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Eloi?
« on: July 19, 2007, 07:21:03 PM »
I have seen it posted many times, it is some type of reference.

What is Eloi?

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Re: Eloi?
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2007, 07:39:48 PM »
wikipedia has the answer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloi

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Re: Eloi?
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2007, 07:58:03 PM »
wikipedia has the answer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloi

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Re: Eloi?
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2007, 03:51:46 AM »
Just to expand on the Wiki articles on Eloi and the Morlocks . . . H.G. Wells got the name for the latter from the ancient pagan god Moloch.

Statues of Moloch were supposedly hollow and made of brass - sacrifices (animals, produce, and people) were put into the stature, which was then heated by a fire underneath. The sacrifices were cooked/burned to death.

So Wells was inspired to coin the name Morlocks by ". . . those who worked in the fiery belly of Moloch . . ." which was how some people in Wells' time described steel mill workers, who, in Wells time, were seen as the fundamental base of a newly industrial society.

Wells had respect for the productive members of society, and none for the non-productive members of society (the Eloi) . . . so in Wells' mind, the Morlocks actually deserved to eat the Eloi . . . they'd earned that right.
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Re: Eloi?
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2007, 08:18:51 AM »
El Tejon will be along shortly ...

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Re: Eloi?
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2007, 12:36:41 PM »
He's probably mowing the lawn, or dusting right now.
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Re: Eloi?
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2007, 05:16:00 PM »
He's probably mowing the lawn, or dusting right now.

Or....

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Re: Eloi?
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2007, 12:02:24 AM »
At any rate, I've noticed that the term tends to be used by folks who think that they're more "gun nuttier" than thou... Prepared and ready to battle the black helicopters, so that they'll never be one of the "sheeple."
 
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Re: Eloi?
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2007, 04:26:45 AM »
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What is Eloi?

H. G. Wells.  The Time Machine.  Don't watch the movies, either one.  Read the book.
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Re: Eloi?
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2007, 04:49:03 AM »
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El Tejon will be along shortly ...

He is probably expanding the search radious around his house......looking for NASCAR stickers on cars.
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Re: Eloi?
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2007, 10:58:59 AM »
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El Tejon will be along shortly ...

He is probably expanding the search radious around his house......looking for NASCAR stickers on cars.


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