Monday, 27 May 2013

A bit of Latin humor! for those who enjoy such things.

A.D. Godley (1856-1925)

THE MOTOR BUS

What is this that roareth thus?
Can it be a Motor Bus?
Yes, the smell and hideous hum
Indicat Motorem Bum!
Implet in the Corn and High
Terror me Motoris Bi:
Bo Motori clamitabo
Ne Motore caedar a Bo—
Dative be or Ablative
So thou only let us live:—
Whither shall thy victims flee?
Spare us, spare us, Motor Be!
Thus I sang; and still anigh
Came in hordes Motores Bi,
Et complebat omne forum
Copia Motorum Borum.
How shall wretches live like us
Cincti Bis Motoribus?
Domine, defende nos
Contra hos Motores Bos!

Monday, 13 May 2013

Rien ne sert de courir...

"Rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point."
-La Fontaine, Le Lièvre et la Tortue