Happy Birthday Virgil

Started by besilarius, October 15, 2019, 10:48:39 AM

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besilarius

Today is the birthday of the poet Vergil, born Publius Vergilius Maro near Mantua, Italy (70 BC).

As we learned in 4 years of Latin:

Latin's a dead language,
as dead as it can be.
First it killed the Romans.
Now it's killing me!

The Phoenix and the Mirror by Avram Davidson is a great take on the medieval legend that Vergil was a great sorcerer.
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.

airboy


Gusington

Phoenix and the Mirror, you say?


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We can't live under the threat of a c*nt because he's threatening nuclear Armageddon.

-JudgeDredd

Sir Slash

I'll have a drink for Vergil later this evening for his B.D. And another one for Latin being dead.  :buck2:
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.