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Let us simply recall that this thread is under "Wordplay and Fun", and agree that this particular wordplay is no long fun.
In an attempt to redirect it: a prize is hereby offered to whomsoever may first complete the answer to my above inquiry thanks, Bingley! as to the 16 moons of Jupiter. IYTMIWBYAB.
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I suppose, Dr., the fault lies with whoever failed to inform the Sgt. that he was not in Kansas any more. Banci (also known as waria, a portmanteau word from the Indonesian words wanita (woman) and pria (man), or wadam, another portmanteau from wanita and Adam) are common in SE Asia. There was a big fuss a couple of years ago when a Thai banci (I forget the Thai word -- something like kaa-phoey meaning ladyboy) became a professional kickboxer and some of the more masculine players refused to play against him/her. I first came across the word waria when I was on holiday in South Sulawesi and visted the palace of the Sultans of Bone. The guide was explaining (in English) about the position of waria in the old royal court (they formed a priestly class in pre-Islamic times) and I was getting more and more confused thinking he meant warrior.  Bingley
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>I have no idea how it happened that the "r" word upsets you so much. People joke about the most horrible things, and "r" is just one of them.
We discussed the list of words that are no longer taboo on British TV. I think what has happened in recent comedy has shown up how silly it is to use the words, regardless of context, as a marker of "bad behaviour", I've said before that for many people here f*** *** for Southern ladies just means "very". Simultaneously, comedians have, in the main, moved away from subject areas which are insulting to the "victims" of the joke, whether because of their race, creed, gender, sexual orientation or disability. Jokes about male violence against women (or the other combinations discussed), like mother-in-law jokes, English, Irishmen and Scotsman jokes are considered to be either a) not funny and b) insulting. So, I'm sorry Bill, Helen is speaking for a large tranche of womankind when she objects to jokes about rape.
I am aware that things are different in the forces, the emergency room and the operating theatre where jokes sometimes help people deal with the real acts of inhumanity that people have to face, just be aware that this board is none of those places and continues to be open to a wide audience, at least some of whom are women.
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Adrastea, the distributor of rewards and punishments, was the daughter of Jupiter and Ananke
Amalthea was the nymph who nursed the infant Jupiter with goat's milk.
Ananke was the mother of Adrastea, by Jupiter.
Callisto was a nymph, beloved of Zeus and hated by Hera. Hera changed her into a bear and Zeus then placed her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major.
Carme was the mother, by Zeus of Britomartis, a Cretan goddess
Elara was the mother by Zeus of the giant Tityus
Europa was a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus, who had assumed the form of a white bull, and by him the mother of Minos.
Ganymede was a Trojan boy of great beauty whom Zeus carried away to be cup bearer to the gods
Himalia was a nymph who bore three sons of Zeus (Jupiter).
Io was a maiden who was loved by Zeus (Jupiter) and transformed into a heifer in a vain attempt to hide her from the jealous Hera.
Leda was queen of Sparta and the mother, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen of Troy.
Lysithea was a daughter of Oceanus and one of Zeus' lovers
Metis was a Titaness who was the first wife of Zeus (Jupiter).
Lysithea was a daughter of Oceanus and one of Zeus' lovers
Sinope was a woman said to have been unsuccessfully (!) courted by Zeus
Thebe was a nymph, daughter of the river god Asopus.
Edited to add of Thebe:
A Naias daughter of the River Asopos, she was abducted by Zeus to the town of Thebes which was named after her
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Leda was queen of Sparta and the mother, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen of Troy
But not Castor???
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According to legend, since Leda was-involved-in-whatever-activity(ies) OK, Helen?, on on the same day, Zeus *and *also with her (Leda's) husband, there was some uncedrtainty as to parentage. But it was agreed that Helen, at least, was fathered by Zeus.
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:Here is a lovely URL to Bullfinch's Mythology. I spent a pleasant hour there. One surprise, is said that at one point Theseus abducted Helen. No mention of misbehaviour towards her, no mention how she got free. It did mention Castor and Pollux being her brothers. Castor invented a potent laxative, and Pollux was the original polluter. http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/bull20.html
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Madison Avenue was involved. Castor was moved to wheel it out with great fanfare.
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>Elara was the mother by Zeus of the giant Tityus
Also known as Anna Nicole Smith
>Io was a maiden who was loved by Zeus (Jupiter) and transformed into a heifer
If heifer I would leave you
It wouldn't be in summer....
I just realized I'm missing one of the sixteen!
No wonder you haven't agreed to BMAB.
I will find the missing lady.
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Pasiphae was the wife of Minos and mother, by a white bull, of the Minotaur.
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