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Postby Q. C. Locatus Barbatus on Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:53 pm

now! Look at mine! I know some Belgae who are cracking now!

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Postby Publius Dionysius Mus on Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:12 pm

Salve Locate!

What a wonderful avatar!

I am honoured you use my portrait as avatar ;-)

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Postby Aulus Dionysius Mencius on Tue Sep 09, 2003 8:25 am

:shock: The horror, the horror

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Postby Gnaeus Dionysius Draco on Tue Sep 09, 2003 5:50 pm

Aulus Dionysius Mencius wrote:The horror, the horror


Just a question: did anyone but me here read "Heart of Darkness" by Conrad (the book where this quote comes from)?

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Postby Curio Agelastus on Tue Sep 09, 2003 7:57 pm

Well, Draco, I'm guessing Mencius read it. :-p
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Postby Gnaeus Dionysius Draco on Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:34 pm

Not necessarily. That quote is frequently used, actually, but few people know where it comes from. I didn't know till this year when I actually read the novel.

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Postby Aulus Dionysius Mencius on Thu Sep 11, 2003 6:39 pm

Salvete omnes

I did not read the novel by Conrad, but surely the shock of seeing Loc's avatar is enough to have evoqued the sentiment...

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Postby Aulus Dionysius Mencius on Wed Sep 17, 2003 6:49 pm

Thanx 4 the quick implementation of my avatar.... One thing, though.

Could someone please adjust the size of it, I think it is a bit huge, no? :wink:

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Postby Gnaeus Dionysius Draco on Wed Sep 17, 2003 6:54 pm

Duly adjusted, but next time please mention the size of your avatar if you know it's going to be too large anyway. I'm surprised it showed up in the first place because it well exceeded all limits. Strange.

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Postby Aulus Dionysius Mencius on Thu Sep 18, 2003 7:12 pm

Salve

Copy that, my draconian friend... Adding the size just slipped my mind when I presented you with the link.

Thanx again
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