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Shangri-La

Poll: Where does the idea of Shangri-La come from?
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It's an ancient myth from Tibet or some other Eastern culture.
20.00%
 4 20.00%
It's a fictional construct that came from a more western culture.
45.00%
 9 45.00%
I have never heard of Shangri-La.
35.00%
 7 35.00%
Total 20 vote(s) 100%
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Shangri-La
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RE: Shangri-La
September 19, 2010 at 7:54 pm (This post was last modified: September 19, 2010 at 7:57 pm by Entropist.)
(September 19, 2010 at 7:37 pm)Shell B Wrote: This first link is just a blog, but it shows that people are indeed silly enough to search for places in fiction novels.

I seem to recall that some people have actually gone looking for the money in the film Fargo.
Oh, no-- it appears that is an urban legend...

Still, its funny that at the beginning of the film it says it is "Based on a True Story" when it really wasn't.
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Shangri-La

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Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 12:56 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Entropist - September 19, 2010 at 1:32 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 1:36 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 1:39 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Rayaan - September 19, 2010 at 1:46 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 1:46 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Entropist - September 19, 2010 at 2:00 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 2:04 am
RE: Shangri-La - by tackattack - September 19, 2010 at 7:54 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Dotard - September 19, 2010 at 10:21 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Paul the Human - September 19, 2010 at 10:37 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 7:37 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Entropist - September 19, 2010 at 7:54 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by theVOID - September 19, 2010 at 7:41 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 7:51 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by theVOID - September 19, 2010 at 7:54 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 8:00 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 8:20 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 8:22 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 8:25 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 9:07 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 10:20 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by theVOID - September 19, 2010 at 9:20 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by tackattack - September 19, 2010 at 10:12 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 10:56 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Entropist - September 20, 2010 at 8:27 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 11:17 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by leo-rcc - September 20, 2010 at 5:49 am



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