Ivanhoe Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bd1 Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 https://tacticalnotebook.substack.com/p/winston-churchills-powerpoint-slide Winston Churchill's PowerPoint Slide Humor BRUCE IVAR GUDMUNDSSON FEB 28, 2023 13 5 Share On 4 June 1940 Winston Spencer Churchill, the recently appointed prime minister of the United Kingdom, made a radio broadcast that ended with these stirring words of defiance. … we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old. In the eight decades that have passed since the composition of this famous speech, the English language has changed considerably. I have therefore translated it into a form that will be more easily understood by present-day persons of the Pentagon persuasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 For the Pentagon crowd, always need to have "Joint" and these days "Multi-Cultural." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 1 hour ago, bd1 said: https://tacticalnotebook.substack.com/p/winston-churchills-powerpoint-slide Winston Churchill's PowerPoint Slide Humor BRUCE IVAR GUDMUNDSSON FEB 28, 2023 13 5 Share On 4 June 1940 Winston Spencer Churchill, the recently appointed prime minister of the United Kingdom, made a radio broadcast that ended with these stirring words of defiance. … we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old. In the eight decades that have passed since the composition of this famous speech, the English language has changed considerably. I have therefore translated it into a form that will be more easily understood by present-day persons of the Pentagon persuasion. Well done sir! 6 hours ago, Ivanhoe said: Call slow, I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssnake Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 It's a reference to a great John Carpenter movie, maybe his greatest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 13 hours ago, Ssnake said: It's a reference to a great John Carpenter movie, maybe his greatest. Which is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rick Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, BansheeOne said: Thanks. I can't remember seeing this one, but I do vaguely recall seeing an older movie with the same name. I also confess I had to Google John Carpenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssnake Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Yes, there's "The Thing from Another World", 1951, black & white by Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks. It's of course totally different in that it plays in an arctic reseach station while Carpenter's remake is set in an Antarctic research station (hah!). The 1951 version is quite decent. It has aged, sure, but overall is worth a watch. Carpenter's The Thing dials up the horror considerably, and features an ambiguous ending with two survivors for the time being, one of them human - and the other probably not. They recently made a board game of it, and I tested it maybe a month or two ago, and the four of us all found it to be quite enjoyable - if a bit of a pain to set up in 23 easy steps, several of them featuring some 40 or 50 cylindrical oil barrel tokens that will roll away all over (and especially under) the table if you don't cut off the casting flashes with a scalpel first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 They're both from the same John W Campbell short story. The compromises made in the 1951 version were entirely because there was no practical way to make the... antagonist... behave the way it did in the story back then. The 1982 version knocked it out of the park and is well worth watching if you haven't. There is gore, and it is a horror movie, but it's not a teens-in-peril slasher. There is a prequel made much more recently which I haven't seen, but it ends pretty much where the 1982 version starts I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeOne Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Yeah, it tells events in the Norwegian camp which triggered the, hm, outbreak. I recall it was pretty meticulous with the tie-ins, but not much else; so probably little merit of its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 If you haven't watched it yet, Carpenter's The Thing has: - pretty awful special effects by modern CGI standards - really good suspense, its one of very few horror movies I've enjoyed because the characters get you to buy into the story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sunday Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Ivanhoe said: Sorry, but that triggered my misterpickyness - This picture is not from the Bayeux tapestry, but from some Medieval illuminated manuscript. Yes, yes, it is a joke, but when we went to Bayeux, one of the main points on my to-do list was to go and see the Tapestry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sunday Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Slovenia and Ireland look like outliers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R011 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, Mikel2 said: I have the impression that the Republic of Ireland should probably be light blue and applied as much to fellow Irish as to foreigners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sunday Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Mr. Picky says: Not the Vatican, as no Catholic Bishop -or Cardinal- dresses like that. Looks like some kind of Anglican venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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