*** March 25, the anniversary of the Revolution of 1821 that led to
Greek independence from the Turks and the establishment of the modern Greek
state. March 25 also happens to be a major religious holiday, the Annunciation
of the Virgin Mary by the Archangel Gabriel and the beginning of the pregnancy
that brought forth Jesus Christ nine months later, on December 25, Christmas
Day.
*** October 28, the anniversary of Greece's entry into World War II in
1940. On October 28, 1940, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini gave an
ultimatum to Greece, but Greece rejected it, fought back, and defeated Italy in
Albania, that was under Italian occupation at the time. The Greek victory in
Albania was the very first victory of the Allied side against the Axis. Tiny
Greece defeated a major power, Italy, just a few months after mighty France had
been humiliated and capitulated to Germany, after a short, two-week campaign in
June 1940.
I, Nick Kaffes, was conceived on or about the first of these Greek
national holidays, on or about March 25, 1952, and was born on December 25,
1952, in Volos, Greece.
My wife, Constance "Dina" Kesmetzi, was conceived on or about the second
of these holidays, on or about October 28, 1951, and was born on July 28, 1952,
again in Volos.
Moreover, my parents, Alexander Kaffes and Caterina Kardara, were married
on October 28, 1945. That is, my wife was conceived on or about the
anniversary of my parents' wedding night.
My mother had told me that early in her marriage she had become pregnant,
but miscarried, losing a baby girl. It may be that the spirit of that baby
girl was symbolically transferred to my wife Dina, making her my symbolic
sister.
Getting married to one's sister was the common practice of the Egyptian
Pharaohs: the reason was that they were considered Gods, descendants of Ra,
the Sun God, and if they were to marry anyone else, they would burn them. The
last Pharaonic dynasty, the Greek Ptolemies, followed this practice, too, and
each boy, named Ptolemy, married his sister, named Cleopatra, ascending to the
throne of the Pharaohs together.
Both my wife and I were born in 1952, a leap year, a U.S. Presidential
election year, and an Olympic year. Our hometown, Volos, was known as Iolkos
in early antiquity and was the hometown of the mythological hero Jason.
Our Lady Heidi Klum started her remarkable career by winning a TV
modeling competition in Germany in 1992, another leap year, on April 29. There
is a Christian Saint named Jason and his feast day is April 29.
In my message "The significance of Heidi Klum in Greek history" of
8/19/03, I had pointed out that Heidi has the same birthday as the first King
of modern Greece, Otto, a German Prince from Bavaria. He was born on June 1,
1815, and she on June 1, 1973.
On the very day that Heidi was being born in Germany, the last King of
Greece, Constantine the 13th, another ethnic German, lost his throne. He had
been born on June 2, 1940, and, therefore, lost his throne on the eve of his
33rd birthday.
Volos, Greece, the hometown of my wife and I, is along the E. 23rd
Meridian. Fans of Robert Anton Wilson know about the significance of the
number 23.
My wife's birthday, July 28, also happens to be the birthday of Jackie
Kennedy Onassis. Jackie was born in 1929 and Dina in 1952, 23 years later.
Jackie's second husband, Aristotle Onassis, was from Smyrna of Asia
Minor, known as Izmir in Turkish. My wife's family comes from Englezonisi, a
small island in the Gulf of Smyrna.
Jackie's first husband, President John F. Kennedy, was born on May 29,
1917, on the anniversary of the fall of Constantinople (Istanbul) to the Turks
in 1453.
JFK was the first Catholic President and Constantinople, the City of
Constantine, had been built by St. Constantine the Great, the first Christian
Emperor (and a Catholic).
Constantinople fell on the 29th of May and is located along the E. 29th
Meridian.
BFD. Is there a point to this rambling diatribe?
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>Subject: Re: The significance of Kansan1225 in Greek history
>From: "choro-nik" chor...@tvcom.net
>Date: 8/24/2003 8:34 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <B832b.1059$Mi6...@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>
>
>
>"Kansan1225" <kansa...@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:20030824081406...@mb-m02.aol.com...
>> Greece has two national holidays:
>>
>> *** March 25, the anniversary of the Revolution of 1821 that led to
>> Greek independence from the Turks and the establishment of the modern
>Greek
>> state. March 25 also happens to be a major religious holiday, the
>Annunciation
>> of the Virgin Mary by the Archangel Gabriel and the beginning of the
>pregnancy
>> that brought forth Jesus Christ nine months later, on December 25,
>Christmas
>> Day.
>
>Wow, what a coincidence.
Hello, Nick! Greece is a small and poor country, therefore we can not
afford too many names. Thus, most of the men are named Nick, such as you,
myself, and Nikolaos D. Bougalis of alt.atheism. Most of the women are named
Caterina, such as my mother, my older daughter, and my wife's younger sister,
Caterina D.
>
>>
>> *** October 28, the anniversary of Greece's entry into World War II
>in
>> 1940. On October 28, 1940, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini gave an
>> ultimatum to Greece, but Greece rejected it, fought back, and defeated
>Italy in
>> Albania, that was under Italian occupation at the time. The Greek victory
>in
>> Albania was the very first victory of the Allied side against the Axis.
>Tiny
>> Greece defeated a major power, Italy, just a few months after mighty
>France had
>> been humiliated and capitulated to Germany, after a short, two-week
>campaign in
>> June 1940.
>
>.
>
>>
>> I, Nick Kaffes, was conceived on or about the first of these Greek
>> national holidays, on or about March 25, 1952, and was born on December
>25,
>> 1952, in Volos, Greece.
>
>You mean to say that hopefully it was your father who f*cked your mother on
>or around that date.
>
Correct.
>>
>> My wife, Constance "Dina" Kesmetzi, was conceived on or about the
>second
>> of these holidays, on or about October 28, 1951, and was born on July 28,
>1952,
>> again in Volos.
>
>You mean to say that HER father f*cked her mother on or around that date.
>
You are correct, again.
>>
>> Moreover, my parents, Alexander Kaffes and Caterina Kardara, were
>married
>> on October 28, 1945. That is, my wife was conceived on or about the
>> anniversary of my parents' wedding night.
>
>give and take ten days on each side, and the chances are that 20/365ths of
>the world population were conceived around October 28. Divide that by say 70
>(average life span) and you can calculate how many hundreds of thousands of
>people were conceived around 28 Oct 1945. Do you happen to be handy with a
>pocket calculator?
>
>6 billion /70 years average life span = 85,714,285 people born every year
>/365 = 234,833 people born every day which equals people conceived every day
>X20 = people born over or conceived over a 20 day period. You work this last
>figure out!
>
>>
>> My mother had told me that early in her marriage she had become
>pregnant,
>> but miscarried, losing a baby girl. It may be that the spirit of that
>baby
>> girl was symbolically transferred to my wife Dina, making her my symbolic
>> sister.
>
>Oh yeah!
>
>>
>> Getting married to one's sister was the common practice of the
>Egyptian
>> Pharaohs: the reason was that they were considered Gods, descendants of
>Ra,
>> the Sun God, and if they were to marry anyone else, they would burn them.
>The
>> last Pharaonic dynasty, the Greek Ptolemies, followed this practice, too,
>and
>> each boy, named Ptolemy, married his sister, named Cleopatra, ascending to
>the
>> throne of the Pharaohs together.
>>
>> Both my wife and I were born in 1952, a leap year, a U.S.
>Presidential
>> election year, and an Olympic year. Our hometown, Volos, was known as
>Iolkos
>> in early antiquity and was the hometown of the mythological hero Jason.
>
>So was 1/70th of the world's present day population born that year, you
>stupid idiot! Get your fuckin' calculator out and work out the figure. What
>is the world population now? Around 6 billion. Work it out 6 billion /70 and
>don't forget to press the equals button!
>
>>
>> Our Lady Heidi Klum started her remarkable career by winning a TV
>> modeling competition in Germany in 1992, another leap year, on April 29.
>There
>> is a Christian Saint named Jason and his feast day is April 29.
>
>There are enough saints to fill all 365 days of the year, you nitwit!
>
>>
>> In my message "The significance of Heidi Klum in Greek history" of
>> 8/19/03, I had pointed out that Heidi has the same birthday as the first
>King
>> of modern Greece, Otto, a German Prince from Bavaria. He was born on June
>1,
>> 1815, and she on June 1, 1973.
>
>So were hundreds of thousands of others, I should imagine, not even
>bothering to work out the figure in my head!
>
>> On the very day that Heidi was being born in Germany, the last King of
>> Greece, Constantine the 13th, another ethnic German, lost his throne. He
>had
>> been born on June 2, 1940, and, therefore, lost his throne on the eve of
>his
>> 33rd birthday.
>>
>> Volos, Greece, the hometown of my wife and I, is along the E. 23rd
>> Meridian. Fans of Robert Anton Wilson know about the significance of the
>> number 23.
>
>The only significance is that the figure is 23! Nothing more, nothing less!
>
RAW's fans might take umbrage with this disrespect of yours.
>>
>> My wife's birthday, July 28, also happens to be the birthday of
>Jackie
>> Kennedy Onassis. Jackie was born in 1929 and Dina in 1952, 23 years
>later.
>>
>> Jackie's second husband, Aristotle Onassis, was from Smyrna of Asia
>> Minor, known as Izmir in Turkish. My wife's family comes from
>Englezonisi, a
>> small island in the Gulf of Smyrna.
>
>So, what is the coincidence here?
>
My wife's family comes from the borderland between Greece and Turkey and
their home island is under Turkish control today. Similarly, Heidi's family
has ties to South Tyrol, in the borderland between Italy and the
German-speaking countries. South Tyrol, too, is under Italian control today.
Moreover, the family of Constantine the 13th, the last King of Greece, comes
from Gluecksburg, Germany, just south of the Danish-German border.
>>
>> Jackie's first husband, President John F. Kennedy, was born on May
>29,
>> 1917, on the anniversary of the fall of Constantinople (Istanbul) to the
>Turks
>> in 1453.
>
>so were 1/365ths of the hundreds of thousands born that year!
>
>>
>> JFK was the first Catholic President and Constantinople, the City of
>> Constantine, had been built by St. Constantine the Great, the first
>Christian
>> Emperor (and a Catholic).
>
>So, what is the significance of this, you tosser?!
>>
>> Constantinople fell on the 29th of May and is located along the E.
>29th
>> Meridian.
>
>Big deal! How much do you get paid for posting all this crap?
>
When the Holy Spirit inspires me to write something, I have to do it.
Otherwise, like the Prophet Jonah, I might be swallowed by the whale.
The Church hymn of the Holy Unmercenary Doctors, the Saints Cosmas and
Damianos, states:
"Dorean elabate, dorean dote!"
I.e.,
"You have received (the gifts of the Holy Spirit) for free, pass them on
for free!"
Did this take place in Arkansas?
>Subject: Re: The significance of Kansan1225 in Greek history
>From: kansa...@aol.com (Kansan1225)
>Date: 8/24/2003 9:11 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <20030824101113...@mb-m02.aol.com>
As you see, dear readers, in this post I had referred to the number 23:
My wife, Dina, was born on July 28, 1952, exactly 23 years after Jackie Kennedy
Onassis, who was born on July 28, 1929.
Both Dina and I, Nick Kaffes, were born in Volos, Greece, along the E.
23rd Meridian.
Because I was responding to my Landsmann Choro-Nik this morning, I was
running late for Church. I told my wife and our two daughters, Caterina
Cleopatra and Irenie Alexia, to go on and leave for Church without me and I
would follow in a few minutes. My wife is a substitute choir director at the
St. Basil the Great Greek Orthodox Church here in Houston and does not want to
be late.
After posting my reply, I left and got to Church a few minutes after the
beginning of the liturgy. I, too, sing with the choir and when I got there I
asked my fellow choir member, Mr. Bernie Rigas, about the page number we were
on in the hymnal book. He showed me that we were on page 23.
I mention Mr. Rigas's name here to serve as my witness and confirm this
new visitation of the Holy Spirit.
<Rambling diatribe snipped>
> BFD. Is there a point to this rambling diatribe?
He's kooking off.
They are not Kansan and Klum Day so what's your point?
> I, Nick Kaffes, was conceived on or about the first of these Greek
> national holidays, on or about March 25, 1952, and was born on December
25,
> 1952, in Volos, Greece.
When all is said and done, all this means is you were shot out of your
father's dick and planted in your mothers belly, where you nested for nine
months, then popped out. You started off in this world, drooling and
generating smelly diapers and today you are still drooling, which makes me
wonder if the smelly diapers are also present. There you have it, your life
in a brief vulgar blurb. Have a nice day.
Do you note the irony in that man is born into Pampers and usually dies
wearing Depends? I'll bet there is some numerology present in that.
>Subject: Re: The significance of Kansan1225 in Greek history
>From: "Agamemnon" agam...@hello.to.NO_SPAM
>Date: 8/24/2003 4:23 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <bibae2$rtq$1...@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>
>
>
>"Kansan1225" <kansa...@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:20030824164135...@mb-m07.aol.com...
>> Kansan1225 wrote:
>>
>> Because I was responding to my Landsmann Choro-Nik this morning, I
>>was
>
>O Choro-Nik einai Tourko-Kypraios, vre malaka.
>
Translation:
"Hey, malaka, Choro-Nik is a Turkish-Cypriot."
(Kansan's note: "malaka" is a common Greek term of endearment.)
Thank you, Agamemnon, for the information. If Choro-Nik is indeed from
the island of Aphrodite and a Turk, I would like to say to him:
Merhaba, arkadashim! Hello, my friend!
My wife's best friend these days is Danae, from Nicosia, Cyprus, a very
intelligent and accomplished lady. I had a very good Turkish-Cypriot friend in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, attending Arabic language classes at Imam University with
me.
What is the common greek term for "Chronic spammer?"
> I had a very good Turkish-Cypriot friend in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
> attending Arabic language classes at Imam University with me.
Be sure to let us know when they recruit you into the "Klummer Jihhad"
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