Fun and Games: January 2010 Archives

With lyrics by Bob the Trousered Ape:

It started with a post at Drawin Catholic:

I'm darkly amused by the picture of a pro-abortion counter-protestor to the March For Life carrying a sign which says, "Won't Get Laid Without Roe v. Wade". Why, precisely, does the bearer think that anyone else should be worried by this?

In the comments, then, one Kyle R. Cupp opined, "Such rhythm, such rhyme! Her sign could start the chorus of a hit pop song."

Like waving catnip in front of a cat...

I’m a girl with great ambition,
Dreaming of a high position:
Who would date a quarterback, a movie star, a politician;
But they don’t get a chance
Of a glance
Into my pants
Unless they meet my one condition,Which is:
They don’t get laid,
No they don’t get laid,
They don’t get laid without Roe v. Wade!

An IM conversation from 2004

PeonyMoss: OT, this stinks, I am looking for web citations about that sappy space opera I like and am not finding much
PANSY: which opera?
PeonyMoss: Snow Queen, World's End, Summer Queen by Joan Vinge
:PANSY: oh
PeonyMoss: "space opera" -- soap operas in space
PANSY: ok
PANSY: I was thinking LaBoheme
PeonyMoss: Rudolf and Mimi are not in space to the best of my knowledge
PeonyMoss: but then it's been a while since I saw it
PANSY: lol, you haven't seen the latest version

Trust me, it's funny: a Florida lawyer explains to his counterpart exactly why settling out of court is the prudent option.

I am of the opinion that it is malpractice to file a libel suit without first serving a §770.01 demand, and any lawyer who does not even try to serve a §770.01 notice is quite simply, too mentally deficient to practice law....

Apparently, your client’s umbrage stems from my client’s tweets concerning your client. Below, I provide a reproduction of his Twitter posts from October 8, 2009 (when my client
had a confrontation with one of Route 60 Hyundai’s employees) until October 21, 2009,
when my client became bored with the subject....

And it just goes on from there. The letter concludes with the words Muram aries attigit.

As Political Glimpse explains:

The letter, which deserves to be read in full, concludes with the declaration that the customer intends to pursue counteraction according to the principle of muram aries attigit, which translates as “the ram has touched the wall.”

This refers to a Roman military policy toward cities the Romans placed under siege. The local authority would be told that, as a matter of policy, once the first battering ram touched the city wall, there would be no surrender accepted, no quarter and no mercy.

HT A Political Glimpse from Ireland via House of Erastosthenes.