Comments on: He called it his oracle, and said, it pointed out the time for every action of his life https://www.isegoria.net/2020/03/he-called-it-his-oracle-and-said-it-pointed-out-the-time-for-every-action-of-his-life/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 18:10:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Gaikokumaniakku https://www.isegoria.net/2020/03/he-called-it-his-oracle-and-said-it-pointed-out-the-time-for-every-action-of-his-life/comment-page-1/#comment-3730808 Gaikokumaniakku Mon, 30 Dec 2024 05:02:29 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46359#comment-3730808 “Wait until big Gulliver puts out a fire with his stream of urine…”

Swift published that in 1726. Rabelais wrote several suspiciously similar scenes between 1532 and 1564. I saw an adaptation where Gargantua put out a fire with urine, but I think that was the comic-book artist confusing Swift’s scene with Rabelais’ original.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gargantua-and-Pantagruel

]]> By: Wang Wei Lin https://www.isegoria.net/2020/03/he-called-it-his-oracle-and-said-it-pointed-out-the-time-for-every-action-of-his-life/comment-page-1/#comment-3082368 Wang Wei Lin Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:38:41 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46359#comment-3082368 Lilliput’s childcare reminds me of Ceausescu’s Romania.

]]> By: Faze https://www.isegoria.net/2020/03/he-called-it-his-oracle-and-said-it-pointed-out-the-time-for-every-action-of-his-life/comment-page-1/#comment-3081936 Faze Sun, 15 Mar 2020 22:28:13 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46359#comment-3081936 Oh, it gets better. Wait until big Gulliver puts out a fire with his stream of urine, and when little Gulliver is dandled in a giant lady’s cleavage. There is much more to come, believe me …

]]> By: CVLR https://www.isegoria.net/2020/03/he-called-it-his-oracle-and-said-it-pointed-out-the-time-for-every-action-of-his-life/comment-page-1/#comment-3081498 CVLR Sun, 15 Mar 2020 17:53:35 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46359#comment-3081498 But where’s the satire?

]]> By: Kentucky Headhunter https://www.isegoria.net/2020/03/he-called-it-his-oracle-and-said-it-pointed-out-the-time-for-every-action-of-his-life/comment-page-1/#comment-3081265 Kentucky Headhunter Sun, 15 Mar 2020 13:21:23 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46359#comment-3081265 The movie was on TCM yesterday. I only caught the last 10 minutes or so. My 15 yo was completely un-impressed with the animation, but I remember enjoying it quite a bit as a young child.

Good thing none of that stuff was put in, or the movie would have failed.

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