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tinpants
20-08-06, 10:39 AM
As the subject line says I've changed my username.

Lets be honest, using your real name for a forum name isn't very imaginative, is it?



50 browny points to the first person that can tell me who or what Bellerophon was / is.

BTW, it has nothing to do with "The Forbidden Planet".

Carsick
20-08-06, 10:41 AM
a hero from Greek mythology. He rode Pegasus.

tinpants
20-08-06, 10:44 AM
50 points to Mr Carsick.

Bellerophon was the first recorded instance of an Airborne Warrior. He rode the winged horse Pegasus into battle against the fire-breathing monster, Chimaera.

The Basket
20-08-06, 10:44 AM
Was that wikipedia or google?

K
20-08-06, 10:48 AM
Was that wikipedia or google?

Or even Mission Impossible 2?! :wink:

Red ones
20-08-06, 10:50 AM
MAy have been neither!

I have oft posted the fact that my SV is called Bellerophon. The last one was Bucephalus

Lissa
20-08-06, 11:30 AM
MAy have been neither!

I have oft posted the fact that my SV is called Bellerophon. The last one was Bucephalus

The steed of Alexander the Great :D

the white rabbit
20-08-06, 12:43 PM
Have we heard what the renamed VLTN4 or whatever has to say about this :shock: :P

ArtyLady
20-08-06, 05:13 PM
a hero from Greek mythology. He rode Pegasus.

watch out Pete :wink: :lol:

pegasus
20-08-06, 05:17 PM
:thumbsup:

Iansv
20-08-06, 07:36 PM
This is getting far too confusing, no more name changes.... :)

Riding pegusus eh....

:?

Mr Toad
20-08-06, 08:05 PM
I thought it was the name of Napoleon's 'orse :?:

Lissa
20-08-06, 08:26 PM
I thought it was the name of Napoleon's 'orse :?:

No, I think his horse was called Marengo.

ArtyLady
20-08-06, 08:27 PM
I thought it was the name of Napoleon's 'orse :?:

No - Napoleons orse was called Dobbin :wink: :lol:

joke :lol: - I didnt know he had an 'orse - wasnt he that geezer with one arm? or was it one eye and he wanted a kiss off that other geezer - oh I dont know I get them all mixed up :?

northwind
20-08-06, 09:01 PM
Napoleon surrendered to the captain of the HMS Bellerophon, and was carried to Plymouth on her. So, nearly right :)

Mr Toad
20-08-06, 09:13 PM
I should have Googled it first :roll:

Apparently the man used over 150 horses during the course of his life - none of which seem to have been called B . . .

:lol:

Lissa
20-08-06, 09:19 PM
I thought it was the name of Napoleon's 'orse :?:

No, I think his horse was called Marengo.

I was starting to worry that my memory of a book I'd had as a 10 year old...........Famous and Fabulous Horses..............was faulty................so I've just googled, and guess what?

Marengo is the most famous of Napoleon's many horses. Named for Napoleon's success at the Battle of Marengo in 1800, the horse carried Napoleon in several subsequent battles and is often thought to be the horse portrayed in Jacques-Louis David's famous 1801 painting titled Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps. Marengo was captured by the British after the Battle of Waterloo and proudly displayed in England. After the horse's death its skeleton was put on display in the National Army Museum. In 2000 Marengo was the topic of a book, Jill Hamilton's Marengo: the Myth of Napoleon's Horse.


My memory can still chuck out the trivia :D

Warren
20-08-06, 09:44 PM
i just did the opposite.

Anonymous
20-08-06, 10:18 PM
aslo a joly nice way to cok a chicken

Razor
20-08-06, 10:21 PM
aslo a joly nice way to choke a chicken

We defer to your greater experience.