I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer.

Why?

‘e’s not convinced these things happen for a purpose

SCIENCE said:

‘e’s not convinced these things happen for a purpose

tell E that. I dare you.

will do

Classic…….

Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer.

Why?

Not unless what you find
is at the bottom of a long drop.

Ogmog said:

Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer.

Why?

Not unless what you find
is at the bottom of a long drop.

That is why exactly! Once you have a reasonable answer you are looking before you leap and therefore making your safest bet going into unknown ground! Thanks very much!

descent …………….

………. into madness

I kept my mouth shut from the start
I guess I left you in the dark
You thought you knew me but you don’t
You say you’ll love me but you wont
When you find out who I am

thread wrong…

Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer.

Why?

Geronimo is not a word for finding a sought answer.
Geronimo is used to express exhilaration, especially when leaping from a great height or moving at speed.

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer.

Why?

Geronimo is not a word for finding a sought answer.
Geronimo is used to express exhilaration, especially when leaping from a great height or moving at speed.

But having the answer means you have your parachute for doing just that.

Basically, Geronimo! Here we go…

Postpocelipse said:

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer.

Why?

Geronimo is not a word for finding a sought answer.
Geronimo is used to express exhilaration, especially when leaping from a great height or moving at speed.

But having the answer means you have your parachute for doing just that.

Drawing a long bow there Post.

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

Tamb said:

Geronimo is not a word for finding a sought answer.
Geronimo is used to express exhilaration, especially when leaping from a great height or moving at speed.

But having the answer means you have your parachute for doing just that.

Drawing a long bow there Post.

That was always enjoyable. I think it makes more immediate sense than eureka. Better rhyming slang syllables in Geronimo to begin with.

Postpocelipse said:

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

But having the answer means you have your parachute for doing just that.

Drawing a long bow there Post.

That was always enjoyable. I think it makes more immediate sense than eureka. Better rhyming slang syllables in Geronimo to begin with.

The only person who could have used Geronimo in your fashion would have been Newton watching the falling apple.

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

Tamb said:

Drawing a long bow there Post.

That was always enjoyable. I think it makes more immediate sense than eureka. Better rhyming slang syllables in Geronimo to begin with.

The only person who could have used Geronimo in your fashion would have been Newton watching the falling apple.

Very appropriate example for my purpose! Would also have been applicable to Benjamin Franklin in that case.

The words are very different in usage.

Eureka is what you exclaim when you’ve found something, or discovered something etc.

Geronimo is used as a cry of alacrity before leaping into something: paratroopers used to yell this before jumping out.

You can’t sensibly replace one with the other.

dv said:

The words are very different in usage.

Eureka is what you exclaim when you’ve found something, or discovered something etc.

Geronimo is used as a cry of alacrity before leaping into something: paratroopers used to yell this before jumping out.

You can’t sensibly replace one with the other.

You can if you are the Professor speaking to Marty Mcfly.

I know he uses “Great Scott” but with his connection to the US fore-scientists he might alternatively have picked up “Good Geronimo!”

Postpocelipse said:

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

That was always enjoyable. I think it makes more immediate sense than eureka. Better rhyming slang syllables in Geronimo to begin with.

The only person who could have used Geronimo in your fashion would have been Newton watching the falling apple.

Very appropriate example for my purpose! Would also have been applicable to Benjamin Franklin in that case.

No. I think Franklin would have said “ Faaaark!

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

Tamb said:

The only person who could have used Geronimo in your fashion would have been Newton watching the falling apple.

Very appropriate example for my purpose! Would also have been applicable to Benjamin Franklin in that case.

No. I think Franklin would have said “ Faaaark!

Ride that Your High-Bottomness?

Postpocelipse said:

I know he uses “Great Scott” but with his connection to the US fore-scientists he might alternatively have picked up “Good Geronimo!”

No.

Great Scott, Eureka and Geronimo are all used in very different contexts.

Great Scott is an expression of surprise or alarm. You could not replace it with Geronimo or Eureka.

dv said:

Postpocelipse said:

I know he uses “Great Scott” but with his connection to the US fore-scientists he might alternatively have picked up “Good Geronimo!”

No.

Great Scott, Eureka and Geronimo are all used in very different contexts.

Great Scott is an expression of surprise or alarm. You could not replace it with Geronimo or Eureka.

Given. But there is a medium ground of expression that is applicable AFAIAC.

dv said:

Postpocelipse said:

I know he uses “Great Scott” but with his connection to the US fore-scientists he might alternatively have picked up “Good Geronimo!”

No.

Great Scott, Eureka and Geronimo are all used in very different contexts.

Great Scott is an expression of surprise or alarm. You could not replace it with Geronimo or Eureka.

I agree dv.

let’s say the discovery is of a tomb entrance long sought?

Postpocelipse said:

dv said:

Postpocelipse said:

I know he uses “Great Scott” but with his connection to the US fore-scientists he might alternatively have picked up “Good Geronimo!”

No.

Great Scott, Eureka and Geronimo are all used in very different contexts.

Great Scott is an expression of surprise or alarm. You could not replace it with Geronimo or Eureka.

Given. But there is a medium ground of expression that is applicable AFAIAC.

Keep mediums out of this. And Ouija boards too.

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

dv said:

No.

Great Scott, Eureka and Geronimo are all used in very different contexts.

Great Scott is an expression of surprise or alarm. You could not replace it with Geronimo or Eureka.

Given. But there is a medium ground of expression that is applicable AFAIAC.

Keep mediums out of this. And Ouija boards too.

:)

Geronimo was the name of an American Indian chief.

dv said:

The words are very different in usage.

Eureka is what you exclaim when you’ve found something, or discovered something etc.

Geronimo is used as a cry of alacrity before leaping into something: paratroopers used to yell this before jumping out.

You can’t sensibly replace one with the other.

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Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer. Why?

My reply:
Not unless what you find
is at the bottom of “a long drop”.
(iow: discovering a turd in a dunny) ;-)

anyway
“Eureka” is Greek for: “I FOUND IT!”
a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes.
Geronimo (the name of a notoriously dangerous Apache Native American chief)

In this case, the name was easy to remember, full of bravado, and most importantly
HAD THE CORRECT NUMBER OF SYLLABLES Required for the purpose:
The INTERVAL NECESSARY Before PULLING THE RIP-CHORD Upon Stepping Out Of An AirPlane.
(To make sure you’ve cleared the door and anything the silk is liable to get snagged on.)

Somewhat like we count ONE Mississippi, TWO Mississippi, THREE Mississippi
rather than saying “!-2-3-GO!” which is rather subjective.

Thanks, Episode-Recap-Man!

Ogmog said:

dv said:

The words are very different in usage.

Eureka is what you exclaim when you’ve found something, or discovered something etc.

Geronimo is used as a cry of alacrity before leaping into something: paratroopers used to yell this before jumping out.

You can’t sensibly replace one with the other.

===
Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer. Why?

My reply:
Not unless what you find
is at the bottom of “a long drop”.
(iow: discovering a turd in a dunny) ;-)

anyway
“Eureka” is Greek for: “I FOUND IT!”
a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes.
Geronimo (the name of a notoriously dangerous Apache Native American chief)

In this case, the name was easy to remember, full of bravado, and most importantly
HAD THE CORRECT NUMBER OF SYLLABLES Required for the purpose:
The INTERVAL NECESSARY Before PULLING THE RIP-CHORD Upon Stepping Out Of An AirPlane.
(To make sure you’ve cleared the door and anything the silk is liable to get snagged on.)

Somewhat like we count ONE Mississippi, TWO Mississippi, THREE Mississippi
rather than saying “!-2-3-GO!” which is rather subjective.

In WWI the Brits shouted Marmalade as they went over the top.

Tamb said:

In WWI the Brits shouted Marmalade as they went over the top.

Such a brutal conflict.

Ogmog said:

dv said:

The words are very different in usage.

Eureka is what you exclaim when you’ve found something, or discovered something etc.

Geronimo is used as a cry of alacrity before leaping into something: paratroopers used to yell this before jumping out.

You can’t sensibly replace one with the other.

===
Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer. Why?

My reply:
Not unless what you find
is at the bottom of “a long drop”.
(iow: discovering a turd in a dunny) ;-)

anyway
“Eureka” is Greek for: “I FOUND IT!”
a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes.
Geronimo (the name of a notoriously dangerous Apache Native American chief)

In this case, the name was easy to remember, full of bravado, and most importantly
HAD THE CORRECT NUMBER OF SYLLABLES Required for the purpose:
The INTERVAL NECESSARY Before PULLING THE RIP-CHORD Upon Stepping Out Of An AirPlane.
(To make sure you’ve cleared the door and anything the silk is liable to get snagged on.)

Somewhat like we count ONE Mississippi, TWO Mississippi, THREE Mississippi
rather than saying “!-2-3-GO!” which is rather subjective.

(iow: discovering a turd in a dunny) ;-) preference = “Aye Carumba”

Somewhat like we count ONE Mississippi, TWO Mississippi, THREE Mississippi
rather than saying “!-2-3-GO!” which is rather subjective.

Yes. When something has been sought for a long time and one has various options open with what is discovered rather than the more certain outcomes of an instance where an answer sought has been a specific obstacle within a greater known mechanism, I find Geronimo is a better exclamation than Eureka. Something an Indian Jones type character would mutter under his breath before he enters when he finds a dark passage he was looking for.

AwesomeO said:

Geronimo was the name of an American Indian chief.

indeed:

Frank N Furter said:

Tamb said:

In WWI the Brits shouted Marmalade as they went over the top.

Such a brutal conflict.

I was the original definition of the word brutal. Just saying…….

Postpocelipse said:

Frank N Furter said:

Tamb said:

In WWI the Brits shouted Marmalade as they went over the top.

Such a brutal conflict.

I was the original definition of the word brutal. Just saying…….

Gee, Post you are old.

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

Frank N Furter said:

Such a brutal conflict.

I was the original definition of the word brutal. Just saying…….

Gee, Post you are old.

You’ll notice Frank N Furter said that. Not me.

Postpocelipse said:

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

I was the original definition of the word brutal. Just saying…….

Gee, Post you are old.

You’ll notice Frank N Furter said that. Not me.

Oops, sorry.

AwesomeO said:

Geronimo was the name of an American Indian chief.

No. Geronimo was a strong leader but he was not accorded status of chief within the Apache nation.

Teleost said:

AwesomeO said:

Geronimo was the name of an American Indian chief.

No. Geronimo was a strong leader but he was not accorded status of chief within the Apache nation.

What about Mil-ay Wau-K-Hay? Alice Cooper said they were all over the place or sumfin?

Apache nation is a terrible phrase, there wasn’t really an Apache nation, more of a conglomeration really.

Teleost said:

AwesomeO said:

Geronimo was the name of an American Indian chief.

No. Geronimo was a strong leader but he was not accorded status of chief within the Apache nation.

Something like Gen. Mountbatten wasn’t PM.

Postpocelipse said:

Teleost said:

AwesomeO said:

Geronimo was the name of an American Indian chief.

No. Geronimo was a strong leader but he was not accorded status of chief within the Apache nation.

What about Mil-ay Wau-K-Hay? Alice Cooper said they were all over the place or sumfin?

Nice ref.

Postpocelipse said:

Yes. When something has been sought for a long time and one has various options open with what is discovered rather than the more certain outcomes of an instance where an answer sought has been a specific obstacle within a greater known mechanism, I find Geronimo is a better exclamation than Eureka. Something an Indian Jones type character would mutter under his breath before he enters when he finds a dark passage he was looking for.

I suppose one can say anything you want to in any given situation.
(as long the collective understanding of others is not a requirement)

but I’d still have a problem imagining Archimedes exclaiming; “HOLY SH!T!” O-8=

dv said:

Postpocelipse said:

Teleost said:

No. Geronimo was a strong leader but he was not accorded status of chief within the Apache nation.

What about Mil-ay Wau-K-Hay? Alice Cooper said they were all over the place or sumfin?

Nice ref.

We Are Not Worthy! After all………

And I pronounced that wrong. Mil-i-ai Wau-K-Hai

Kind of weird career, on Mr Myers. I liked Wayne’s World, So I married an axe murderer, Austin Powers, Shrek but some of his other stuff has been really poor.

Postpocelipse said:

And I pronounced that wrong. Mil-i-ai Wau-K-Hai

Just made me realise what my blood connected local tribe’s name sounds like. Wurrujurri? Worry Jury? Hmmmm Very interesting…….

dv said:

Kind of weird career, on Mr Myers. I liked Wayne’s World, So I married an axe murderer, Austin Powers, Shrek but some of his other stuff has been really poor.

Hard to be all box office breakers when you are a comedian first. Have to be a 3b threat to go there.

What’s 3B?

Remind me to write a song called “The Syllable Dirigible”……..

dv said:

What’s 3B?

Singer Dancer Comedian 3 times threat.

What’s the B stand for?

dv said:

Kind of weird career, on Mr Myers. I liked Wayne’s World, So I married an axe murderer, Austin Powers, Shrek but some of his other stuff has been really poor.

You must have been the person who saw ‘The Guru’.

… or “all singing, all dancing, crap of the world” as one illusionary personality did “quoth”

Witty Rejoinder said:

dv said:

Kind of weird career, on Mr Myers. I liked Wayne’s World, So I married an axe murderer, Austin Powers, Shrek but some of his other stuff has been really poor.

You must have been the person who saw ‘The Guru’.

and Cat In The Hat, View from the Top.

dv said:

What’s the B stand for?

“by” as in, 3 by threat = Box Office Guarantee

As it turns out I didn’t put 2 & 2 together till after I went through the doorway I’d been looking for to figure out what I had been overlooking. I hadn’t quite realised that the missing piece to the puzzle was Solomon’s fabled temple when I was trying to figure out where the Minoans come from.

If I have the chance I will re-write that discovery like I was all prepared for what I found inside and muttered “Geronimo” under my breath with a renewed look of resolve in my eye as I entered the cobweb entryway to ………

Postpocelipse said:

As it turns out I didn’t put 2 & 2 together till after I went through the doorway I’d been looking for to figure out what I had been overlooking. I hadn’t quite realised that the missing piece to the puzzle was Solomon’s fabled temple when I was trying to figure out from where the Minoans came from.

If I have the chance I will re-write that discovery like I was all prepared for what I found inside and muttered “Geronimo” under my breath with a renewed look of resolve in my eye as I entered the cobwebbed entryway to ………

Or the tower of babel even. They are all vaguish references with only significant geological references to the rivers and a certain mountain I believe. Alantis and Minoa is the site pivotal in the Hebrew texts. AFAIC.

Postpocelipse said:

Postpocelipse said:

As it turns out I didn’t put 2 & 2 together till after I went through the doorway I’d been looking for to figure out what I had been overlooking. I hadn’t quite realised that the missing piece to the puzzle was Solomon’s fabled temple when I was trying to figure out from where the Minoans came from.

If I have the chance I will re-write that discovery like I was all prepared for what I found inside and muttered “Geronimo” under my breath with a renewed look of resolve in my eye as I entered the cobwebbed entryway to ………

Or the tower of babel even. They are all vaguish references with only significant geological references to the rivers and a certain mountain I believe. Alantis and Minoa is the site pivotal in the Hebrew texts. AFAIC.

After Minoa’s destruction, significantly, the rivers of Babylon and Egypt, where we laid down,and dreamt of Zion, moved around significantly as land drainage re-settled. Arkhenaten’s Nose Says? Moses! Bless you! Please Come Again!

Frank N Furter said:

Postpocelipse said:

As it turns out I didn’t put 2 & 2 together till after I went through the doorway I’d been looking for to figure out what I had been overlooking. I hadn’t quite realised that the missing piece to the puzzle was Solomon’s fabled temple when I was trying to figure out from where the Minoans came from.

If I have the chance I will re-write that discovery like I was all prepared for what I found inside and muttered “Geronimo” under my breath with a renewed look of resolve in my eye as I entered the cobwebbed entryway to ………

Or the tower of babel even. They are all vaguish references with only significant geological references to the rivers and a certain mountain I believe. Alantis and Minoa is the site pivotal in the Hebrew texts. AFAIC.

After Minoa’s destruction, significantly, the rivers of Babylon and Egypt, where we laid down,and dreamt of Zion, moved around significantly as land drainage re-settled. Arkhenaten’s Nose Says? Moses! Bless you! Please Come Again!

….. _and There We Wept! And There God WepT….. Upon Noah and the lands were cast into darkness and the sea became the still HORIZON for 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS!!!

“Did they listen? No! Of course not!!

“Just row dear. I’m trying to read the map……..

Postpocelipse said:

Frank N Furter said:

Postpocelipse said:

Or the tower of babel even. They are all vaguish references with only significant geological references to the rivers and a certain mountain I believe. Alantis and Minoa is the site pivotal in the Hebrew texts. AFAIC.

After Minoa’s destruction, significantly, the rivers of Babylon and Egypt, where we laid down,and dreamt of Zion, moved around significantly as land drainage re-settled. Arkhenaten’s Nose Says? Moses! Bless you! Please Come Again!

….. _and There We Wept! And There God WepT….. Upon Noah and the lands were cast into darkness and the sea became the still HORIZON for 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS!!!

And one day they cast their eyes upon the land again and they did know they had found not the edge of the world but lands that they knew……..

Frank N Furter said:

And pretty much lots and lots of Post Traumatic Dementia Disorder followed before they got their heads back together so in some ways you can’t blame those Israeli for trying to make themselves look like the chosen in their book but, they just learned to take advantage of the “woe was unto us but god lifted us up and showed those nasty-wasty southerners and Egyptians that he chose us not them so maybe we’ll end up taking them over anyway, when they are down, if we can get our shit together before them!”

Don’t tell me their Rabbi didn’t know the difference. I was there and watched much of it recorded. All political “oh my, there was the water, every where and then there was the sand, every where, and nobody liked us and then god punished them and…..”

Ah-Ka-Ai-Na-Atun phonetically(somewhat) as Ah-Mani-Eho-Tep was his birth name, it get’s pretty difficult to mistake who old mother Moses was if you start from local histories at the time of the last significant catastrophe.

As the Yellow Pages is to the Dart, so are the Days of Hebrew Lives…….

Postpocelipse said:

As the Yellow Pages is to the GoggoMobile, so are the Days of Hebrew Lives…….

how did that fish/bird ref get in there? spooky!

Postpocelipse said:

Postpocelipse said:

As the Yellow Pages is to the GoggoMobile, so are the Days of Hebrew Lives…….

how did that fish/bird ref get in there? spooky!

The Role of the Suggestion Cue in Forming Any Memory………..

Ogmog said:

I find Geronimo is a better exclamation than Eureka.

but it doesn’t mean the same thing

Arts said:

Ogmog said:

I find Geronimo is a better exclamation than Eureka.

but it doesn’t mean the same thing

No. It has it’s own perspective built in.

Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer.

Why?

‘em’re fuckin’ grunts, mate. The former can be said stretched, lends to the lower authorative (reassurin’) tones of voice, whereas the latter ends more short soundin’ abrupt’n doesn’t ‘ave testicles.

Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer.

Why?

Maybe because “Geronimo” is a woody word whereas “Eureka” is a tinny word.

KJW said:

Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer.

Why?

Maybe because “Geronimo” is a woody word whereas “Eureka” is a tinny word.

Interesting observation. I am born in the year of the wood rabbit and wood years are supposed to feel overwhelmed by metal factors………

KJW said:

Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer.

Why?

Maybe because “Geronimo” is a woody word whereas “Eureka” is a tinny word.

Covers ears and runs screaming from the forum.

The Rev Dodgson said:

KJW said:

Postpocelipse said:

I realised on the drive home tonight that I prefer the sound of the word Geronimo to that of Eureka as an exclamation for finding a sought answer.

Why?

Maybe because “Geronimo” is a woody word whereas “Eureka” is a tinny word.

Covers ears and runs screaming from the forum.

too late, you’ve seen it