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Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Danaos...(with apologies to Don) From: Micca Date: 05 Nov 10 - 12:29 PM I had it Framed on my desk as a guide to dealing with Academic Staff along with the Biblical quote, " Put not your faith in Princes" None of them ever asked its significance!!! |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Danaos...(with apologies to Don) From: MGM·Lion Date: 05 Nov 10 - 07:12 AM That's funny, Roger ~~ so did I, only in my case 62 years ago! But for some reason that tag stays with me... ~M~ |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Danaos...(with apologies to Don) From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 05 Nov 10 - 06:54 AM Apologies for the typo. I only passed O level Latin at the second attempt 50 years ago. RtS |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Danaos...(with apologies to Don) From: MGM·Lion Date: 05 Nov 10 - 06:32 AM Maximas tibi gratias ago, - Joe aut Clone, {or whatever may be the vocative for these}. ~Micaelus~ |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: MGM·Lion Date: 05 Nov 10 - 05:16 AM Oops ~ MARO, not 'Mario'. Blush blush, where is my pedantic cred to end up if I go making booboos like that! ~M~ |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: MGM·Lion Date: 05 Nov 10 - 05:13 AM So back to a serious, if pedantic, one. It still says 'Donaos' when it ought to be 'Danaos', as written in the Æneid by Publius Vergilius Mario {no relation to any of the Earps}; so may it be corrected please? Thank you. ~Michael~ ------Done. I'd have used a strikethrough except... JoeClone----- |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: Seamus Kennedy Date: 05 Nov 10 - 03:20 AM Wonder what Helena Troi (younger sister of Star Trek's Counselor Deanna Troi) would think of all these facetious postings? |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: GUEST Date: 04 Nov 10 - 06:39 PM So Roger if a Horse shaped parcel arrives in the post with Greek stamps on it I should not accept it? Well - at least tr(o)y to refuse it! ;>) |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: Rapparee Date: 04 Nov 10 - 06:36 PM Yeah, the Earp Brothers...out here in The West we called 'em "The Fightin' Pimps." Not to their face, though. |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: MGM·Lion Date: 04 Nov 10 - 06:26 PM :) |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: Micca Date: 04 Nov 10 - 04:38 PM So Roger if a Horse shaped parcel arrives in the post with Greek stamps on it I should not accept it? |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: GUEST,^&* Date: 04 Nov 10 - 03:09 PM Nah - they were two Paddies called Timmy Dan Aos and Donal Ferentes in the wonderful At Swim Two Birds , surely? An' if dey wuz cowboys, they kemm from Ringsend, IIRC |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: Ernest Date: 04 Nov 10 - 03:04 PM Oh - and I thought Virgil Earp SHOT Timothy Danaos and Donna Ferrentes... |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: Seamus Kennedy Date: 04 Nov 10 - 02:02 PM Ah yes, Virgil. I remember him well. He was the nicest of the Earp brothers. |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: MGM·Lion Date: 04 Nov 10 - 11:27 AM May I pedantically request that the title of this thread be emended to "Timeo Danaos...", which is what Virgil actually wrote, please? ~Michael~ |
Subject: RE: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 03 Nov 10 - 08:00 PM Seem to be home-grown. Need to be caught and given long terms at hard labor. |
Subject: BS: Timeo Donaos... From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 03 Nov 10 - 07:25 AM ...et dona ferentes. Greek parcels halted RtS |