Gaius Octavius

Except for ticking off one of the tyrants, what has been conclusively proven? 1. Capt. Black Adder, Ret'd, is a genius? 2. MPC is a genius? 3. FC is a genius? 4. His Greekness :notworthy: was burgled at the pump? 5. PP ought to truck the stuff to America? 6. Moon lives in Colorado? I am unanimous in option number 1.

And San Marino is run by a bunch of communists! Oh, dear! Wait until a 'certain party', who, naturally, shall remain unnamed, MPC, gets an eyeful of this intelligence.

Shhh! What are you trying to do? Destroy the booze industry? Anyone who tells you that he prefers booze to an ice cream soda is a bald faced dissimulator. That's why you have Rum n Coke and Singapore Slings. Produces more deadly arguments than conviviality. It's the manly thing! Empties the pockets of the polloi and fills those of the plutocrats. In my case it is strictly medicinal. The only mixed drink I am allowed is a Dirty Vodka Martini on the Rocks - for clearing the brain register and sustenance. Otherwise it is straight whiskey to thin the blood, ward off evil and keep pretzels company.

Rather than make statements, I will ask questions: Was Ariminius not an officer in the Roman Army? A citizen of Rome? Was he not a hostage raised by a Roman family?

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Now that the elections are history, there seems to have been a 'bump' in petrol prices. For my argument, what could the cause(s) be? 1. prez chinney, the republiks and the Seven Deadly Sisters, in conclave, are punishing the polloi for throwing out the bums? 2. A 'corner' on the market on Wall Street? 3. Inflation? 4. Simple greed, i.e., retailers and wholesalers figuring that they can squeeze a few more farthings out of the peasants? 5. Adumbration? 6. A shift in production to heating oil? 7. Sun spots? 8. Etc.? 9. All or none or any of the above? 10. Gaylord van Shaftingham? Let's give Rome its pagan share. Didn't the government have to build up the port of Ostia to get reasonably priced corn to the under class because the magnates had a corner on local grain? Didn't Diocletian have to introduce price controls to keep the populares in reasonable misery, and the magnates a little poorer? Oh! dear, no such word as 'populares'. Will fustigate myself.

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Couldn't agree with you more. There should be open season on politicians, lawyers, neo-paths, undertakers, etc. Don't know how they taste, but they could always be used for spare parts. Don't want my personal freedom limited. Poor rummy! It's really hank kissinger who is whispering in georgie-poo's ear about Eyewreck. Giving dubya his Viet-Nam wisdom. Understand that prez chenny has invited Nancy Pelosi out to a peasant hunting affair. The jolly rover is sending rummy off on a tour of Fallujah in a Hum-Vee. Maybe now we will get someone with normal sized ears in D.C.

Like any good capitalist, I buy my petrol at the cheapest rate.

Once again your logic fails you. One event may move a price (prices) one way and another event move them more so that way or the reverse. As you suggested that I read the Philippics, read an elementary economics book.

Pay attention! Bourbon may only come from kentucky. The other rot comes from 10asee. It's all 'sippin' whiskey. Real men drink it straight in great quantities. When you have a cold, you stand in front of an open window, naked ,with a bottle of aspirin in one hand and a quart of any whiskey in the other. Take a slug of the booze and throw a couple of pills out of the window. Continue until booze is exhausted. If you put your hand on the top of your head, you will note that it is as hot as a griddle and that your nose has stopped running. No need for a quack. I hope that Pantagathus :notworthy: will give me a 'bitter' label in the U.S. Right now he has me drinking Dogfish Head (Raison D' Etre). "A deep mahogany ale brewed with Belgian beer sugars, green raisins & a sense of purpose." Pretty good stuff. Even my Bride goes for it. He doesn't give a hang about my wallet. As for our French friends, what do they know about food, wine or booze?

Utica? No!, A thousand times NO! I won't have it. The gods have fled from Utica. Ovid!, Ovid! Poetic justice! And a statue in Cicero, with a bottle of Dewar's cradled in his toga.

Good luck, Tiger.

No--a New Yorker by birth. Undoubtedly from Cato, N.Y.

Proof positive that you are a genius! :notworthy:

Dr. Dalby, what is your view of spittle's post above? Hate Coke. Not all colonials mix their booze with soda or water. No comments from Their Lordships? :notworthy:

Can't wait for MPC to click on 'TERENTIA'. Anyway, try this one. It has an initial in it: EBOGUHRGESW (male)

Simple, my real name.

What a good lad you are. A+ for you!

Here are a couple of questions for you. Was Andy a prisoner of war? Do the Israelis still swear in their recruits at Masada? If not, why not? :sneaky2: 5,000? I've seen more people on a subway car.

O! ye gods! The Lord of the Herbs :notworthy: is now pushing Scottishe water for each brew on the colonials. He probably gets a cut. I just consulted my personal gynecologist and he informs me that one has a splash of branch water (whatever that is) with bourbon, which may only come from kentucky. Only pumpkin kickers or apple knockers drink bourbon. Now this is important! I have a half dozen bottles of unopened booze that has been hanging around for some four decades plus. It ranges from Scotch to Armagnac to Napoleon Cognac. Does aging in the bottle make any difference? I also have a bottle of Port of the same age. It is bleeding from the cork. Should I drink it or give it to an enemy or a quack?

As long as you are going to cut the stuff with water or Coke, why bother with the expensive stuff? After three you won't know the difference anyway. Go with a beer and a bump (Carstairs, Fleishmann's). -_- No sissy stuff.

Tim O'Neil, an Aussie Romanophile, is (was) producing a movie about the Varrian Disaster. He was on roman-empire.net and had his own site. He encouraged others to participate with their insights. He knew his stuff. If it ever comes out, I am sure that it will be a worthy product. Lost track of him.

Spring for a couple of bottles of Johnny Walker Blue.