Well?

[Siren]

 

[Siren]

 

[Pyper]

According to Cheyenne's very informative site, the depiction of sirens as mermaids is a contamination of Greek mythology with European folklore. Both were dangerous sea creatures that could lure men to their death, but the original sirens were half-bird.

 

[Siren]

 

[cybergirly]

Adding my 2 cents...

I like it. I agree with Sirens view, she "looks" tied up. But it's really a trap.

 

[Never]

Originally the siren's were part woman and part bird. In some later stories, however, they're show as being part fish and part woman. Probably because the Greek word for wing and fin is the same, pterughion.

 

[Siren]

 

[Pyper]

half bird is better than half baked I suppose.

Prolly tastes like chicken.

 

[Siren]

 

[Siren]

 

[cybergirly]

So much ado about Sirens.

Cybergalie, she is trappin dem left and right.

She is?

 

[Never]

Siren:
"huh?

what happened to your informative postie?"

It took a brief hiatus then remembered it was needed.

 

[Pyper]

Never, wild guess, would that be...Lewis Carroll?

 

[Siren]

 

[Pyper]

A lovely poem on this topic...

Siren Song
by Margarent Atwood


This is the one song everyone
would like to learn: the song
that is irresistible:

the song that forces men
to leap overboard in squadrons
even though they see the bleached skulls

the song that nobody knows
because anyone who has heard it
is dead, and the others can't remember.

Shall I tell you the secret
and if I do, will you get me
out of this bird suit?

I don't enjoy it here
squatting on this island
looking picturesque and mythical

with these two feathery maniacs,
I don't enjoy singing
this trio, fatal and valuable.

I will tell the secret to you,
to you, and only you.
Come closer. This song

is a cry for help: Help me!
Only you, only you can,
you are unique

at last. Alas
it is a boring song
but it works every time.

 

[Siren]

 

[Pyper]

Erm, uh...Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

 

[Siren]

 

[Nora]

*sigh* I love Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale will always be one of my favorite books.

 

[Pyper]

Find your own damn tune then! Hmph!

 

[Siren]

 

[Pyper]

How about Mandy by Barry Manillo?


I think it works with the words.
I really do.

Don't mention that name in my presence.

 

[Siren]

 

[Never]

Pyper
"Never, wild guess, would that be...Lewis Carroll?"

[Later, while talking to friends]
Never: Pyper is a *real* psychic. I mean, how could she have *possibly* known that was Lewis Carroll in my avatar?

 

[Pyper]

I take that as a YES?


Second choice is.......

" Copacabana" By..............Barry Manillo

Argh!

*doubles over clutching her ears and moaning a la King Arthur in front of the Knights Who Say Nee*