out of the loop

[cellio]

I feel so culturally uneducated. For several weeks now I've been getting and deleting spam about "Paris Hilton", and I just saw enough of one message to realize that it isn't about vacation packages in France. Not that this changes my handling of the spam in any way, but... what kind of a first name is "Paris", anyway?

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[damned-colonial.livejournal.com]

Greek, I believe.

[cellio]

Thanks.

[damned-colonial.livejournal.com]

Glad to be of service ;)

[dagonell.livejournal.com]

But isn't it Greek MALE? Isn't Paris the one who threw the apple marked "To the Fairest"? I just thought of it as "a name for the very rich", like Moon Unit Zappa, or perish forbid the heirs to the Lear jet fortune... King and Crystal Shanda. Yup! King Lear and Crystal Chandelier.

[siderea]

No, Eris threw the apple. Paris was the poor schmuck picked by Hermes to arbitrate who got it.

Note to self: if dude with winged sandals asks you to judge a beauty contest between a group of women, and one of whom can turn you into a newt, say no.
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