Motus Mentis

18 Comments

1. David Duff says

   That was no accident. You see, we hired all those Paddies over from Ireland to dig a big trench and, well, the rest is history!

   Posted July 6, 2012 at 2:51 am | Permalink
2. JK says

   I was gonna put “an advisory” sort of comment on here but I see the person who I was thinking of has already been here.

   One thing seems odd to me though, (tsunami aside) the as pictured folks don’t seem to be wearing the heavy clothing I’d imagine necessary if Doggerland’d been covered in ice.

   Posted July 6, 2012 at 11:57 am | Permalink
3. Kevin Kim says

   Incredible. Incredible find.

   Posted July 7, 2012 at 1:20 pm | Permalink
4. Horace Jeffery Hodges says

   “Britain’s isolation by salt water throughout historical time had a lot to do with its stability and rise to global power.”

   I don’t see what “salt” has to do with it. Surely fresh water would have worked just as well.

   Jeffery Hodges

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   Posted July 7, 2012 at 4:47 pm | Permalink
5. TheBigHenry says

   Yeah, yeah. So would brackish water, Jeff. For that matter, piss would have worked, too.

   Posted July 7, 2012 at 6:35 pm | Permalink
6. Horace Jeffery Hodges says

   I would have preferred beer, now that we’re thinking out of the box!

   Jeffery Hodges

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   Posted July 7, 2012 at 6:46 pm | Permalink
7. TheBigHenry says

   As I am sure you are aware, Jeff, “Beer is just piss waiting to happen.”

   I just coined that one, but feel free to quote me.

   Posted July 7, 2012 at 7:13 pm | Permalink
8. Malcolm says

   I used the phrase “salt water” to refer to Britain’s being completely surrounded and protected by the sea. Even better than rivers or a lake, I reckon.

   Posted July 7, 2012 at 11:44 pm | Permalink
9. TheBigHenry says

   I have always maintained that you are the salt of the earth, Mal. I now pronounce you the salt of the earth and the sea.

   Posted July 8, 2012 at 2:33 am | Permalink
10. JK says

    Just a suggestion TBH, pronouncements should be snappy, quick to the point, yada, yada, yada…

    Mal’s da Salton Sea.

    Posted July 8, 2012 at 12:31 pm | Permalink
11. TheBigHenry says

    I concede the point, JK. But the Salton Sea is in Californicatia, so what are you implying?

    Posted July 8, 2012 at 1:29 pm | Permalink
12. JK says

    Bouyancy in a solution TBH.

    Posted July 8, 2012 at 4:40 pm | Permalink
13. Horace Jeffery Hodges says

    “Beer is just piss waiting to happen.” Not bad, TBH, but I’d tweak it a bit: “Beer is piss just waiting to happen.” And since JK likes snappiness: “Salt of the earth and sea.”

    Jeffery Hodges

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    Posted July 8, 2012 at 4:56 pm | Permalink
14. TheBigHenry says

    Good tweak, HJH. But I inadvertently left out a key word in my bon mot when I posted it above: “Beer is just [a] piss waiting to happen.”

    Dare I mention that Neil Armstrong claimed that the same word was somehow “unrecorded” when he spoke what is arguably the most famous bon mot of all: “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind”?

    Posted July 8, 2012 at 5:44 pm | Permalink
15. JK says

    What to make of this TBH?

    You know I’ve said I was Navy. Why the [deliberate?] failure to mention my own mis-spelling?

    Posted July 8, 2012 at 6:47 pm | Permalink
16. JK says

    Oh nevermind TBH.

    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=buoyancy&searchmode=none

    Posted July 8, 2012 at 6:55 pm | Permalink
17. TheBigHenry says

    I don’t know what to make of your question, JK.

    Please explain …

    Posted July 8, 2012 at 6:56 pm | Permalink
18. JK says

    Well TBH, I’ve had to forego the use of alcohol for two weeks – don’t know that I can explain. Ask me again in another two weeks.

    Nope. I didn’t have to do it for law enforcement or judicially imposed reasons – medical.

    Posted July 9, 2012 at 6:01 am | Permalink