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theseus did the minotaur and had a ball of string to get out of daedalus' labyrinth.
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that's Theseus out of the equation,handy degree you have there Istenem :wink:
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it has never been useful in real life but for fruitchat it ticks a box ;)
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Perseus did in Medusa and had a helmet of invisibility.
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perseus did indeed "do in" medusa ,from behind i hope ,snigger ,to avoid her stoney glare , the bonus i was after was the fact that he used the reflection on his shield to avoid being turned to stone .

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Sorry for the delay!

Ok, can anybody tell me the meanings of all seven days of the week?
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aaamusements.co.uk wrote:Thursday = Thor's Day.

After the God.
One down - six to go.
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monday ,to do with the moon?
tuesday ?
wednesday wodin(odins day) norse god
thursday aaamusement already got
friday frigs day? odins missus
saturday roman god saturns day ( also saturday is tiswas day)
sunday self explanatory
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mr lugsy wrote:monday ,to do with the moon?
tuesday ?
wednesday wodin(odins day) norse god
thursday aaamusement already got
friday frigs day? odins missus
saturday roman god saturns day ( also saturday is tiswas day)
sunday self explanatory
All close enough!
Just Tuesday to go.
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Tuesday is family allowance day !
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it's named after tir who was a norse god, warlike fella and basically equivalent to mars in roman lore hence mardi, martedi etc in other languages.
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Istenem wrote:it's named after tir who was a norse god, warlike fella and basically equivalent to mars in roman lore hence mardi, martedi etc in other languages.
Correct - over to you!
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okay cheers Jaffa.

the highest number to ever appear on a baseball uniform is Ten Million. how?
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Ten Million was the name of a baseball player in the early 1900`s
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