The blog, you baffoons, the blog! <sigh> Normally on a Monday you get one novel post in the evening, yet because today is a Bank Holiday, and because Conrad's mind never stops working, you had an earlier one.
"What, never?" I hear your curious voices call. "Even when sleeping?"
Often not even then. Allow me to illustrate.
"Vene, Vidi, Vici". Which you might label "Oscar* Earns His Keep". Take a bow, Oscar. Now, get back into the Lower Cellar.
(Don't fret, he's only a metaphor. The rats and worms won't bother him, much).
The phrase above popped into my head upon waking, earlier in the week. It was said, as I recall, by Julius Caesar upon tripping and measuring his length on the English seashore whilst carrying out an invasion. A bit of spin, actually, since the last bit took a lot of effort and time - the English not wanting to join the EU at that time, despite what Rome wanted**.
"Great Caesar's bust is on the shelf" Well, yes, a table, but the point still stands |
As to why this popped up thanks to Oscar? I couldn't Venture a guess.
Minden Day Mystery
To explain: Minden Day is the 1st of August, celebrated by certain British army regiments, over a victory gained over our opponents at the time, the French, in 1759. I mentioned it in passing (and have been exploiting it ever since) as one of the activities is wearing a rose on one's tunic, since the fusiliers and grenadiers at the time plucked rose blossoms to add to their uniforms.
http://www.wenchesintrenches.co.uk/
That's a link to Sue's site, alternative title "Roses of No Man's Land". See? See the connection?
"Where are you going with this, Conrad?" I hear you ask. "Even when asleep?" I hear you whisper as well.
Conrad: sleeps with his eyes open |
You never heard of Minden Day before I mentioned it, did you? It's not famous or celebrated nationally (certainly not in France!) and has absolutely no resonance in South Canada. Some suspect that the terms of a will are being executed but again nobody knows why. Conrad also kind of hopes it stays a mystery.
VIFFing
Don't worry, nothing seedy or rude about this acronym. This is BOOJUM! and we are ever Safe For Work.
Sanity is another issue |
Well yes. Thanks to VIFF the Harrier is deadly in dogfights. It can in VTOL mode (Vertical Take Off & Landing) take off from a tennis court, although make sure to shift the tennis players first. Or it can use a ridiculously short ramp to STOL (Short Take Off & Landing). In level flight, should you happen to be an enemy pilot who happens to get on the tail of a Harrier, then the Harrier pilot will adjust his jets downward for a second.
Thus |
Surrender or die, Sinister hordes! |
Bruce Campbell And Twitter
A moment's silence for the incomparable Bruce Campbell.
NO! He's not dead, I was just being respectful. Conrad follows him over on Twitter and he's a busy chap. He's instigated a posting of photographs on Twitter, illustrating You The Public being idle in picturesque places, known as "Lollygagging", a word with 4 "g"'s in it that you don't often see. Art?
Pretty bleak |
* My subconscious, thanks for asking
** This is two thousand years ago so Politics are permitted.
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