At 04:55 PM 7/14/2002, richard wrote:
quoted 3 lines Sysyphan??? Huh?
>Sysyphan??? Huh?
>
>Please explain.
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quoted 3 lines Gotta side with Darren here...where I run into problems is when I can't
> > Gotta side with Darren here...where I run into problems is when I can't
>see
> > what I want and simply finding it becomes a Sisyphan task.
Sisyphus.
http://www.pantheon.org/
Greek dude, did some rude things in life (including some bondage on the
death god) and was sentenced to eternity in the underworld pushing a
boulder up a hill, then having it roll back down ad infinitum.
Metaphorically it is used to denote seemingly never ending tasks of
drudgery. I suppose I was a bit hyperbolic.
jeff
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