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Post by jag78 » Sat, 15 Oct 2005 4:56 pm

Does anyone know how did the name 'flying dutchman' come about?

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Post by jag78 » Sat, 15 Oct 2005 7:56 pm

Thanks stefania :D great link...

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Post by dot dot dot » Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:58 pm

good link indeed! I didnot know the full story as in that link, great read and it adds to my 'cultural identity' awareness... 8)

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Post by stefania » Sun, 16 Oct 2005 4:17 pm

True it's a good link, i just typed Flying Dutchman into a search engine and got that. If you look at the top of the page, you'll see A B C D etc and read up on other legends and mythical creatures and even religions in that occultpedia. Really interesting stuff.

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Post by banana » Sun, 16 Oct 2005 4:53 pm

Hear the collective "ohhhhhhh" from morning radio listeners.






























































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Post by Carpe Diem » Sun, 16 Oct 2005 5:04 pm

banana wrote:Hear the collective "ohhhhhhh" from morning radio listeners.






























































Ohhhhhhhhhh
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Post by banana » Sun, 16 Oct 2005 5:29 pm

Sounds like a HDB initiative. Guess when in Rome...
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Re: Flying Dutchman

Post by KT » Wed, 19 Oct 2005 1:50 pm

yea ... legend has it , there was a dashing young dutch bloke that travelled village after village town after town ... he gave women a hell of a romantic evening but as dawn approached... before they knew it , he was gone .... they called him the flying dutchman....

ofcoz there are other stories like the ship and captian and blah blah ....
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jag78 wrote:Does anyone know how did the name 'flying dutchman' come about?
"El tango no está en los pies. Está en el corazón."

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Re: Flying Dutchman

Post by dot dot dot » Wed, 19 Oct 2005 2:57 pm

KT wrote:yea ... legend has it , there was a dashing young dutch bloke that travelled village after village town after town ... he gave women a hell of a romantic evening but as dawn approached... before they knew it , he was gone .... they called him the flying dutchman....

ofcoz there are other stories like the ship and captian and blah blah ....
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jag78 wrote:Does anyone know how did the name 'flying dutchman' come about?
He is in Singapore now, lives around east coast... 8)

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Re: Flying Dutchman

Post by KT » Wed, 19 Oct 2005 3:03 pm

Good you came clear on ya own Eric ... i wasnt going to name names , but i think we all knew who it was :P
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KT wrote:yea ... legend has it , there was a dashing young dutch bloke that travelled village after village town after town ... he gave women a hell of a romantic evening but as dawn approached... before they knew it , he was gone .... they called him the flying dutchman....

ofcoz there are other stories like the ship and captian and blah blah ....
:wink:
jag78 wrote:Does anyone know how did the name 'flying dutchman' come about?
He is in Singapore now, lives around east coast... 8)

Eric
"El tango no está en los pies. Está en el corazón."

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Post by Baron Greenback » Wed, 19 Oct 2005 3:48 pm

Except on Sunday morning when Eric is cooking bacon & eggs then he is the frying dutchman -boom boom!
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