Comments on: The better part of valour http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/ The weblog of Brighton-based writer Justin McKeating Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:40:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Justin http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/comment-page-1/#comment-38354 Justin Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:18:05 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/#comment-38354 Yes, sorry. I agree. It's not a word I use in every day speech or very often on this blog. I use it very sparingly - it's one of those words that has a specific and strong effect on those on the receiving end, I find. It's a word with strange power over the feeble-minded. Yes, sorry. I agree. It’s not a word I use in every day speech or very often on this blog. I use it very sparingly – it’s one of those words that has a specific and strong effect on those on the receiving end, I find. It’s a word with strange power over the feeble-minded.

]]> By: Katherine http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/comment-page-1/#comment-38348 Katherine Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:10:21 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/#comment-38348 Pussies are actually tougher than most of the armed forces - child birth ain't no picnic you know. Let's not use mysoginistic insults, hey? Pussies are actually tougher than most of the armed forces – child birth ain’t no picnic you know. Let’s not use mysoginistic insults, hey?

]]> By: Flying Rodent http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/comment-page-1/#comment-38346 Flying Rodent Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:18:34 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/#comment-38346 <em>Latinum Meam Quoque Combibant</em> would be my best stab, although conjugation was never my strong suit and <em>Quoque</em> might be <em>Etiam</em> instead. That's state school standard, mind. Latinum Meam Quoque Combibant would be my best stab, although conjugation was never my strong suit and Quoque might be Etiam instead.

That’s state school standard, mind.

]]> By: ejh http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/comment-page-1/#comment-38344 ejh Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:19:10 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/#comment-38344 I'm not impressed by any of this but if anybody can convincingly demonstrate that they know what "my Latin sucks too" is <i>in Latin</i>, then I promise to change my mind. I’m not impressed by any of this but if anybody can convincingly demonstrate that they know what “my Latin sucks too” is in Latin, then I promise to change my mind.

]]> By: redpesto http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/comment-page-1/#comment-38338 redpesto Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:37:30 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/#comment-38338 <I>These guys are trained to face bullets and bombs, to kill or be killed. </I> But threaten to <a HREF="" rel="nofollow">take away their iPod</A> and they blub like a two-year old These guys are trained to face bullets and bombs, to kill or be killed.

But threaten to take away their iPod and they blub like a two-year old

]]> By: Barney http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/comment-page-1/#comment-38330 Barney Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:59:58 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/#comment-38330 'PM' on Radio 4 said the original incident(s?) was a broken car window, a broken house window, and a keyed car, and happened to a nurse at the military unit in a Peterborough hospital in 2006. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/pm_fri" rel="nofollow">Friday's PM audio - about 4 minutes 30 seconds into it</a> ‘PM’ on Radio 4 said the original incident(s?) was a broken car window, a broken house window, and a keyed car, and happened to a nurse at the military unit in a Peterborough hospital in 2006.

Friday’s PM audio – about 4 minutes 30 seconds into it

]]> By: Justin http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/comment-page-1/#comment-38329 Justin Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:01:35 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/#comment-38329 You bastards are just showing off now. You bastards are just showing off now.

]]> By: Philip http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/comment-page-1/#comment-38327 Philip Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:47:07 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/#comment-38327 <i>Ein Weiser prüft und achtet nicht, was der gemeine Pöbel spricht,</i> and a damn good thing too. Ein Weiser prüft und achtet nicht, was der gemeine Pöbel spricht, and a damn good thing too.

]]> By: Flying Rodent http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/comment-page-1/#comment-38326 Flying Rodent Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:27:09 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/07/the-better-part-of-valour/#comment-38326 I know two squaddies and one military intelligence guy who have done tours of Iraq, and none of them have ever struck me as being easily intimidated. It could be that I'm not scary enough to elicit the fight-or-flight response, though. On the other hand, perhaps there's some new species of WWF wrestling hippy roaming free in merry Albion, smashing our brave boys with fold-up chairs, barbed-wire-wrapped planks and giddy tie-dyed abandon, in a brutal smackdown combination. Hey, I don't live in England. You could have an infestation of brontosauruses*, for all I know. *Or brontosauri, my Latin sucks too.** **On the other hand, my German is fine, and I know what Der Dolchstoss means just fine. I know two squaddies and one military intelligence guy who have done tours of Iraq, and none of them have ever struck me as being easily intimidated. It could be that I’m not scary enough to elicit the fight-or-flight response, though.

On the other hand, perhaps there’s some new species of WWF wrestling hippy roaming free in merry Albion, smashing our brave boys with fold-up chairs, barbed-wire-wrapped planks and giddy tie-dyed abandon, in a brutal smackdown combination.

Hey, I don’t live in England. You could have an infestation of brontosauruses*, for all I know.

*Or brontosauri, my Latin sucks too.**

**On the other hand, my German is fine, and I know what Der Dolchstoss means just fine.

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