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On 9 Jun 2006 13:03:58 -0700, "Shiral" yodeled:




Ahah! A Wagner Fan wanting Walsung cats. =o)


Ah, another thing I forgot. You'll end up with cats addicted to
alliteration. "Wehe, O Wa:lsung, Wehe!" :O


Theresa
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I wouldn't worry unless you notice them pulling little swords out of
trees. Or howling "Waaaaaaaaalse! Waaaaalse!" when they want to be
fed. =o)

Melissa

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Actually, it's what Siegmund and Sieglinde do afterwards that's
potentially worrying. :P Oh, well, if you make sure they're
neutered, I guess there's less chance of them bringing about the
Twilight of the Gods.



Theresa
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Gee--

If one cast the Ring with cats--

Particularly large cats: Fafner and Fasolt!

Water-loving cats: Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Flosshilde.

Trickster who refuses to be confined: Loge.

The nagging cat: Fricka

The one-eyed cat who lords it over everyone and everything but forms bizarre
alliances with Loge: Wotan

The one who never appears except at moments of extreme duress, and then only
partially: Erda

The three who slink around together in the darkness: First Norn, Second
Norn, Third Norn.

Hmmm.... I'm having trouble thinking of the other characters as cats....

David

On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:26:50 -0400, "Irulan"
wrote:

They all sound like great names. Why wouldn't you want to name them thusly?

Those names are *heavy* with connotations. In "Der Ring des
Nibelungen" (specifically, "Die Walküre", "Siegfried", and
"Götterdämmerung"), Siegmund and Sieglinde are sibling children of
Wotan - he is supposed to be the hero who will recover The Ring, but
isn't up to that standard. She gets married off and the two don't see
each other until years later when he seeks sanctuary in her home -
then he and she run off and she gets knocked up by him just before he
gets killed. Their son is Siegfried, who *is* the hero who doesn't
know the meaning of fear, is independent of Wotan, and who does
recover The Ring, and in the process gets trapped into some seriously
heavy tragic opera.

I guess I see now: cats deserve serious names, but not tragic ones.

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On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:30:43 -0500, Ted Davis
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On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:26:50 -0400, "Irulan"
wrote:

They all sound like great names. Why wouldn't you want to name them thusly?

Those names are *heavy* with connotations. In "Der Ring des
Nibelungen" (specifically, "Die Walküre", "Siegfried", and
"Götterdämmerung"), Siegmund and Sieglinde are sibling children of
Wotan - he is supposed to be the hero who will recover The Ring, but
isn't up to that standard. She gets married off and the two don't see
each other until years later when he seeks sanctuary in her home -
then he and she run off and she gets knocked up by him just before he
gets killed. Their son is Siegfried, who *is* the hero who doesn't
know the meaning of fear, is independent of Wotan, and who does
recover The Ring

But has no idea what it's for or what to do with it. The real
recovery and return of the ring is completed by Bru:nnhilde, who
becomes the real free hero, after becoming temporarily thoroughly
befuddled by love and revenge.


Theresa
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Make Levees, Not War

David wrote:
Gee--

If one cast the Ring with cats--

Particularly large cats: Fafner and Fasolt!

Water-loving cats: Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Flosshilde.

Trickster who refuses to be confined: Loge.

The nagging cat: Fricka

The one-eyed cat who lords it over everyone and everything but forms bizarre
alliances with Loge: Wotan

The one who never appears except at moments of extreme duress, and then only
partially: Erda

The three who slink around together in the darkness: First Norn, Second
Norn, Third Norn.

Hmmm.... I'm having trouble thinking of the other characters as cats....

David

Let's see, a big mean cat could be Hagen.

An even nastier small cat who steals items could be Alberich.

A cat that got bullied by all the others would be Gunther

And if they were all picky eaters, you could call them the Ring of the
Nibblers.

Melissa

Soo.... have we talked you out of this, yet? =o)

On 9 Jun 2006 14:24:24 -0700, "Shiral" yodeled:


David wrote:
Gee--

If one cast the Ring with cats--

Particularly large cats: Fafner and Fasolt!

Water-loving cats: Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Flosshilde.

Trickster who refuses to be confined: Loge.

The nagging cat: Fricka

The one-eyed cat who lords it over everyone and everything but forms bizarre
alliances with Loge: Wotan

The one who never appears except at moments of extreme duress, and then only
partially: Erda

The three who slink around together in the darkness: First Norn, Second
Norn, Third Norn.

Hmmm.... I'm having trouble thinking of the other characters as cats....

David

Let's see, a big mean cat could be Hagen.

An even nastier small cat who steals items could be Alberich.

A cat that got bullied by all the others would be Gunther

And if they were all picky eaters, you could call them the Ring of the
Nibblers.

Melissa

Soo.... have we talked you out of this, yet? =o)


Don't forget whiny, sneaky, complaining cat-- Mime.

Why stick to the Ring?

Touchy Diva Cats: Isolde, Venus
Big Dumb Boycat: Tristan
Holier-than-thou Cats: Lohengrin, Parsifal, Elisabeth
Schizo Psycho Cat: Kundry
Wandering Cat: Flying Dutchman
Long Suffering Cat: Marke
Flirty Cat: Eva
Monomaniac Cat: Senta
Singing Cat: Walther
Fussy Cat: Beckmesser



Theresa
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On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 17:38:12 -0400, Kreisleriana
yodeled:

On 9 Jun 2006 14:24:24 -0700, "Shiral" yodeled:


David wrote:
Gee--

If one cast the Ring with cats--

Particularly large cats: Fafner and Fasolt!

Water-loving cats: Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Flosshilde.

Trickster who refuses to be confined: Loge.

The nagging cat: Fricka

The one-eyed cat who lords it over everyone and everything but forms bizarre
alliances with Loge: Wotan

The one who never appears except at moments of extreme duress, and then only
partially: Erda

The three who slink around together in the darkness: First Norn, Second
Norn, Third Norn.

Hmmm.... I'm having trouble thinking of the other characters as cats....

David

Let's see, a big mean cat could be Hagen.

An even nastier small cat who steals items could be Alberich.

A cat that got bullied by all the others would be Gunther

And if they were all picky eaters, you could call them the Ring of the
Nibblers.

Melissa

Soo.... have we talked you out of this, yet? =o)


Don't forget whiny, sneaky, complaining cat-- Mime.

Why stick to the Ring?

Touchy Diva Cats: Isolde, Venus
Big Dumb Boycat: Tristan
Holier-than-thou Cats: Lohengrin, Parsifal, Elisabeth
Schizo Psycho Cat: Kundry
Wandering Cat: Flying Dutchman
Long Suffering Cat: Marke
Flirty Cat: Eva
Monomaniac Cat: Senta
Singing Cat: Walther
Fussy Cat: Beckmesser


Almost forgot:

Post-neuter, nursing grudge: Klingsor

Theresa
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Make Levees, Not War

"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On 9 Jun 2006 14:24:24 -0700, "Shiral" yodeled:


Let's see, a big mean cat could be Hagen.

An even nastier small cat who steals items could be Alberich.

A cat that got bullied by all the others would be Gunther

And if they were all picky eaters, you could call them the Ring of the
Nibblers.

Melissa

Soo.... have we talked you out of this, yet? =o)


Don't forget whiny, sneaky, complaining cat-- Mime.

Why stick to the Ring?

Touchy Diva Cats: Isolde, Venus
Big Dumb Boycat: Tristan
Holier-than-thou Cats: Lohengrin, Parsifal, Elisabeth
Schizo Psycho Cat: Kundry
Wandering Cat: Flying Dutchman
Long Suffering Cat: Marke
Flirty Cat: Eva
Monomaniac Cat: Senta
Singing Cat: Walther
Fussy Cat: Beckmesser



Theresa
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Make Levees, Not War

I thought about mean cats, but didn't want to go there....
Don't forget Mime--he's the bullied one in Das Rheingold, and the wanna-be
evil one in Siegfried. Hmmm--even there, he comes across more as a whiner,
and is still subservient to Alberich. Wow--what messy feline dynamics!

And what an amazing thing--a cat thread tied (intelligently) to Wagner! Is
this an amazing newsgroup, or what!

David

Wandering Cat: Flying Dutchman
Theresa
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But does that mean you'd only see this cat once every seven years? =o)

Melissa

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On 9 Jun 2006 14:24:24 -0700, "Shiral" yodeled:


Let's see, a big mean cat could be Hagen.

An even nastier small cat who steals items could be Alberich.

A cat that got bullied by all the others would be Gunther

And if they were all picky eaters, you could call them the Ring of the
Nibblers.

Melissa

Soo.... have we talked you out of this, yet? =o)


Don't forget whiny, sneaky, complaining cat-- Mime.

Why stick to the Ring?

Touchy Diva Cats: Isolde, Venus
Big Dumb Boycat: Tristan
Holier-than-thou Cats: Lohengrin, Parsifal, Elisabeth
Schizo Psycho Cat: Kundry
Wandering Cat: Flying Dutchman
Long Suffering Cat: Marke
Flirty Cat: Eva
Monomaniac Cat: Senta
Singing Cat: Walther
Fussy Cat: Beckmesser



Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh

Make Levees, Not War

I thought about mean cats, but didn't want to go there....
Don't forget Mime--he's the bullied one in Das Rheingold, and the wanna-be
evil one in Siegfried. Hmmm--even there, he comes across more as a whiner,
and is still subservient to Alberich. Wow--what messy feline dynamics!

And what an amazing thing--a cat thread tied (intelligently) to Wagner! Is
this an amazing newsgroup, or what!

David
It can be surprising how intelligent some of us are. :-P

Tweed