Stefka, did you watch "The War"

[javaguru]

The most famous war poem EVER....


The Charge Of The Light Brigade
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Memorializing Events in the Battle of Balaclava, October 25, 1854
Written 1854

Half a league half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd ?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd & thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack & Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke,
Shatter'd & sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse & hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!

 

[javaguru]

PS I can quote Shakespeare all night long.....

 

[Stefka]

PS I can quote Shakespeare all night long.....

I bet you say that to all the girls.

 

[javaguru]

I bet you say that to all the girls.

I know quite a few aphorisms as well.....

"Friendly fire isn't"
"Recoilless rifles aren't"
"Tracers work both ways"

 

[Stefka]

What was the best case you read in law school?

 

[javaguru]

What was the best case you read in law school?

I read the first case of the assigned reading and would speed read the following ones if I wasn't called on for the first case. I was the notorious lazy fuck in law school that could pull shit out of his ass.... I can't give you a favorite case because I didn't care enough to remember most of them and the ones I do are the "landmark" cases. If you were a literature major then law school must be "the suck."

 

[Stefka]

I read the first case of the assigned reading and would speed read the following ones if I wasn't called on for the first case. I was the notorious lazy fuck in law school that could pull shit out of his ass.... I can't give you a favorite case because I didn't care enough to remember most of them and the ones I do are the "landmark" cases. If you were a literature major then law school must be "the suck."

No, there are some great stories in some cases.
Plus, I love all opinions written by Easterbrook. That man can be so insanely snarky. He is my favorite.

 

[javaguru]

No, there are some great stories in some cases.
Plus, I love all opinions written by Easterbrook. That man can be so insanely snarky. He is my favorite.

Meh...I prefer studying something I can Identify with....

 

[Stefka]

Meh...I prefer studying something I can Identify with....

I can identify with Easterbrook opinions.
He is snarky, I am snarky, it is perfect.

 

[javaguru]

I can identify with Easterbrook opinions.
He is snarky, I am snarky, it is perfect.

Ya know, when my grandfather told me I wasn't German, "You are a Prussian, it's your duty."(in German) It made an impact and here I am......