The Reason (One of them) Why I DESPISE…

Friday, 15 November 2019, 12:57.Reading time less than 1 minute.

…! &…! Well. Nuff said :o( If you don’t GET IT – you don’t GET IT!

Gaius Octavius

Friday, 15 November 2019, 9:12.Reading time 1 minute.

Wiki : Augustus Bloody Romans. What did they ever do for us? From SparkNotes : Octavius Caesar Ocatavius Caesar is both a menacing adversary for Antony and a rigid representation of Roman law and order. He is not a two-dimensional villain, though, since his frustrations with the ever-neglectful Antony seem justified. When he complains […]

An Asp, An Asp. My Kingdom for an Asp

Friday, 15 November 2019, 7:58.Reading time 6 minutes.

Oh. Something went awry there! From SparkNotes : Mark Antony Throughout the play, Antony grapples with the conflict between his love for Cleopatra and his duties to the Roman Empire. In Act I, scene i, he engages Cleopatra in a conversation about the nature and depth of their love, dismissing the duties […]

Alexander the Macedon

Friday, 15 November 2019, 7:31.Reading time 2 minutes.

OK. In my usual roundabout, weird way – I’ve finally reached the destination. Macedonia/Serbia I’m feeling a great need now to look into the Ptolemaic Pharoahs via…..?!? “We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers.” […]

In the Dark About The Dark Ages?

Friday, 15 November 2019, 5:27.Reading time 2 minutes.

A nice, concise explanation from NC : Let’s skip the indefinite period up to the IXth century. After this, begins a new chapter in the history of China allegedly from 860 to the year 960 AD. That is approximately 100 years of darkness. L.N. Gumilev calls it “the dark age” and builds some geophysical […]

Basil

Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 17:14.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Having a Basil day today. Meggie’s brother was called Basil. We’ve a Bassett in the family called Basil. Love Basil Fawlty. Then there is Jordan Tabov’s article about Basil And – THE Sherlock. Basil Rathbone in my Go To Holmes movie whenever things get blah! House of Fear. Scary Wary Woo

Sacha Baron Cohen

Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 16:23.Reading time less than 1 minute.

True story here! There was I being the Guv in th’office. Doing Serious Big Boss Business things. My PA runs in. OMG. OMG. Just had a phone call from my brother. He’s in a pub in Grimsby talking to Sacha Baron Cohen. God’s Honest :o) I don’t really like a lot of his work but […]

Nothing Really Matters To Me

Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 16:06.Reading time less than 1 minute.

There was (were ?) me, myself & I thinking that the music had died :o( But, then, like, in came faultless Freddie. :o)

Death of a Liar

Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 15:45.Reading time 1 minute.

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is alarmed to receive a report from a woman in the small village of Cronish in the Scottish Highlands. She has been brutally attacked and the criminal is on the loose. But upon further investigation, Hamish discovers that she was lying about the crime. So when the same woman calls him back […]

Hanged, Dissed and Slaughtered

Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 14:24.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Is what I’ll be – like – if one brother-in-law and one sister-in-law ever see this. Both ex-RAF. And me living so close to the luxurious wartime home of the Dambusters. I am shamelessly blingless. Like :o(

The Great Escape

Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 13:56.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’ve never seen these before. There are loads of ’em.

Scouse. Brummie. Mancunian ? ? ?

Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 12:51.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This made me ROFLish. Harry Enfield Scousers are CLASSIC :o)

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