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I remembered the story of Simon Stylites, an early Eastern Christian monk, who sat atop a pillar for about thirty years

Aha, I remember there was such a figure from the bible, but as he is called Simon de Zuilenzitter (pillar sitter) here, the word stylite did not ring any bell and I bulldozered straight into what I thought to be the fakest of them all.
New words stylite , hoplite, coprolite.

Thanks tsuwm, it was another good round again and an amusing demasqué. Another big laugh for the fantastic prize. If the Pook isn't interested I might still go.

L.) P.S. Definition L is one I still don't know what it means.
Yet it was chosen twice, so it must make sense.

Last edited by BranShea; 04/18/08 09:19 AM. Reason: P.S.