Originally Posted by SteveMetz
Did you know that the original title for Leo Tolstoy's book War and Peace was War, What Is It Good For?
War...
Did you know that the original title for Leo Tolstoy's book War and Peace was War, What Is It Good For?
Not that there's anything WRONG with that.
and here is the visual to go with it
Tolstoy used that??? Who knew?
Too good to pass up...
Yeah, Elaine on a Seinfeld episode did a very funny riff on Tolstoy and Starr too.
How about this one:
Generals gathered in their masses,
just like witches at black masses.
Evil minds that plot destruction,
sorcerers of death's construction.
In the fields the bodies burning,
as the war machine keeps turning...
"War Pigs" by Black Sabbath
Another one from the Iron Duke
'Gentlemen:
Whilst marching to Portugal to a position which commands the approach to Madrid and the French forces, my officers have been diligently complying with you request which has been sent to HM ship from London to Lisbon and then by dispatch rider to our headquarters.
We have enumerated our saddles, bridles, tents, and tent poles, and all manner of sundry items for which His Majesty's government holds me accountable. I have dispatched reports on the character, wit, spleen of every officer. Each item and every farthing has been accounted for, with two regrettable exceptions for which I beg you indulgence.
Unfortunately, the sum of one shilling and ninepence remains unaccounted for in one infantry battalion's petty cash and there has been a hideous confusion as to the number of jars of raspberry jam issued to one cavalry regiment during a sandstorm in western Spain. This reprehensive carelessness may be related to the pressure of circumstances since we are at war with France, a fact which may have come as a bit of a surprise to you gentlemen in Whitehall.
This brings me to my present purpose, which is to request elucidation of my instructions from His Majesty's Government, so that I may better understand why I am dragging an army over these barren plains. I construe that perforce it must be one of two alternative duties, as given below. I shall pursue one with the best of my ability but I cannot do both.
1. To train an army of uniformed British clerks in Spain for the benefit of the accountants and copy-boys in London, or perchance
2. To see to it that the forces of Napoleon are driven out of Spain.
Your most obedient servant,
Wellington
John Wolfsberger, Jr.
An unruffled person with some useful skills.
Dylan is better
A little balance
Last edited by Rank amateur; 11-13-2007 at 12:08 AM.
Agree. At a memorial ceremony at Falcon in early 2006 for a soldier from a different battalion than mine a group of his platoon buddies were musicians and played Dylan's "Knockin' on Heavens Door." It struck a middle ground between Dylan's original version and the remake by GnR years later. As they were playing i glanced over at my CSM and tears were gently rolling down his cheeks. I lost it too.
Every time i hear that song on the radio, especially these lines,
"Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door."
I think back to that memorial ceremony and that great fallen infantrymen and his buddies singing a memorial song to him.
gian
Gotta go with Gian P. Gentile over Rank Amateur on this one. Dylan is better solely if you're in the dentist's office, riding an elevator, or in the frozen foods section of Publix. Tough to go against Sabbath especially when Dylan's weapon of choice was a simple acoustic guitar while Iommi wielded an axe...
...although after later reading Gentile's tribute to his fallen comrade, I definitely can see why he later agreed with RA...
Last edited by Bodhi; 11-15-2007 at 12:56 AM.
The Soul Patrol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD48dJWZ5Zs
I love the smell of Napalm in the morning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwqdB...eature=related
Dylan for lyrics only. Ozzy rules.
"He is best who is trained in the severest school." -Thucydides
"Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore, do not take lightly the perils of war." -Thucydides
Terror can be endured so long as man simply ducks; but, it kills if a man thinks about it. -Erich Maria Remarque
"To whom much is given, much is expected." Luke 12:48
"The price of greatness is responsibility." -Winston Churchill
"There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform." -Xenophon
"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." -Xenophon
classic
I... I don't know exactly how to put this, sir, but are you aware of what a serious breach of security that would be? I mean...
he'll see everything. He'll see the big board!
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