Good LORD … !
And it’s not often I say that, at the start of a Teaser post.
With the Pope handing in his notice at the start of the week, it’s been something of a shock week for news.
Today’s stunner … ? Is that Olympic/Paralympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius — the Bladerunner, himself — has just shot his girlfriend.
I’ve just been chatting, via Twitter, to Old Peculiar regular, @derestrict: seemingly, South Africa has seriously high crime rates. What seems to have happened is that Oscar seems to have mistaken her for an intruder, and opened fire. From what @derestrict tells me, it’s an unfortunately common incident. (He also tells me the young lady was both a model, and from Port Elizabeth, his hometown.)
It’s a sad event, really: especially when you realise today is the day it is … and possibly her motivation was to surprise her fella on Valentine’s Day.
Let’s get moving on, shall we?
Yes …
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: along with gently letting us know her and her partner, Rick, had pancakes on Sunday, she also managed to bag 6 out of 6.
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s themed questions, shall we?
Q1) Saint Valentine of Terni — whose feast is 14th February — was killed during the reign of which Roman Emperor: Aurelius, Hadrian or Commodus … ?
Q2) Saint Valentine of Rome — ALSO celebrated on 14th of February — was apparently murdered on which Roman road: the via Appia, via Cassia or the via Flaminia … ?
Q3) Fitzwilliam Darcy appeared in which novel?
Q4) Which famous novel is set in Wragby Hall?
Q5) Would you make love to an odalisque … ?
Q6) The recent vote in the House of Commons on same sex marriage, saw how many votes in favour … ?
Q7) And finally … which fruit was known as the love apple … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 13th February, 2001, saw a man go on trial in Glasgow: for knowingly infecting a victim with what … ?A1) HIV/AIDS.
Q2) 13th February, 2012, saw who launch a rocket from French Guiana?A2) The European Space Agency.
Q3) More to the point, what type of rocket was it … ?A3) Vega.
Q4) 13th February, 1955, saw the Israeli government obtain four of the seven then known what … ?A4) Dead Sea Scrolls.
Q5) 13th February, 1971 saw South Vietnamese troops invade which country … ?A5) Laos.
Q6) And finally … 13th February, 2000, saw the publication of the last ever Peanuts strip: which Peanuts character is a beagle … ?A6) Snoopy.
I’ll leave you with a few things, today: firstly, a slight warning. The end slide of today’s Teaser video includes a shot of the bodies from the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre. It’s gruesome: and seemed mildly sardonic, at the timeª. At least, until today’s news broke!
I’ll also leave you with this quote from Aristotle …
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”Aristotle.
And with this song from Bob Marley.
* You know, Debbi, the silly side of me’s tempted to say “Can you whip one up for me, next time? Ta!”. Funnily enough … ? It’s the side of me that’s got the same sense of humour as my nephew, Jude … :D
ª As did the intro … !
2 comments:
You know, I thought Q5 would go down well.
So to speak … :D
Oh, my goodness. I can barely do my own! Ha! :)
1. Aurelius or Aurelian
2. the Via Flaminia
3. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman
4. Lady Chatterley's Lover
5. well ... no, actually, she'd clean my room or something, I think :)
6. 400
7. the tomato
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