Imaginary Luminaries
Dave Monroe
monropolitan at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 22 10:10:32 CDT 2006
Seevral OFF-offlist (i.e., non P-List) friends
mentioned God, Jesus Christ, The Virgin Mary, the
Devil, et al., so ...
--- robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:
> If : 2. Big Brother isnt real . . .
> 3. King Arthur is, most likely, a historical figure.
> The legend of: 4. Santa Claus (St. Nick) is sourced
> (outsourced?) from several legends, but also has
> some basis in fact.
> Theres more historical proof of the existence of:
> 12. Robin Hood then there is of Jesus Christ
> (interestingly not on this list).
> 33. Dracula is based on a historical figure, as is
> the eternally popular:
> 35. Citizen Kane, based on an admixture of Orson
> Welles Ego and the equally large ego of a newspaper
> publisher with a taste for oversized residences.
> 36. Faust and 40. Don Juan are based on historical
> figures.
> Peter Sellers rendition of: 87. Dr. Strangelove is
> 90% Henry Kissinger and:
But ...
> 100. John Doe still plays with X from time to time.
>
>
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-10-16-influential-people-list_x.htm
Fair enough, though I still don't believe there was
ever anyone actually named Billy Zoom or DJ Bonebreak,
and Exene Cervenka is unreal in her own way, so ...
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