hooray for me :)

Mrs KS explaining something: “I have been thinking….”
Me, quick as a flash: “Do you feel alright?”
Hooray for me, 1-0.
 
KS55 said:
Mrs KS explaining something: “I have been thinking….”
Me, quick as a flash: “Do you feel alright?”
Hooray for me, 1-0.
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Ha my wife always starts sentences "do you know what I don't understand?" And because it's fun to annoy her I will say "ancient greek" and then she refuses to talk to me. Win win
 
mrbelfry said:
Ha my wife always starts sentences "do you know what I don't understand?" And because it's fun to annoy her I will say "ancient greek" and then she refuses to talk to me. Win win.

αἰδοίην, χρυσοστέφανον, καλὴνἈφροδίτην
ᾁσομαι, ἣ πάσης Κύπρουκρήδεμνα λέλογχεν
εἰναλίης, ὅθι μιν Ζεφύρου μένοςὑγρὸν ἀέντος
ἤνεικεν κατὰ κῦμα πολυφλοίσβοιοθαλάσσης
ἀφρῷ ἔνι μαλακῷ· τὴν δὲχρυσάμπυκες Ὧραι
δέξαντ’ ἀσπασίως, περὶ δ’ ἄμβροταεἵματα ἕσσαν·
κρατὶ δ’ ἐπ’ ἀθανάτῳ στεφάνηνεὔτυκτον ἔθηκαν
καλήν, χρυσείην· ἐν δὲ τρητοῖσιλοβοῖσιν
ἄνθεμ’ ὀρειχάλκου χρυσοῖό τετιμήεντος·
δειρῇ δ’ ἀμφ’ ἁπαλῇ καὶ στήθεσινἀργυφέοισιν
ὅρμοισι χρυσέοισιν ἐκόσμεον, οἷσίπερ αὐταὶ
Ὧραι κοσμείσθην χρυσάμπυκες,ὁππότ’ ἴοιεν
ἐς χορὸν ἱμερόεντα θεῶν καὶδώματα πατρός.
αὐτὰρ ἐπειδὴ πάντα περὶ χροῒκόσμον ἔθηκαν,
ἦγον ἐς ἀθανάτους· οἳ δ’ἠσπάζοντο ἰδόντες
χερσί τ’ ἐδεξιόωντο καὶ ἠρήσαντοἕκαστος
εἶναι κουριδίην ἄλοχον καὶ οἴκαδ’ἄγεσθαι,
εἶδος θαυμάζοντες ἰοστεφάνουΚυθερείης.

χαῖρ’ ἑλικοβλέφαρε, γλυκυμείλιχε·δὸς δ’ ἐν ἀγῶνι
νίκην τῷδε φέρεσθαι, ἐμὴν δ’ἔντυνον ἀοιδήν.
αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ καὶ σεῖο καὶ ἄλληςμνήσομ’ ἀοιδῆς.
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A bit of Homer in praise of women. I am one of the few left who did Greek A level. Hooray for me. Forgotten it all now. However you should read Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles, the greatest tragedy ever written.
PS I cheated and copied this from a website.
PPS When Londoners in business patronised me and took me for stupid because of my Manc accent, I used to quote a bit of Greek poetry to them in Greek. That shut them up. Yay for me.
 
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calumdown said:
breaking news.

the woman i love just said "love ya" to me on whatsapp.
hooray for me.


i'm definitely not going to correct her yankie spelling of the word you.
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just in...

last night she was really nasty to me for no reason at all.

today i told her i no longer wish to be in touch.

hooray for my fickleness.


(heigh ho, they're all the fucking same at the end of the day)
 
KS55 said:
A bit of Homer in praise of women. I am one of the few left who did Greek A level. Hooray for me. Forgotten it all now. However you should read Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles, the greatest tragedy ever written.
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i'm off women.

be that as it may,
perhaps you can help me with this...

i've been trying to remember which old greek said,
"how mad, how mad i was to swap the gods for sophocles".
any ideas?
 
KS55 said:
A bit of Homer in praise of women. I am one of the few left who did Greek A level. Hooray for me. Forgotten it all now. However you should read Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles, the greatest tragedy ever written.
PS I cheated and copied this from a website.
PPS When Londoners in business patronised me and took me for stupid because of my Manc accent, I used to quote a bit of Greek poetry to them in Greek. That shut them up. Yay for me.
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Yank.
 
calumdown said:
i'm off women.

be that as it may,
perhaps you can help me with this...

i've been trying to remember which old greek said,
"how mad, how mad i was to swap the gods for sophocles".
any ideas?
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According to AI:

The line "how mad, how mad i was to swap the gods for Sophocles" is not a direct quote from Sophocles' Antigone. It seems to be a reinterpretation or a modern expression of the themes of the play, particularly the conflict between divine law and human law, and the potential for hubris and madness to lead to tragedy. The phrase likely refers to the shift in focus from divine authority to the authority of the state, personified by Creon, and the disastrous consequences that follow.

No other results from my Google search.
 
Watched my daughter pick up player of the year for her u13 football team.

A shy girl who lacks confidence she only started playing 2 years ago. Her first club in her first year wasnt the right fit for her, so although she had friends there she left to join a club where she knows not one girl and shes smashed it.
2 coaches, who said her name more times in one training session than the coaches at her old club did all season , have absolutely got the best out of her. Its made us , as parents, feel immensely proud of her and very thankful to two great blokes who coach the girls.

So hoorah for me for being thankful and hoorah to my daughter for putting 110% in every training session and game
 
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