Do you think it was a joke there with misunderstanding the Nietzsche quote warning about looking into the abyss as a reference to the film "The Abyss"?
Also, I don't remember the story from Lawrence's battles with the Turks during WWI, but there's a very similar one about the Fall of Singapore in WWII. All the major artillery was in batteries defending the island against a seaborne attack, and couldn't be turned around to shell the approaching Japanese army coming down the Malay peninsula.
Founder and proprietor of Brilliant at Breakfast from 2004-2014 (brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com). Dipping my toes back into the blogging waters. Why? So my Facebook friends don't have to read my rants unless they want to.
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Over at my humble abode, I've posted a few Tweety rants. With this here crew now on the loose, things should really take off.
...in the pocket of Big Wooden Shoe!
BWAH!
hoo! thank god for jon stewart, it may be the only way we survive the 2008 election
Do you think it was a joke there with misunderstanding the Nietzsche quote warning about looking into the abyss as a reference to the film "The Abyss"?
Also, I don't remember the story from Lawrence's battles with the Turks during WWI, but there's a very similar one about the Fall of Singapore in WWII. All the major artillery was in batteries defending the island against a seaborne attack, and couldn't be turned around to shell the approaching Japanese army coming down the Malay peninsula.
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