Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/7/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!wildbill From: wildbill@ucbvax.ARPA (William J. Laubenheimer) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Who/What is a NIMROD? Message-ID: <4108@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 00:29:10 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.4108 Posted: Thu Jan 10 00:29:10 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 23:28:43 EST References: <191@topaz.ARPA> Reply-To: wildbill@ucbvax.UUCP (William J. Laubenheimer) Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 40 Keywords: Nimrod Summary: The name "Nimrod", usually seen in connection with the adjectival phrase "the mighty hunter", is Biblical in origin. I don't have a Bible handy right now, so I can't give you a pointer, but somewhere in Genesis is a pretty good bet. I don't know about the original Nimrod, but you are basically correct about the current meaning. When you designate someone a nimrod, you are implying that he is the kind of person who frequently populates the woods of the northern Midwest during deer season, exhibiting the following sort of behavior: Roars down back roads in his four-wheeler, usually with some like-minded friends and a flask of potent beverage, shooting at anything that moves (squirrels, domestic animals, farmers, other hunters, occasionally a deer stupid enough to get in the way) and some things that don't (road signs, parked cars, barns, birdhouses). Fortunately, he is usually too drunk to hit what he is aiming at; Has roughly the same opinion of property lines as Attila the Hun might have; Does most of his hunting in wildlife sanctuaries (because that's where the animals are, dummy!) during the day, and in bars near the red-light district at night. Sometimes omits the daytime portion of the hunt entirely. And, despite all this, usually considers himself to be a regular wizard with the gun. However, the usual way he bags a deer is to run one down on the highway. So the best way to define "nimrod" would be to say "a jerk, specifically a hunter, who acts in a ridiculous and dangerous manner while nonetheless retaining a grossly overrated opinion of his skills". Does this belong in net.sf-lovers? I don't know. Is Genesis SF? (There are a lot of elements which, depending on your faith, might be so regarded.) Sorry if this got a little offbeat. Bill Laubenheimer ----------------------------------------UC-Berkeley Computer Science ...Killjoy went that-a-way---> ucbvax!wildbill