“Beazley's gone to the back bench, but don't be fooled - he's only 55 and he's hungry. The roosters are on the march.”
- Giovanni Torre, in a letter written on October 16th, 2004.
“Beazley's gone to the back bench, but don't be fooled - he's only 55 and he's hungry. The roosters are on the march.”
- Giovanni Torre, in a letter written on October 16th, 2004.
KL says:
Yeah, but how about that time when you predicted that an asteroid was going to hit the Earth and kill everyone, but a bunch of yokels saved us through the magic of Aerosmith's music?
Oh, hold on, that actually did happen…
Unless I'm thinking of [i]Armageddon[/i]…?
Blazin Billy Zabka says:
[i]Armagedditon[/i], n. - an awesome power rock ballad (what else?) formulated by the Masters of Stadium Rock, Das Leppord
Isn't saying "The Italian Nostradamus" kinda like saying "The Gay Homo"? purely in reference to the tautology (? they were all Italian back then?) - not casting any aspertions upon your good self Jeeves…
However, as to your psychic "abilities", from my reading of that statement, I can ascertain that you predicted "he's 55 and he's hungry" - a statement which could have been made on any day of the year during his 55th one on Earth, including the time he ate 14 whole roast chickens on sale at a police auction…
I'd be more impressed if you could predict the precise moment when selectors will deduce that an average of 0.4 will not be sufficient to keep "Haydon, Haydon, Mathew Haydon" (sung to the tune of "Sex Bomb") in the one-day team…
Giovanni says:
Hmm… maybe about the same time they realise JL is one of the best one-day batsmen in the world.
And Nostradamus was French.
And most likely a gay homo.
KL says:
Jeeves, have you seen the Mr Show sketch about Nostradamus and his gay lover?
Giovanni says:
No, but his quatrains set off my gay-dar.
fancy dave says:
That was [i]Armageddonit[/i] Jerry. As in "I'm a-getting it". I'm crushed with disappointment.
Agree with you on the Nostredame bit, though. I think you'll all find that's how his momma spelt it, before someone decided to "Latinise" the Gallified Latin of his actual name. Is Latin not Italian enough for you, Geeves? Oh, wait. Of course not. When that language was alive, the Arabs hadn't even [i]invented[/i] Sicily yet.
Giovanni says:
That's cute.
Sicily and Siclians existed before the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans thought they were inventing us, which, in turn, was before the Aye-Rabs even existed.
On the subject, Cristoforo Colombo obviously wasn't a serious enough name for the Eye-talian who found America (after the Injuns and the Vikings)…
KL says:
And apparently Chris named it Emerica, not America.
So there.
Giovanni says:
Amerigo Vespucci would disagree.
KL says:
I stend carrocted.
Giovanni says:
I spelt Sicilians wrong.
This feels like a Maoist self-criticism session.
Henry says:
My understanding was that Nostradamus was French and that his real name was de Nostredame.