God of Czestochowa, the holiest icon in Poland (I like the one of Vilnius better)

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	13-02-2005 21:02									#3528
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Here is she - without garments!

She is also known as Czarna Madonna, the Black Madonna.

There's a scarf on the painting, allegedly made by a Swede in the times of siege of the monastery it's kept in

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	13-02-2005 21:04									#3529
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And here is the holy icon of Lysiec, Podole (nowdays in Ukraine) - it was transported after ww2 to my city and is kept in Armenian church.

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	13-02-2005 21:29									#3530
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Nice. Icons are often very beautiful. But they are only pictures IMHO, I can't understand why Orthodox "worship" them(I know it isn't worshiping, but it resembles it as I see it with my lutheran eyes...). But boy, are those a great piece of art!

	13-02-2005 22:04									#3531
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These are catholic icons, though with orthodox (at least the Black one) roots.
Catholicism do not share the orthodox attitude towards icons completely, however.
The cult of Icons, I think St John of Damascus made an intellectual justification for it.
I don't remember it exactly, though.

Btw, Mary is not only The Queen of Heaven, she's the eternal queen of Poland as well, since the Swedish flood

Oh! I didn't recall which icon it was about, but You can see a circle of stars around the head of Mary on the first picture. Some people were angry at EU's flag (a circle of stars on a dark blue field) because of that


Note that the first Mary rests on a half-moon. I think, but am not sure, that it's because of some part of Apocalypse.

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	15-02-2005 01:04									#3532
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Me and a distant relative of mine, this New Year's Eve. On a camp, as "always".

	15-02-2005 01:13									#3533
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You've got similar noses, teeth and chins

	15-02-2005 01:16									#3534
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Must be a coincidence, mostly. My mother's grand-something and her father's grand-something were cousins.

	15-02-2005 01:50									#3535
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quote: Originally posted by Nikolai Me and a distant relative of mine, this New Year's Eve. On a camp, as "always".

Is it a European thing to 'camp' in ties and evening dresses? You should share your survival skills with Skanky.

	15-02-2005 02:30									#3536
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Nikolai,

Do you have a whole entire album dedicated to pictures of you with beautiful women -- always in the same setting of a dinner... you with a beautiful young lady, both wearing formal wear?

I'm beginning to think that your family is an upper class, independently wealthy family -- and you just go on the party circuit for weeks at a time.

Christian Camp = Invitiation Only Celebrity Parties

note the lack of a "fork joke" this time

	15-02-2005 02:33									#3537
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No, not such a camp! It's like this: F.ex. 100 youth and a few leaders visit a place(read: house and such.) and do things together for a few days. That's the easy and simple explanation at least.

	15-02-2005 02:37									#3538
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quote: Originally posted by Shogun Gunner Nikolai, Do you have a whole entire album dedicated to pictures of you with beautiful women -- always in the same setting of a dinner... you with a beautiful young lady, both wearing formal wear? I'm beginning to think that your family is an upper class, independently wealthy family -- and you just go on the party circuit for weeks at a time. Christian Camp = Invitiation Only Celebrity Parties note the lack of a "fork joke" this time

There are lots of beautiful girls in Bergen, that's why. And upper class? No, I don't think so. More like middle class I guess. Not that there are much of any distinct classes in Norway though.

	15-02-2005 04:05									#3539
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quote: Originally posted by Shogun Gunner Nikolai, Do you have a whole entire album dedicated to pictures of you with beautiful women -- always in the same setting of a dinner... you with a beautiful young lady, both wearing formal wear? I'm beginning to think that your family is an upper class, independently wealthy family -- and you just go on the party circuit for weeks at a time. Christian Camp = Invitiation Only Celebrity Parties note the lack of a "fork joke" this time

I'll fix that.

And the young lady invariably has a surprised expression and Nikolai's hand is never in sight.