Hercules
by Soop 08 Apr 2008 08:28
Contrary to popular legend, Hercules actually performed 22 'labours', rather than the accepted 12. These were:
- Slay the Nemean Lion and bring back its hide.
- Slay the 9-headed Lernaean Hydra.
- Capture the Golden Stag of Artemis.
- Capture the Erymanthian Boar.
- Clean the Augean stables in a single day.
- Slay the Stymphalian Birds.
- Capture the Cretan Bull.
- Steal the Mares of Diomedes.
- Obtain the Girdle of the Amazon warrior queen Hippolyte.
- Obtain the Cattle of the Monster Geryon.
- Steal the Apples of the Hesperides, which were strictly guarded by a 100-headed dragon called Ladon.
- Capture Cerberus, the guardian dog of Hades, using no weapons and bring him back.
- Pat the head and rub the tummy, whilst saying the Greek alphabet backwards
- Make a 3 egg omelette without a spatula, cooker, frying pan or eggs
- Rollerskate the wrong way along the 'travelator' moving corridor at Heathrow Airport
- Smoke 463 cigarettes, without a break, lighting one off the other.
- Do some hard sums, without a calculator nor abacus
- Capture a duck and dress it as a matador
- Steal a Tamagochi from Toys 'R' Us, without the security guard seeing
- Complete the Dragonforce song on Guitar Hero 3, on expert, with an accuracy level of 90% or higher
- Stack 5 marbles on top of each other on a moving chariot
- Tear the yellow pages in half
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