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# I do rather regret
My poncey post though
(I helped save b3ta! xian, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 19:47, archived)
# worry not
we could do with a bit of highbrow now and then
(I helped save b3ta! mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 19:50, archived)
# And the idea of the actual gameplay
Is making me chuckle, I suppose.

What do you suppose you are meant to do?
(I helped save b3ta! xian, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 19:51, archived)
# Die for your country, of course.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
The winner is the first one to get killed in a futile but inspiring gesture intended to raise morale on the home front.
The prize is a plaque at your old school recording your heroic death. Pity you won't be able to attend the ceremony.
(I helped save b3ta! Cassidy : Vissi d'arte, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 19:59, archived)
# I thought of that...
I wondered if there should be a Palestinian suicide bomber round. I think of Horace every time I hear about them - how sweet and semly is that? Answers on a postcard please.

Medieval history at Birkbeck eh? I did a philosophy degree there once.
(I helped save b3ta! xian, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 20:04, archived)
# There's more culture round here than people let on.
Dulce et decorum makes me think of Wilfred Owen:
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

(I helped save b3ta! Cassidy : Vissi d'arte, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 20:20, archived)
# 'it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country'
That is a little pretencious.

My first post. And it wasn't a shopped anything. I'm saving that for the summer...
(gelfling, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 0:42, archived)
# Exactly
Bit culture is what this board needs, especially when "day of the testicle" is a few posts down.
(Cleggy, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 19:53, archived)
# You said testicle
/snigger
(I helped save b3ta! kaydup, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 20:12, archived)