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Post by Rachael on Dec 1, 2003 0:25:09 GMT -5
What does Homo Sapiens mean? I knew it didn't mean man sap...that would just be...wrong! *grin* Same whatiens? Actually, in Homo Sapiens, Shanno was right - it means "man". "Sapiens" means "wise", or, less often, "intelligent". So, "wise man". Self centered, aren't we? (homo, as in homo sapiens, is Latin, while homo-, as in homosexual, is Greek)
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Post by Patti - S'cubie Cutie on Dec 1, 2003 0:38:08 GMT -5
Actually, in Homo Sapiens, Shanno was right - it means "man". "Sapiens" means "wise", or, less often, "intelligent". So, "wise man". Self centered, aren't we? Thanks! Cause that was what confused me. I thought it meant wise man, and Same wise...not so cool. Samwise of course, very cool.
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Post by Patti - S'cubie Cutie on Dec 1, 2003 0:39:08 GMT -5
Part 77 is open now...so I'm locking this puppy down!
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Post by DaveCrenshaw on Dec 1, 2003 7:03:43 GMT -5
Please, if somebody remembers better than I, correct me...but I recall Buffy staking Ford at the end, when he rises. She and Giles are by his grave. It's the end of Lie to Me--right? After: I'll go check a transcript and get back to everybody on this. This may have been answered already -- going through some of what I missed while enjoying my Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Billy Fordham was indeed the kid with the cancer, who was supposedly an old friend of Buffy's from Hemerey High (although I don't recall a Billy or a Ford in the movie, but that's neither here nor there). Billy wanted eternal life rather than death by cancer, so he struck up the deal with Spike that if he could deliver the slayer, Spike would sire him. Billy did indeed deliver Buffy to Spike, and although Spike was rather incensed because Buffy is a tough quarry, Ford reminded Spike of their deal and that he had held up his end of the bargain. This is the last scene of the episode -- In the graveyard Buffy and Giles stand by a fresh grave. "I don't know what I'm supposed to say," Buffy looks at the grave. "You needn't say anything," Giles tells her kindly. "It'd be simpler if I could just hate him. I think he wanted me to. It made it easier for him to be the villain of the piece. Really, he was just scared." "Yes, I suppose he was," Giles replies. "Nothing's ever simple anymore," Buffy complains wistfully, "I'm constantly trying to work it out. Who to love, or hate.who to trust. It's just, like the more I know, the more confused I get." Giles smiles briefly, "I believe that's called growing up." "I'd like to stop then, okay?" "I know the feeling." "Well, does it ever get easy?" Buffy asks, as Ford bursts from his grave. Buffy half heartedly drives a stake into his chest. "You mean life?" Giles asks. "Yeah," Buffy says, "Does it get easy?" Giles looks puzzled. "What do you want me to say?" "Lie to me." "Yes. It's terribly simple." Giles says. "The good guys are stalwart and true. The bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats and we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after." "Liar." Buffy says as they walk away.
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