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Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
Sexy Halloween Violin
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montycrusto
Guest
Me! Haha
Migoz2
Senator
Do you have your speech ready?Me! Haha
Jackie1111
Tribune
I've only been to Toronto. It's been quite a few years, but I remember thinking it was wonderful. Several months ago I ordered a booklet from a company that operates scenic luxury train travel through parts of Canada, which looked fun.
Like some of you no doubt, I'm aching to travel again. Once the Covid crisis is behind us, and after satisfying some obligatory family visits, the first thing we'll be doing is making the trip to Italy we had to cancel earlier this year. My god I love Italy (we've been there quite a few times already). We had planned to rent a car for a week (which we typically don't do when there) and explore the countryside north of Rome, checking out cute little towns and obscure Roman and Etruscan ruins. I'm a sucker for ruins of just about any kind. Here is something in that region I very much want to see (and climb) for myself....
Etruscan Pyramid of Bomarzo
This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.
www.atlasobscura.com
But for the time being, we'll be staying home for all the upcoming holidays this year. We've never had to do that before, and it makes me rather sad. I suppose I shouldn't complain, as we're not suffering like millions of others, but still...
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montycrusto
Guest
“Dearly beloved ...
We are gathered here today in the presence of God, to.. oh bollocks, that’s the wrong speech...“
Gibbs505
SERVORUM DOMITOR
I think that you would love the trip through the Canadian Rockies and the Fraser canyon! Also the trip from Prince Rupert to Jasper!I've only been to Toronto. It's been quite a few years, but I remember thinking it was wonderful. Several months ago I ordered a booklet from a company that operates scenic luxury train travel through parts of Canada, which looked fun.
Like some of you no doubt, I'm aching to travel again. Once the Covid crisis is behind us, and after satisfying some obligatory family visits, the first thing we'll be doing is making the trip to Italy we had to cancel earlier this year. My god I love Italy (we've been there quite a few times already). We had planned to rent a car for a week (which we typically don't do when there) and explore the countryside north of Rome, checking out cute little towns and obscure Roman and Etruscan ruins. I'm a sucker for ruins of just about any kind. Here is something in that region I very much want to see (and climb) for myself....
Etruscan Pyramid of Bomarzo
This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.
But for the time being, we'll be staying home for all the upcoming holidays this year. We've never had to do that before, and it makes me rather sad. I suppose I shouldn't complain, as we're not suffering like millions of others, but still...
old slave
FELIS RESPICIENS
Some political(?) thinking to mull over while waiting for Eulalia to grind some more beans:
@Praefectus Praetorio never thought of the Singaporean Democracy rules, but there's plenty of time yet in his story.
PURE SOCIALISM You have two cows. The government takes them and puts
them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all
the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need.
BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM You have two cows. The government takes them
and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. They are cared for
by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the
government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as
much milk and as many eggs as the regulations say you should need.
FASCISM You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to
take care of them, and sells you the milk.
PURE COMMUNISM You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of
them, and you all share the milk.
RUSSIAN COMMUNISM You have two cows. You have to take care of them,
but the government takes all the milk.
DICTATORSHIP You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you.
SINGAPOREAN DEMOCRACY You have two cows. The government fines you for
keeping two unlicensed farm animals in an apartment.
MILITARISM You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.
PURE DEMOCRACY You have two cows. Your neighbours decide who gets the milk.
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY You have two cows. Your neighbours pick
someone to tell you who gets the milk.
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY The government promises to give you two cows if you
vote for it. After the election, the president is impeached for
speculating in cow futures. The press dubs the affair "Cowgate".
BRITISH DEMOCRACY You have two cows. You feed them sheep's brains and
they go mad. The government doesn't do anything.
BUREAUCRACY You have two cows. At first the government regulates what
you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to
milk them. After that it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and
pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms
accounting for the missing cows.
ANARCHY You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or
your neighbours try to kill you and take the cows.
CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
HONG KONG CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell three of them to your
public-listed company, using letters of credit opened by your
brother-in-law at the bank, then
execute a debt / equity swap with an associated general offer so that
you get all four cows back, with a tax deduction for keeping five
cows. The milk rights of six cows are transferred via a Panamanian
intermediary to a Cayman Islands company secretly owned by the
majority shareholder, who sells the rights to all seven cows' milk
back to the listed company. The annual report says that the company
owns eight cows, with an option on one more. Meanwhile, you kill the
two cows because the feng shui is bad.
ENVIRONMENTALISM You have two cows. The government bans you from
milking or killing them.
FEMINISM: You have two cows. They get married and adopt a veal calf.
TOTALITARIANISM You have two cows. The government takes them and
denies they ever existed. Milk is banned.
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS You are associated with (the concept of
"ownership" is a symbol of the phallo - centric, war - mongering,
intolerant past) two differently - aged (but no less valuable to
society) bovines of non - specified gender.
COUNTER CULTURE Wow, dude, there's like ... these two cows, man. You
got to have some of this milk.
SURREALISM You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take
harmonica lessons.
DISNEY CAPITALISM You have two cows. They dance & sing.
CALIFORNIAN CAPITALISM You have two cows. They are happy.
@Praefectus Praetorio never thought of the Singaporean Democracy rules, but there's plenty of time yet in his story.
PURE SOCIALISM You have two cows. The government takes them and puts
them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all
the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need.
BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM You have two cows. The government takes them
and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. They are cared for
by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the
government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as
much milk and as many eggs as the regulations say you should need.
FASCISM You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to
take care of them, and sells you the milk.
PURE COMMUNISM You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of
them, and you all share the milk.
RUSSIAN COMMUNISM You have two cows. You have to take care of them,
but the government takes all the milk.
DICTATORSHIP You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you.
SINGAPOREAN DEMOCRACY You have two cows. The government fines you for
keeping two unlicensed farm animals in an apartment.
MILITARISM You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.
PURE DEMOCRACY You have two cows. Your neighbours decide who gets the milk.
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY You have two cows. Your neighbours pick
someone to tell you who gets the milk.
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY The government promises to give you two cows if you
vote for it. After the election, the president is impeached for
speculating in cow futures. The press dubs the affair "Cowgate".
BRITISH DEMOCRACY You have two cows. You feed them sheep's brains and
they go mad. The government doesn't do anything.
BUREAUCRACY You have two cows. At first the government regulates what
you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to
milk them. After that it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and
pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms
accounting for the missing cows.
ANARCHY You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or
your neighbours try to kill you and take the cows.
CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
HONG KONG CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell three of them to your
public-listed company, using letters of credit opened by your
brother-in-law at the bank, then
execute a debt / equity swap with an associated general offer so that
you get all four cows back, with a tax deduction for keeping five
cows. The milk rights of six cows are transferred via a Panamanian
intermediary to a Cayman Islands company secretly owned by the
majority shareholder, who sells the rights to all seven cows' milk
back to the listed company. The annual report says that the company
owns eight cows, with an option on one more. Meanwhile, you kill the
two cows because the feng shui is bad.
ENVIRONMENTALISM You have two cows. The government bans you from
milking or killing them.
FEMINISM: You have two cows. They get married and adopt a veal calf.
TOTALITARIANISM You have two cows. The government takes them and
denies they ever existed. Milk is banned.
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS You are associated with (the concept of
"ownership" is a symbol of the phallo - centric, war - mongering,
intolerant past) two differently - aged (but no less valuable to
society) bovines of non - specified gender.
COUNTER CULTURE Wow, dude, there's like ... these two cows, man. You
got to have some of this milk.
SURREALISM You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take
harmonica lessons.
DISNEY CAPITALISM You have two cows. They dance & sing.
CALIFORNIAN CAPITALISM You have two cows. They are happy.
twonines
LIMERICUS
Many a true word spoken in jest!
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montycrusto
Guest
Brexit: you had two cows. But some con-men told you that you could swap them for unicorns. You’re still waiting for the unicorns...
Migoz2
Senator
Oh, sorry. The last two unicorns died in the lorry, while wating for Customs clearance to come off the ferry in Dover.Brexit: you had two cows. But some con-men told you that you could swap them for unicorns. You’re still waiting for the unicorns...
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montycrusto
Guest
TRUMPISM: you have two cows. Trump hires one as National Security Chief and the other as Secretary of State. Later he fires them both, describing their criticisms of him as “fake moos”
Migoz2
Senator
I think you might have hit a new low with that one, Monty
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montycrusto
Guest
hoof...
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montycrusto
Guest
SOLIPSISM: you have two cows. Or do you? I mean, who knows. All your sensory experiences could be illusions..
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
NEOLIBERALISM : you take an option for two cows. Your banker cashes the profit on the milk, in exchange for storing the option, he speculates with the options, cashes on top of the market, transfers the assets to Panama, vanishes and lets his bank go bankrupt and the liquidator of the bankrupcy summons you to pay the value of both cows at their peak rating.
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montycrusto
Guest
BINOMIALISM: you have two examples of the species bos taurus