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[samhill86]

Ok, here's a good one...Does anbody know how to do the fandango? and whats a scaramoose? and which one of those greek dudes was Gallileo? In fact if anybody out there actually understands Bohemian Rhaspohdy (wheres Bohemia anyway?) can they let me know.

[WaldoMcFroog]

Bohemia is a part of the Czech Republic. Scaramouche is a character which derives from the Italian Comedia D'Arte, from which we also get the story of Punch and Judy, and the character of Harlequin. Galilei (popularly known as Gallileo was the dude who claimed that the galaxy moved around the sun, and not the earth, as the theologians would have it. Beyond that, er... the anti-hero has killed a man and his soul is being fought over by the forces of good and evil? I dunno!

[mikewith]

While the fandango started life as a fairly ordered set of dance moves in Spain, in it's more common usage in the south-western US it came ot mean a dance in general - you know the kind of thing, lavish feast, all the cowboys with their spurs and the ladies fluttering eyelashes behind their fans. So now oyu know!

And Bismillah, meaning 'In the name of God; the Merciful; the Compassionate', is part of the opening line of most the the suras in the Koran.