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What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« on: January 26, 2009, 05:52:23 pm »
http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2008/20080220.jpg

Deserves its own thread because it's probability my favorite web comic ever!

To learn more about Manticores you should play this game!

Tofu: I don't want to delete this, because I appreciate the comedy of it, but I did put a language warning in the title bar.  I may have to delete or modify the image though, depending on what Jeff things.

[Second mod edit, by JeffT: Changed the image to a link. Language warning still applies, to those who choose to follow the link. Note that direct linking to strong explicit content is still not allowed.]
« Last Edit: January 27, 2009, 02:37:34 am by JeffT »

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Re: What do you know about Manticores?
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2009, 06:48:22 pm »
One makes a brief appearance in the book The Worm Ouroboros.

Also the Star Kingdom of Manticore, part of the Honorverse created by David Weber.

Manticores are from Persia.
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Re: What do you know about Manticores?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2009, 08:21:27 pm »
What's a manticore, exactly?
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Re: What do you know about Manticores?
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2009, 08:25:01 pm »
Okay, I found one, and boy are they ugly!



From wikipedia - The manticore (Baricos in Greek) is a legendary creature similar to the Egyptian sphinx. It has the body of a red lion, a human head with three rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), and a trumpet-like voice. Other aspects of the creature vary from story to story. It may be horned, winged, or both. The tail is that of either a dragon or a scorpion, and it may shoot poisonous spines to either paralyze or kill its victims. The creature's feet may also be of a dragon.  The manticore myth was of Persian origin, where its name was "man-eater" (from early Middle Persian martya "man" (as in human) and xwar- "to eat"). The English term "manticore" was borrowed from Latin mantichora, itself borrowed from Greek mantikhoras—an erroneous pronunciation of the original Persian name. It passed into European folklore first through a remark by Ctesias, a Greek physician at the Persian court of King Artaxerxes II in the fourth century BC, in his notes on India ("Indika"), which circulated among Greek writers on natural history, but have not survived.
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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2009, 10:02:05 am »
ITS ADORABLE! I WANTS A MANTICORE KITTEN!! ;D

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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2009, 10:13:23 am »
ITS ADORABLE! I WANTS A MANTICORE KITTEN!! ;D

It will go, "OHMNOMNOMNOMNOM. DELICIOUS MEG. NOMNOMNOMNOM"
OH LOOK MR MANTICORE! KAYE IS MUCH MORE DELICIOUS THAN ME!!!!
then it would love me for ever and ever!

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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2009, 10:52:01 am »
There was a Manticore that lived in the basement of the house that Jack built.

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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2009, 10:55:29 am »
ITS ADORABLE! I WANTS A MANTICORE KITTEN!! ;D

It will go, "OHMNOMNOMNOMNOM. DELICIOUS MEG. NOMNOMNOMNOM"
OH LOOK MR MANTICORE! KAYE IS MUCH MORE DELICIOUS THAN ME!!!!
then it would love me for ever and ever!

Well, if you were to raise it from a kitten, it would probably love you already, especially if you feed it other humans.  (Maybe I should go by that name instead...)
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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2009, 11:18:40 am »
xD patrick you continue to astound me every time I talk to you with your abundant store of usless information....

as a side not does this really count as strong explicit content? i understand a language warning but It's honestly that bad Jeff >.> I see two bad words in the whole thing, not exactly the worst thing on the forums I've seen honestly ( *cough* bad cosplay pictures in the count down thread last augest *cough* ) I mean its not like he posted hentie, or worst, Manfaye *shudder*
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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2009, 11:20:56 am »
What's wrong with ManFaye?  He's awesome!
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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2009, 11:23:08 am »
mafaye is well *cough* hes shorts look more like a thong in a lot of pictures.
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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2009, 11:24:48 am »
 ;D I think it's funny...
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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2009, 11:26:33 am »
xD as do i.

but i got pretty close to baned cause I posted some bad cosplay pictures in augest in the count down thread... aprently manfye or linking to manfaye when it looks like hes in a thong, or anything remotly related to sex gets me an angry letter froma  mod >.>;;;

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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2009, 11:28:50 am »
...and yet Gaara in a gay sailor outfit is fine?
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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2009, 11:30:23 am »
O_O that is something I have yet to see and I'm not sure I want to
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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2009, 11:41:29 am »
It's in the Cool Image thread when Mentally Hilarious was debating with me and Sporty_Otaku about Gaara being gay or straight.
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Re: What do you know about Manticores? (language warning)
« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2009, 05:33:19 pm »
WANTS TO SEE!!!