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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    08/27/09

    In reply to Monster Mash
    Is this post preparing us for the revelation of the Reptile People?
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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    08/27/09

    In reply to Monster Mash

    Are we gonna ignore Mel's JemaBret,the naked two-headed hairy sex monster?
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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    08/27/09

    In reply to Monster Mash
    Echidnas are spine-covered mammals that fall under the monotreme family. They lay eggs but lactate after their young hatch.

    So now I'm very confused about this nymph business. Echidnas are found in Australia. Is this some sort of Australian Aborigine legend? But nymphs are figures from Greek mythology, no?
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    08/27/09

    @Wrapitup: Yes, Greek mythology. They are bespelled nubile young maidens who are considered divine. As in a water or woodland nymph.
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    Image of lilliputzian lilliputzian
    08/27/09

    @Wrapitup: I do know that Echidna is the mythical Greek mother of a whole passel of monsters. Anyone who was a dedicated follower of Sam Raimi's, "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" would know this. Kevin Sorbo's tour de force as the demigod son of Zeus was a thing to marvel at. Even better than Arnold Schwarzenegger(or Arnold Strong/Stang as he was back then) in Hercules in New York. I knew the Echidna thing because i'm a nerd and I loved Greek mythology as a child. The other stuff i know because i smoked entirely too much weed.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    08/27/09

    In reply to Monster Mash

    Um, yeah. And what of the Gorgon, huh? What?
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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    08/27/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Business upstairs, party downstairs.
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    Image of Mike Byhoff Mike Byhoff
    08/27/09

    In reply to Monster Mash
    No Goatboy?
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    08/27/09

    @Mikey-B: Or batboy, for that matter.

    Anyway, yeah, seems to have missed out on the human-goat combo (pan, satyr, whatever).
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    Image of tribalpottery tribalpottery
    08/27/09

    In reply to Monster Mash
    I think think this is the hottest centaur.
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    Image of Deric Deric
    08/27/09

    In reply to Monster Mash
    But I still don't know what the fuck a Snuffleupagus is!!
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    08/27/09

    @Deric: There's no circle for "cokehead".
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    08/27/09

    In reply to Monster Mash
    Echidna are real, and don't really have anything to do with snakes or humans.

    A human and a snake would be a Naga (or Yuan-ti).
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    08/27/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!:
    And now I'm the nerdiest commenter in the thread. Beat that!
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    Image of nozer nozer
    08/27/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: Echidna is a half-nymph half-snake in ancient Greek mythology who lived in a cave and gave birth to all of the horrible monsters in ancient Greece, so although everything you said is correct, you aren't right.

    Your nerdiness has been served.
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    Image of MattGaymon MattGaymon
    08/27/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: I enjoyed it.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    08/27/09

    @nozer: Well done, young nozer.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    08/27/09

    @nozer: Wait, but it says human, not "nymph". So he's half right.

    Also, wouldn't the "Echidna" circle have to contain all of the other circles?

    That's the problem with making shit up. Eventually, it gets to a point where you can't venn-diagram it.
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    Image of nathanst nathanst
    08/27/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!:

    nerdy? hardly.

    ignorant? possibly.

    [en.wikipedia.org])
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    Image of Moff Moff
    08/27/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: GITHYANKI
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    Image of Moff Moff
    08/27/09

    @Moff: Yeah, I know it doesn't really fit. So fun to say, though. And I mean: cover of Fiend Folio.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    08/27/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!:

    And do you know why the echidna has nothing to do with humans?

    Standards, baby.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    08/27/09

    @Moff:
    I raise you a Githzerai
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    08/27/09

    @nozer:
    As has been pointed out, Nymphs are not human. A better example from greek mythos would be Medusa.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    08/27/09

    @Aidan_:
    Ok, I can't beat a Middleman reference. Aidan is the new Lord of the Nerds.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    08/27/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: Yep, yep..a Gorgon!
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    Image of Moff Moff
    08/27/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: Don't make me get my illithid.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    08/27/09

    @Moff:
    I'll just trump with a beholder.
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    08/27/09

    In reply to Monster Mash
    I remember my days as a young mermahuataur, frolicking along the sandy beaches of St. Louis.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    08/27/09

    @Perhaps Not:
    That was you?
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    08/27/09

    In reply to Monster Mash
    I'm confused as to why there are three circles for dog?
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    Image of friend_of_a_friend friend_of_a_friend
    08/27/09

    @Conchie Birdie: Just to make the cute Cerberus joke.
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    Image of LeeroySpitzer LeeroySpitzer
    08/27/09

    @Conchie Birdie: Because some jokes are very funny to few people, instead of few funny to very people.
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    Image of mfnher mfnher
    08/27/09

    @Conchie Birdie: It has to do with how many heads the dog has. I think they were trying to be clever.
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    Image of Mike Byhoff Mike Byhoff
    08/27/09

    In reply to Monster Mash
    How does a human and a Narwhale create a Mermaid?

    Do Mermaid's have horns? Am I missing something?
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    08/27/09

    @Mikey-B: It was either combine human and narwhal or else add another circle for fish.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    08/27/09

    In reply to Monster Mash
    Is "Echidna" a fancy name for Voldemort? Cause otherwise, this chart is all messed up.
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    Image of MinkyManky MinkyManky
    08/27/09

    @m4ximusprim3: Yeah, echidna WTF? And it's also spelled "narwhal."
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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    08/27/09

    @MinkyManky: 'Narwhal' is the correct spelling.
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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    08/27/09

    @Wrapitup: Oops gotcha Minkymanky.
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