Comments on: Things I think about http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/20/91 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: htom http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/20/91/comment-page-1#comment-251 htom Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:17:39 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/20/91#comment-251 The siren calls you to danger, which most reasonable people seek to avoid. The speeding vehicle, itself, is a danger, and following it leads you to other dangers. Those who follow it are fools or heros. The siren calls you to danger, which most reasonable people seek to avoid. The speeding vehicle, itself, is a danger, and following it leads you to other dangers. Those who follow it are fools or heros.

]]> By: Kav http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/20/91/comment-page-1#comment-246 Kav Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:51:28 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/20/91#comment-246 I see what you mean, but it still seems right to me. If you hear the sirens attempt to avoid them. Anyway, alarms probably would have been a better term. Like you I wonder why we ended up with siren? I see what you mean, but it still seems right to me. If you hear the sirens attempt to avoid them. Anyway, alarms probably would have been a better term. Like you I wonder why we ended up with siren?

]]> By: Sabba Hillel http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/20/91/comment-page-1#comment-243 Sabba Hillel Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:35:53 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/20/91#comment-243 Sounds as if the original Sirens brought out the inner lawyer in everyone who heard them. Sounds as if the original Sirens brought out the inner lawyer in everyone who heard them.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/20/91/comment-page-1#comment-241 Meryl Yourish Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:03:35 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/20/91#comment-241 But if you heard the Siren, you were irresistibly drawn to them. Ulysses had his men wear earplugs and tie him to the mast, and not untie him no matter what he did or said, until they were past the Sirens. Even if you only heard a note, the magic drew you in. But if you heard the Siren, you were irresistibly drawn to them. Ulysses had his men wear earplugs and tie him to the mast, and not untie him no matter what he did or said, until they were past the Sirens.

Even if you only heard a note, the magic drew you in.

]]> By: Kav http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/20/91/comment-page-1#comment-237 Kav Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:49:05 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/20/91#comment-237 The sirens did call you towards danger, but upon hearing them you were meant to avoid them. Therefore the name pretty much fits in that respect: stay away from the sirens as danger lies that way. The sirens did call you towards danger, but upon hearing them you were meant to avoid them. Therefore the name pretty much fits in that respect: stay away from the sirens as danger lies that way.

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