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Post by Wyndham on Jun 4, 2007 21:48:52 GMT -5
How about beautiful, and just plain ignorant, in a chyt-kicking sort of way?
Following the news? Poor George W. Dying on the hooks inch by inch. I can't imagine why he doesn't resign, other than hoping against perverse hope that he'll be proved right somehow, somewhere!
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Post by RobertGraves on Jul 14, 2007 17:35:27 GMT -5
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Post by wordswordswords on Jul 24, 2007 0:56:22 GMT -5
Well, Robert, since you posted it under the "Just for Fun" topic, my guess is that he thought it would be fun.... Perhaps expecting anybody to have a reason for an action nowadays (or any days) is expecting too much...
The article mentions that the tank was popular among students hiring it for "school formals." Are "formals" dances? If so, I guess I don't understand just what the students were doing when they hired a tank--an unusual type of transportation?
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Post by RobertGraves on Jul 24, 2007 4:28:42 GMT -5
Kids spend a lot of money on fancy cars, limos and motorbikes to make a grand entrance at their Formals - so a tank would be a lark, I guess.
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Post by RobertGraves on Aug 10, 2007 15:50:28 GMT -5
You did something similiar in the uS about 8 years ago ha ha:
Goat crowned king of Ireland
Jimmy, a feisty white mountain goat, has been crowned king of Ireland at one of the country's oldest fairs.
Dating back centuries, the Puck Fair is an annual festival of drinking, music and dancing celebrated in the town of Killorglin in southern Ireland.
Each year a male goat is caught in the surrounding mountains, paraded through the town to a beat of drums and pipes, and then placed in a 40-foot (12-metre) stand where he reigns as king for three days.
The origins of the fair are not totally known, but it always falls on August 10-12.
One theory suggests mountain goats alerted residents of the town to an impending attack by English leader Oliver Cromwell's forces in the 17th century.
Another says it may have pre-Christian links due to the goat being a pagan fertility symbol like the god Pan.
"Its origins go way back to the mists of time," the fair's financial controller Declan Falvey told Reuters. "There is a mingling of fact and fantasy."
Around 100,000 to 150,000 visitors are expected to attend this year.
Mr Falvey said precautions had been taken at the event, which also features separate horse and cattle fairs, due to a foot and mouth outbreak in England.
Disinfectant was being used, and mats were placed wherever there were animals.
Jimmy himself will receive regal treatment, being fed regularly and checked by his own personal vet.
"At the end of three days, when he is dethroned, he is brought back up to the mountains and released to join his fellow nanny goats to resume his pastoral duties," said Mr Falvey.
-Reuters
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Post by Wyndham on Aug 12, 2007 9:55:48 GMT -5
Tenarke, I believe at the end of such fertility ceremonies, the real tradition is to sacrifice the goat, bull, horse, man, no? Hopefully you Yanks are traditionalists.
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Post by Tenarke on Aug 12, 2007 12:22:15 GMT -5
How did I get in the middle of all this?
I read Robert’s post with his question at the top asking whether this was not similar to a past US ritual. Sorry, didn’t ring any bells.
We are a pretty diverse nation; however, if any among us took up the worship, or even the adoration of goats I am sure the Pentecostals would set up a flap of seismic proportions and all would be made aware. Fox news channel would have a field day.
As I am sure you know we don’t do monarchy here. Further, I am not aware of any goat, either billy or nanny, running for public office whether federal state or local.
The only thing I can remember; and that was about 40 years back, was a South American election where the public was so turned off by both contenders, that they elected a brand of foot powder, Pulvados, as I recall, to be their elected leader by write-in ballot.
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Post by RobertGraves on Aug 13, 2007 3:18:59 GMT -5
I was just thinking of that goat, Bush!
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Post by Tenarke on Aug 13, 2007 12:40:28 GMT -5
No. George doesn’t bring a goat to mind – more a turkey. Note the head bobbing when he’s trying to make sincere, or funny.
Also a duck. Even lamer now that Karl Rove “Bush’s Brain” has decided to spend more time with his family.
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Post by Wyndham on Jan 26, 2008 0:13:57 GMT -5
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Post by RobertGraves on Jan 26, 2008 2:50:14 GMT -5
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Post by Tenarke on Jan 27, 2008 20:52:12 GMT -5
It seems that life is not for the faint of heart in the remains of the British Empire.
I suppose that I could do a more whole hearted job of pulling your leg if only it would stop snowing on me, down here in sunny California.
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Post by Wyndham on Mar 5, 2008 17:34:49 GMT -5
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Post by Wyndham on Apr 4, 2008 15:49:29 GMT -5
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Post by RobertGraves on Aug 22, 2008 4:42:20 GMT -5
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