tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post7822767519652315707..comments2023-12-30T01:23:38.125-08:00Comments on Riddled: So it would seem, SocratesHamish Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-52031597763582263002014-01-17T20:12:53.606-08:002014-01-17T20:12:53.606-08:00But I digress. 'Grandee' is one of Hanson&...<i>But I digress. 'Grandee' is one of Hanson's favourite words. Perhaps he is under a Geis (of the Goidelic variety) obliging him to use it at least once every column.</i><br /><br />Maybe he's a big <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1psCACHj4as" rel="nofollow">Kingston Trio</a> fan... did he ever claim to win his wife in a card game?Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-46903629249848514912014-01-16T14:48:10.965-08:002014-01-16T14:48:10.965-08:00explaining these strange repetitions of his column...<i>explaining these strange repetitions of his columns, resembling episodes of change-ringing.</i><br /><br />It also occurred to me that they could be his homage to Homeric epithets. No-one complained about *Homer* banging on about "grey-eyed Athena" and "Rosy fingered Dawn" every time he updated his blog.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-1830019951212325492014-01-16T07:18:30.564-08:002014-01-16T07:18:30.564-08:00'French revolutionary aristocrat-executing ari...<i>'French revolutionary aristocrat-executing aristocrats'</i><br /><br />It's a little-known fact that the French revolutionaries imported a group of Portuguese aristocrats to behead the French aristocrats. It was called the Guilherme team.tigrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-86905498320529350242014-01-16T06:35:57.771-08:002014-01-16T06:35:57.771-08:00Isn't it amazing that with the entirety of cla...Isn't it amazing that with the entirety of classical Greek and Roman history and literature to draw on, Victor Davis Hanson seems only to find anecdotes which support his own prejudices?Helmut Monotremenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-46948823083756169002014-01-16T05:59:34.611-08:002014-01-16T05:59:34.611-08:00That's a very beautiful image. Perhaps the min...That's a very beautiful image. Perhaps the mind of VDH is more a belfryful of parallel-processing bats, explaining these strange repetitions of his columns, resembling episodes of change-ringing.Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.com