Re: Islamic contribution to time keeping? and jackanape, lysenkoism, aninomianism, jujuism, fabianism and other interesting stories absolutely not in relation with horology (sic).

jsfmoses opined thusly:

"Hey, what kind of an NG are you?
Something not working well in your minds? :-)"

Well, they have gone quite MAD you see, years pouring over tiny
mechanisims, lunations, sidereal time and other processes too dark to
go into, have, indeed taken their toll (and souls).

Beware the Bot-Jabberwocky, my Son!


`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.


"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And, thou hast slain the Bot-Jabberwocky?
Come to my arms, me beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

Dave G. (Still modeling the antikythera)
http://atensundials.com

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