Prompt Post

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

Morning!

Well, as tempted as I was to just make the prompt "wake up" or something that worked with my WIP, I spun the randomizer, stared at it, cursed, and then accepted that the universe hates me.

Argos
I really was on crack when I plugged words into that thing.

Comments

[shadow-in-eden.livejournal.com]

Argos? That catalogue shop?

Oh, its also that ship Jason sailed in with the argonaughts or whatever they were called. And an ancient city, and a constellation... and a satallite.

Its usable, but yeah, you must of been out of it when you put this in there. XP

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

You should see the weird shit in there. It's scary.

[shadow-in-eden.livejournal.com]

I'm already scared. I keep trying to think of where I can fit this, and all I can think of is the Argos slogan - 'Don't shop for it, Argos it!' - its so annoying. XP

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

I'm always happy to get more Amazon

[smwright.livejournal.com]

Well, shit. *g*

From wikipedia:

1. Argos is a city in Greece in the Peloponnese near Nafplio, which was its historic harbor, named for Nauplius.


2. The name is pre-Greek ("Pelasgian"), as is the name of its acropolis, Larissa[citation needed]. Aitiology derives it from a mythological founder, Argos son of Zeus and Niobe (see also Danaus).

Here's the link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argos) for the article.

Argo was the ship Jason sailed. I am so screwed with this. *wanders off to ponder and wrangle with the muse*

[smwright.livejournal.com]

Apologies for the double post. Couldn't get the coding right. *g*

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

Maybe Jason had two Argos? Yeah, probably a stretch.

It's also the name of Odysseus' dog, the one who dies the day he comes home after a single happy thump of its tail. That's really depressing.

[smwright.livejournal.com]

It's also the name of Odysseus' dog, the one who dies the day he comes home after a single happy thump of its tail. That's really depressing.

Unbelievably, that works for me. *bows at the altar of lit_gal*

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it helped. I found it while flailing around trying to decide how I'm handling this. That's the sort of trivia Blair would know, but I can't think for the life of me why he'd bring it up.

[smwright.livejournal.com]

I have complete faith in your ability to make it work. If anyone can, you can. *g*

[darsynia.livejournal.com]

You could always have a character make the same mistake you did and have another one correct them... :)

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

That's a smart approach.

[darsynia.livejournal.com]

Thanks... I realized after I typed it that my suggestion completely lacked tact--I hope I haven't offended you :)

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

why did it lack tact? And I'm MUCH harder to offend than that. You'll have to work a bit harder.

[darsynia.livejournal.com]

Good to remember! Oh, I figured that it was all well and good for a person to label their own statement a 'mistake' but quite another for someone they'd never talked with before to do so. I try not to make that sort of first impression!

Glad to see that instead, I'm just being my normal, overanalyzing self. I can live with that :)

[dedra.livejournal.com]

You know, my first thought was "Oh, for God's sake..."--but I seem to do better with the weird ones, so...we'll see what the muse comes up with, eh?

[sunnyd-lite.livejournal.com]

It's also the nickname for the Toronto Argonauts, a Canadian Football league team.

Just throwing more quirky trivia into the mix.

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

Hey, I didn't know that. I could have someone visit Canada. Hell, Jim would LOVE to visit Canada right now.

[sunnyd-lite.livejournal.com]

And the team could be at an away game...saves you getting the lads to Toronto

[meredevachon]

Hmmm... *pokes FK muse* maybe Vachon's a fan?

[jans-intentions.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess this is slightly better than Hopi. I'll have to find out what it means.

[piksa.livejournal.com]

*cries*

I was really hoping for something easy this week since I only have until Wednessday to come up with something...

Hmmh, maybe I could make the boys continue their honeymoon trip. There is a show hall here in Helsinki which is called Argos...Just have to come up with a reason for the boys to visit this remote country...

[artemis-rain.livejournal.com]

Argos is also the name of a hundred-eyed giant in Greek Mythology.

I could explain the whole story, but there's a wonderfully brief version here (http://www.theoi.com/Gigante/GiganteArgosPanoptes.html).

Now... can I work peacocks into any of my series'?

[fuzziekit.livejournal.com]

*blinks at screen* well okay... on another planet... way in the future I have to figure out how the flipin fly to fit this in. *shakes head* I can do this... maybe. No.. I will grab the gauntlet and run with it. Yeah... sure... okay.