woolybanana Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Charge of the Light Brigade. Stupid,, mad, heroic and a useless waste of life. Pity he didnt invent the cardigan instead! Duhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Wools, I am taking pity on you and writing a post because no one, not even loiseau, seems to have replied.We were talking war poems on another thread and yes, I have the Charge of the Light Brigade on my war poems anthology so will have another look at what happened.So, Wools, do I sense that you are plugging all this history stuff because you have another book coming out?[I]If so, I really aught to tell you that I can't afford your prices. these days.....life is tough and je n'ai plus un radis![:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 Hahahaha, Sweets, you make me chuckle. But, yes, if I could get my lazy backside into the chair long enough then I wanted to do my blog as a book on France, plus loadsa old recipes and do it as a Kindle book, but for a couple of euros only.Then do the same with the stuff on the Vendee Wars.But somehow, despite regularly telling myself to get to it, things never get done. Hmmmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basquesteve Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I knew a man, who as a child knew a man, who participated in the charge of the Light BrigadeThe quote was " I lost my horse, I lost my friends and I soiled my breeches" That was the best history lesson secondhand and back over a hundred and twenty years I have ever heardPS The story teller served both in WW1 and WW11 and was awarded the MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I have a rather woebegone letter written by my great-grandfather from the Crimea. He seems to have been more worried about the cold than anything.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 [quote user="woolybanana"]Charge of the Light Brigade. Stupid,, mad, heroic and a useless waste of life. Pity he didnt invent the cardigan instead! Duhhhhh[/quote]But Wooly, you forgot, or overlooked or ignored ... 25 October is the feast of St Crispin. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 ................ what a load of cobblers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 [quote user="idun"]................ what a load of cobblers![/quote] ???????????????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 [quote user="Clarkkent"][quote user="idun"]................ what a load of cobblers![/quote] ????????????????????????????[/quote]IIRC St Crispin is the patron saint of shoemakers or cobblers as they are sometimes called. Of course Cobblers is rhyming slang for a load of rubbish. The full version is Cobbler's awls which rhymes with B*lls short for balderdash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Thank you for your erudition. I take my hat off to Idun for her (in fact) rather witty reply.I'm afraid to say that my own attempt did fall flat. I was hoping it would be realised that the Charge of the Light Brigade and the Battle of Agincourt had both occurred on 25 October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 And Trafalgar was in the same month.October must be the battle season...Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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