tantalus birdmad Possibly one of the kings of Asia Minor. Was, according to myth, a favorite of Zeus and the only mortal man ever allowed to feast with the gods on Olympus Differing versions of the myth tell different stories of how he fucked_up He gossiped to men about the affairs of the gods, he stole ambrosia and tried to share it with other mortals or that he returned the favor, inviting the gods to his home and testing them by killing his son Pelops and serving him to them in a stew to see if any knew what he had done Zeus, angry, destroyed Tantalus' kingdom and hurled him into Tartarus (underworld) where his punishment was to be kept in a pool of water, a very large heavy rock dangling over his head and food just out of his reach He cannot reach for the food nor lean down to drink the water, they remain forever in sight but out of reach and this is where we get the word "tantalize" that, as Fyn and the boys from Robin_hill described so cleverly is the_insufferable_hunger_of_the_damned and now... dirty_centaurs 030209 ... fyngula very well done, birdmad. 030209 ... grendel thanks, fyn my insomniac brain is firing at random and having re-read it, it just seems lacking somehow especially in relation to these latest chapters of yours that i was thematically connecting it to your stuff just seems to keep getting better and better...keep it up 030209 what's it to you? who go blather from