Gaius Octavius

St. Thomas (the Apostle) is said to have introduced Christianity (the Malabar Rite) to India. If he could go there, it is not surprising that Romans travelled to India and perhaps settled there.

Learn how to speak Neapolitan - quick. Drink lots of strega. Use the bus system and the Metro. Drink lots of grappa. Pay no attention to drivers - they'll stop for you. Put your trust in everyone you deal with. If you must drive, drive on the wrong side of the road - everyone else does. Walking shoes. Lots of pounds. Drink the house wine. Eat dinner at 'Tre Scallini' in the Piazza Navona. The House of Nero. A good map. (Brendtson City Streets of Rome) Gelato! Panini! Pizza! Sea food! And na sfogliatelle. English speaking guides at the Colosseum will give you a tour of the place and you will by-pass the waiting crowd. Inexpensive.

Most likely ossified by now in some Yorksheershire whisky wattle. :1eye:

Continued: HBO Rep: What happened to your internet site, you Tattle Tale :notworthy: ? Livia: Ask Miss Bobbit!

Blundered as in I botched it, or as in not funny, or as in a bad idea overall? As in: Vercingetorix' last words: "Caesar, is this really necessary?" but: MPC and Cicero to Caesar: "The Americans don't fix their elections, nor do they have dictators." Caesar: "Oh?"

General Galliani hadn't read (or paid any heed to) General De Gaulle's book on tank warfare, nor was Galliani aware of, or cared about, the admonition of the German general, von Moltke, that the German army should attack through Belguim and then swing around and just graze the French coast with its right flank. The Maginot Line was simply by-passed. Rommel led one of the spearheads which rolled up the French army and got behind it. The French high command learned nothing from the German blitzkrieg in Poland. The French were prepared to defend a la WWI style, and not to attack. The bravery of the valiant French poilu may not be questioned. The incompetence of their high command was at fault.

*Blundered.*

DoL :wub:, does all that babble boil down to your having a lexical gender change? D.F., you're a god - too? Where do you hang out? In the Newtown Krik?

G.O. covers his eyes and counters with the Horns! His figa protects him from The Evil Eye!

Father Jove pay any attention to Minerva or Hecate? Mere wemens? They should be but not heard from. Even N. C. agrees by her absence.

The first pic looks like a pond. The second a canal. How may we be assured that you are not being Mal(icious)adict?

look you Romans, if you want to get rid of the , sew him up in a bag full of cobras, bears and vultures. He and his dead gods won't stand a chance. Pater Arcanae

By "buggers" I meant the isolationist party in the U.S Congress and Senate, not America as a whole. If France and Great Britain had sorted out Hitler in '37 or '38 it is unlikely we would have seen the carnage of WWI again. Instead what we saw was an even more frightful carnage of WW2 I really do agree with what you say in essence. I just have a quibble with the way you say it. So, Mussolini was the hero of pre WWII?

If you ever go to the Arena in Verona, you will be able to hear people speaking (in a normal voice) from the extremities of the long axis.

Why not, My Lady of the North :notworthy: ? Must your arms be twisted once again? Surely you won't leave this to My Lord of the Herbs :notworthy: and the likes of .

Komrades: The Imperial Roman Intelligence Service (IRIS) - get it?, has intercepted a letter from busche to president chinney. For your edification, it is reproduced here. Keep in mind that this is Top Secret and for your eyes only, else it is off to Poland with you. Deer mista prezaden? Look, yu *CENSORED*, iv been frontin 4 yu 4 5 yeers now and everythin has gone Right. nothin iz correk. i trid to *CENSORED* up soshul sekurity n faled. then i did *GRRR!* up medakar. now th old fokz are oilin up ther gresse gunz 2 git me. yu got me in2 2 warz in plasez that i nevr herd ov. yu sadeld me wit browny n chirpoff n thay *CENSORED* up katrina n nobody tole me notin. if i waz to tak a wauk in noo yok sombodee id jump a lite n leve tire tredz up my body. ur boy snojob puled a fast 1 on me wit this port *BRR!*. waytll thay find out about th chineez runnnin som portz. nobody telz me notin. now som *Uh Oh!* hedz r tryin to git sharia law 4 themselvz in ontario. then ther ar a passel of pulpit poundin preechers tryin to set up Cristian govment in sout karolina. some exodus *BRR!*. ther tryin to git fokz to com therr n kik out demokratz, liberlz n even republixz n neo conz who dont coton 2 them. Jus *CENSORED* grate. this *OH DEAR*! sadam runz hiz own trial. wanna bet thay cut im loosz. iv got thoz guyz in bowlivea n venizzwala so *OHHH!* off that thay wil probablee put a contrak out on me. wear th *COOO!* r thoz plases. wat th *BRR!* r stem celz. th partee is afta me bout theez wetbakxz n th border. thoz minitmen lik az plugg me az a wetbak. haf th partee iz on th take n r goin 2 alkatraz. th rest r bangin therr hedz on th florz n walz. wil u pleez git that guy deelay to take the merkury treetment. th ol man n ol ladee lik thet guy klinten betr than me. thay cut me out ov ther wil and put him in. nise. thoz *MY GOD!* at fox r turnin on me. u go off huntin n drinkinn n allmost put down a shister. he haz grate earz. then u dont tel enybody. wat wer u watin 4. did u wanna see if u snuffed him. hoo pade th bilz. thenn u git him to tak a div 4 u. nex time ur out shootin tak mkklellen n rover wit u. doo th job rite thiz time. wot th *OUCH!* wer u doin. praktisin to git osama. u shudna takin 5 defurmentz. im gittin tiered of thisz fony texaz axsent n waukin round lik a puppit n telin liz. now ur pakin me off to indeeya. wherr th *MY WORD!* iz that. wot kind ov *OH NO!* r thay. how manee dizeezez wil i git. do thay speek inglissh. o god it jest hit th wirez. thay hav a tape showin brownie tellin me all about katrina. u *GOOD GRIEF!*. Tak brownie huntin. git judg starr 2 be4 he gits me. wot else r u puttin on mi plate. dont i hav enuff u *LORDY, LORDY!*. giv bugs buny that shot gun nex tim ur out. hav a nise day georgee dubya _____________________________________________________________________________ ADVERTISEMENT Today's Journal brought to you through the good offices of the Chinney Hunting, Lying, Fishing & Cursing School. We will educate you on how to whack your best friend on private propety. Lie about it and get away with it, so long as it's in Dixie. The proper curses to use when speaking at a liberal. Fish stories for every occasion. As a free gift, we will show you how to fix your election and get a government pension when you go to jail. Anyone is well qualified, so long as you are a whacko or a red neck. All this for the low low price of 10 grand in tuition. Fully laundered cash on the barrel head only. Call your local Radio Trash Talker or Fox for further details and limitations. Fully warranteed. _____________________________________________________________________________ IRIS SPQR

Yeah, sure, you just ask a 'certain party', who in the interests of my well being, shan't be named, (Ursus). I am unanimous in my opinion that all the :wub:s should be gathered in one place and :blowup: .

Do you believe it? A mere girl :notworthy: wins The Contest! Didn't it bug you when you were in grammar school and the girls were the smartest ones? :smartass: . AND they never got trounced!

Mal(icious)adict has been waiting in ambush with this one!

Very nice shot - from the Moon?

G xx, I don't think that "spineless cowardice" or "political naivete' are the proper terms to use here. Remember that the British and French populations had the carnage of WWI fresh in their memories. The 'buggers', as you so quaintly put it, were involved prior to their official entry into the war - Lend/Lease.

See: http://www.unrv.com/military.php and: http://members.tripod.com/~S_van_Dorst/legio.html and: "The Making of the Roman Army - From Republic to Empire", Lawrence Keppie. I don't believe that a legion was ever composed of 16,000 men, nor a cohort of 1,600 men. Perhaps the 'writer' is thinking about an army (more than one legion), and a detachment of cohorts (more than one cohort).

Something tells me that if a 'certain party' gives up one of his nasty habits, there will be another Contest - soon. So, commence winding up 'headquarters' and sharpening your fingers. Don Tomasso doesn't want to have to go about kneecapping Romans - again.