And the idea of the actual gameplay
Is making me chuckle, I suppose.
What do you suppose you are meant to do?
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Mon 21 Apr 2003, 19:51,
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What do you suppose you are meant to do?
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.
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Mon 21 Apr 2003, 19:59,
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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 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.
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Mon 21 Apr 2003, 20:04,
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Medieval history at Birkbeck eh? I did a philosophy degree there once.
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.
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Mon 21 Apr 2003, 20:20,
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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.
'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...
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Tue 22 Apr 2003, 0:42,
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My first post. And it wasn't a shopped anything. I'm saving that for the summer...