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Why Castle Anthrax?

posted 13 years ago by mrmuggles
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I was wondering why was Castle Anthrax called so? Is there any specific reason?
And why Zoot's sister is called Dingo? Does it suggest that she snatches babies?

[–] rwsmith29456 13 years ago

Would you name a castle after a disease that makes animals *beep* and vomit themselves to death? Like Zoot said, "I know it's not a very good name."

[–] ath-11 12 years ago

"I know it's not a very good name."

Gets me every time.

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"...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped."

[–] lexyladyjax 12 years ago

Because it's funny.

[–] Bucko-2 11 years ago

"Ohhhh... *beep*

That's the one that gets me every time. Poor Dingo! Missed out on the spanking and the oral sex.

[–] There_Is_No_Sayid 13 years ago

Well this film came out about six years before the death of Azaria Chamberlain and fourteen years before Evil Angels/Cry in the Dark which popularized the line "A dingo ate my baby!".

"Unless Alpert's covered in bacon grease, I don't think Hugo can track anything."

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[–] sticksstoneswwiv 12 years ago

I'm not certain but I believe it was related to a health scare of the time.

[–] willjohn 11 years ago

Anthrax was a major killer of livestock before Louis Pasteur found that Jenner's germ theory worked as well for anthrax as for smallpox in the 19th century.

Why not name a castle full of teenage virgins after a disease? Must have made sense to somebody.

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