To: maine-iac7
Maybe because the constellation is shaped like a scorpion, and scorpions were plentiful in the desert??? It looks like a snake to me, even complete with a forked tongue, and coiled ready to strike, and snakes are even more plentiful in the desert than scorpians.
62 posted on
06/05/2006 6:50:10 PM PDT by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
Reminds me more of a slug...not sure there are many in the desert though.
To: FreedomCalls
Check out my link at 49.
The unpolluted desert sky has _lots_ of stars.
To: FreedomCalls
A fish hook to me, but then again. I see lures, rods, boats and bait in about everything these days.
97 posted on
06/06/2006 6:31:46 AM PDT by
CJ Wolf
(Of course the barb has to be corrected.)
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