No, Nothing To Do With Naval Bases
Though I confess, as I loomed over the kitchen hob this afternoon, thinking "Tartus" - sounds like "Tartarus", and wasn't that a variation of Hell that authors of classical antiquity referred to?
Well, yes it was. I consulted my trusty "Brewer's" which has it that it was ' - the infernal regions of classical mythology' and which Homer described as NOT being Hades. According to him - guided tour expertise? - Tartarus was as far beneath Hades as Hades was under the earth. Deep stuff. Art!
Probably good for rheumatics
None of which has anything to do with today's links to prior iterations of BOOJUM! because this is how we roll.
2023
2022
BOOJUM!: If I Were To Say "Doolittle"
2021
BOOJUM!: A Categorical Calumny!
2020
BOOJUM!: A Man With A Mop And A Bucket Of Glop
2019
BOOJUM!: You Beak, So To Speak
2018
BOOJUM!: Right Here On The Head, Muse!
2017
2016
BOOJUM!: Terribly Terminal Toxophily
2015
BOOJUM!: Conrad. Living The Dream
2014
2013
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