tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post115797805303210987..comments2023-11-02T12:15:47.847+00:00Comments on Quinquireme: Conversations With My Mother, Part 1patroclushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158606112263109102006-09-18T20:01:00.000+01:002006-09-18T20:01:00.000+01:00Ave, Patroclus. Mea maxima culpa. It's just that L...Ave, Patroclus. Mea maxima culpa. <BR/><BR/>It's just that Latin was made into a grindingly boring class at our school.<BR/>Still, I am grateful simply because it gave me a foundation to glimpse the foundations of our own tongue. I love words, me.DavetheFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310714240845196050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158384176609385492006-09-16T06:22:00.000+01:002006-09-16T06:22:00.000+01:00Hey, no slating of the Aeneid, without it I wouldn...Hey, no slating of the Aeneid, without it I wouldn't have a name.<BR/><BR/>Also: <I>what if this is CODE, someone trying to give a message</I><BR/><BR/>This really made me laugh. Actually my blog is all written in code; the real, important content disguised as meaningless spam about figs and Picts and Adorno. Patroclus's entire life is clearly just a cipher for some other, more real, more meaningful life. <BR/><BR/>Oo, it's all gone a bit <I>The Matrix</I>. I think I'll go out for a walk in the 'real' world.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158341745521426172006-09-15T18:35:00.000+01:002006-09-15T18:35:00.000+01:00Orbi non sufficit -- James Bond family motto (the ...Orbi non sufficit -- James Bond family motto (the world is not enough).<BR/>I had to learn Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars (veni, vidi, vici and all that) and Virgil's bloody Aeneid at school.DavetheFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310714240845196050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158341362668310742006-09-15T18:29:00.000+01:002006-09-15T18:29:00.000+01:00Tum toesn legume -- I think it's a disguised versi...Tum toesn legume -- I think it's a disguised version of tum, toes, 'n leg. Ume(You me?)<BR/><BR/>Hey, what if this is CODE, someone trying to give a message ... haven't I got anything better to do?DavetheFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310714240845196050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158102729716168022006-09-13T00:12:00.000+01:002006-09-13T00:12:00.000+01:00Um, *Just when i thought i was out they pull me ba...Um, <BR/><BR/>*Just when i thought i was out they pull me back in!*Wyndhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682812260329010391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158090590395950612006-09-12T20:49:00.000+01:002006-09-12T20:49:00.000+01:00Let's not forget Winnie Ille Pu.Let's not forget <I>Winnie Ille Pu</I>.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158083750025977052006-09-12T18:55:00.000+01:002006-09-12T18:55:00.000+01:00Homo sapiens non urinat in ventum. Seen on a build...<EM>Homo sapiens non urinat in ventum.</EM> Seen on a building near the Leidseplein in Amsterdam.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888732615181532548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158069712281312262006-09-12T15:01:00.001+01:002006-09-12T15:01:00.001+01:00Paddington, with 2 Ds. Stupid Lorna.Paddington, with 2 Ds. Stupid Lorna.Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353688151834899711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158069662271952042006-09-12T15:01:00.000+01:002006-09-12T15:01:00.000+01:00There's also 'Ursus nomine Padington', in which th...There's also 'Ursus nomine Padington', in which the hero hails from Peruvia Obscurantissima...Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353688151834899711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158068913291330512006-09-12T14:48:00.000+01:002006-09-12T14:48:00.000+01:00Flopsus, mopsus and cottontailus realdoc'mgggjvaw'...Flopsus, mopsus and cottontailus realdoc<BR/><BR/>'mgggjvaw' parrot with toothache? these word verifications are mindbending...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158063254360356182006-09-12T13:14:00.000+01:002006-09-12T13:14:00.000+01:00that's just the sort of thing my dad would do*slop...that's <I>just</I> the sort of thing my dad would do<BR/><BR/>*slopes of trilling 'ex maria virgine' la la la*Urban Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692332227897168182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158060822414321322006-09-12T12:33:00.000+01:002006-09-12T12:33:00.000+01:00I read the flopsy bunnies in latin once Flopsus, M...I read the flopsy bunnies in latin once Flopsus, Mopsus and ehm the other oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158056286637966782006-09-12T11:18:00.000+01:002006-09-12T11:18:00.000+01:00'Carpe Diem' means the day of the fish, as any ful...'Carpe Diem' means the day of the fish, as any fule kno.Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353688151834899711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158050160003950432006-09-12T09:36:00.000+01:002006-09-12T09:36:00.000+01:00I love a nice bit of SanskritI love a nice bit of SanskritBillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158050010254170662006-09-12T09:33:00.000+01:002006-09-12T09:33:00.000+01:00Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Har...Hare Krishna Hare Krishna <BR/>Krishna Krishna Hare Hare <BR/>Hare Rama Hare Rama <BR/>Rama Rama Hare HareBillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158034650606668442006-09-12T05:17:00.000+01:002006-09-12T05:17:00.000+01:00Yup, this is pretty much how I saw this comments t...Yup, this is pretty much how I saw this comments thread shaping up. <BR/><BR/>Now I'm wanting to mount a Shock and Awe-style assault on Cthulhu's seaweed-garlanded temple, using an army of 400 Welsh simians led by Simon de Montfort, with 'Caecilius est in horto' as the codeword to start dropping leaflets printed with the Celtic liturgy, and if that doesn't work, then 'Metella in atrio sedet' as the codeword to start the carpet-bombing attack.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I'm properly awake. <BR/><BR/>These playing cards are going to turn out really well, then.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158033548942020322006-09-12T04:59:00.000+01:002006-09-12T04:59:00.000+01:00Protestants should be careful in France. Wasn't so...Protestants should be careful in France. Wasn't so long ago they tended to get lynched.<BR/><BR/>Well, 400-odd years ago.<BR/><BR/>WV: <B>fttpmnci</B> Welsh simians available on braodband.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158032684834908232006-09-12T04:44:00.000+01:002006-09-12T04:44:00.000+01:00Blimey, Cthonic rituals smuggled into advertising ...Blimey, Cthonic rituals smuggled into advertising placeholder text! Lovecraft would be prould of you, First Nations.<BR/><BR/>Remember, according to the game Call of Cthulhu "attempting to destroy Cthulhu with nuclear weapons will only result in him reforming fifteen minutes later, and now highly radioactive.' And presumably annoyed.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158032021186141372006-09-12T04:33:00.000+01:002006-09-12T04:33:00.000+01:00Yog Sothoth! N'gai!Shub Niggurrath!In the seaweed ...Yog Sothoth! N'gai!<BR/>Shub Niggurrath!<BR/>In the seaweed garlanded temples of sunken R'lyeh great Cthulhu lies dreaming!<BR/>N'gai!<BR/><BR/>beats lorem ipsum all to crap.<BR/>well it does.FirstNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387748372500478809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158011585295594892006-09-11T22:53:00.000+01:002006-09-11T22:53:00.000+01:00Caecilius est in horto. A year's worth of Latin, t...Caecilius est in horto. A year's worth of Latin, that. Oh, and 'Carpe Diem', which i assume relates in some way to carpet bombing.Delhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10804947827499336453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158011190469194772006-09-11T22:46:00.000+01:002006-09-11T22:46:00.000+01:00Sounds far more impressive than the drivel I have ...Sounds far more impressive than the drivel I have burned into my brain from Upper Fourth Latin: Metella in atrio sedet.<BR/><BR/>That's pretty much it.Blondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949311774305277801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1158000794536379672006-09-11T19:53:00.000+01:002006-09-11T19:53:00.000+01:00Ooh, now I'm learning things too, thanks cello.Ooh, now I'm learning things too, thanks cello.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1157997259849880582006-09-11T18:54:00.000+01:002006-09-11T18:54:00.000+01:00As an ex-Catholic atheist,but occasional singer in...As an ex-Catholic atheist,but occasional singer in churches, I think you are more likely to encounter a Nunc Dimittis within an Anglican Evensong. You need an Angelus or a Magnificat for the Cats.cellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061833787120469657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1157991693436989902006-09-11T17:21:00.000+01:002006-09-11T17:21:00.000+01:00Was puzzled - followed links - am now enlightened....Was puzzled - followed links - am now enlightened.<BR/><BR/>You really do learn a lot from this blogging malarky.Spinsterellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611660308963083276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1157990297621282152006-09-11T16:58:00.000+01:002006-09-11T16:58:00.000+01:00It's a pity it didn't have Etaoin Shrdlu on it as ...It's a pity it didn't have Etaoin Shrdlu on it as well as lorem ipsum: Celtic liturgy, perhaps, to go with the Latin? ;)<BR/><BR/>vw: ohelep. A plaintive cry from my computer?Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353688151834899711noreply@blogger.com