| Texas Jack | 17 Feb 2017 5:34 a.m. PST |
Apparently there is a need for a poetry board on TMP Plus. Why not? As the late, great and much missed Security Minister Critter used to say, "More boards, lovely!" |
 Legion 4  | 17 Feb 2017 9:22 a.m. PST |
never have had much interest in poetry …
Not even Carentan O Carentan?
linkThe author was in the 101st in WWII:
"While Simpson's early books like The Arrivistes (1949) and A Dream of Governors (1959) show the influence of Auden, they also speak to his horrific experiences in World War II, where he served in the 101st Airborne Division and saw active duty in France, Belgium, and Germany."
link Thanks to Lt Col Pedant for introducing me to the poem here:
TMP link
Well like I said, not interested in "much" poetry. I am a bit of a fan of that poem, for obvious reasons. As well as some of the evocative poems from WWI, etc. Even like some of Kipling … But again, this was not intended to be a post on poetry. So … one can take that for what it is worth … |
| Legion 4 | 17 Feb 2017 9:25 a.m. PST |
It does rather highlight the mistake of trying to conduct a private conversation on a public board, especially one called "TMP Talk" which implies anyone can join in ;-)
This certainly seems to be the case. But I don't go on threads about zombies and post about e.g. robots, etc. … But that must just be me !  |
| Legion 4 | 17 Feb 2017 9:30 a.m. PST |
This is most unseemly and is just high-brow bullying, an anthropomorphised version of bear-bating.
So even in my unsophisticated, rustic, limited education, urban caveman tiny, little mind, I saw that as being the case … I may be not a dumb some think I am ? |
| sjwalker38 | 17 Feb 2017 9:52 a.m. PST |
I'd recommend the fine works by William McGonnegal. Unlike all that high brow Lesbian stuff, it actually rhymes (sort of!) |
| Steve Wilcox | 17 Feb 2017 12:21 p.m. PST |
Well like I said, not interested in "much" poetry. I am a bit of a fan of that poem, for obvious reasons. I thought you would like that one! :) |
| Legion 4 | 17 Feb 2017 3:23 p.m. PST |
 sj and Steve !
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| SJDonovan | 19 Feb 2017 2:26 a.m. PST |
As the late, great and much missed Security Minister Critter used to say, "More boards, lovely!"
I think that is a misattribution. I believe the phrase started with the late, lamented Connard Sage and its correct form is: "More boards. Lovely." I don't think Mr Sage was much of a one for exclamation marks. Of course it sounds better in the original Greek: Περισσότερα συμβούλια. Ωραίος. |
| Legion 4 | 19 Feb 2017 9:23 a.m. PST |
You got that right ! I can see why the old saying "It's all Greek to me !" is appropriate !  |
| Texas Jack | 19 Feb 2017 12:45 p.m. PST |
@SJDonovan Perhaps then Hank got it from Connard Sage, but I prefer Hank´s much more optimistic version.  |
 ochoin | 19 Feb 2017 12:54 p.m. PST |
Casca actually says, "it was Greek to me."
The concept is to show the ignorance of the conspirators.
They are merely a bunch of thugs & clearly no intellectual academics. Shakespeare may have gotten the phrase from a Latin one:
""Graecum est; non legitur" S.himself was supposed to had "small Latin and less Greek", according to the rare Ben Jonson. |
| Legion 4 | 22 Feb 2017 8:05 a.m. PST |
They are merely a bunch of thugs & clearly no intellectual academics. Sounds like some people I know … even me ! |
worries about not losing his rules stuff.
