At your service (sans diacritics and A-S characters), Bubbawulf:
thaes thu in helle scealt
werhtho dreogan, theah thin wit duge.
This tale is getting interesting now that it's not so reminiscent of a
Steven Spielberger movie. (I see Richard as more like the Man Who Fell to
Earth myself.)
But the hell reference reminds me of its wonderful twist in Norse mythology,
where it acquired the famous road that Christians would eventually pave with
the metaphor which launched many a philosophy dissertation on
intentionality. But the best part is where, or rather to whom, the road
originally led--Hel being a woman and not unlike Janet Reno, I'd imagine.
Candice
> Hey, as I once said in your hearing, referring to that twit who challenged
> my swimming skills, "Despite thy high wit, Unferth, thou art damned."
>
> (I'm sure Candice could provide us with the Authentic Anglo-Saxon.)
>
>> 2) Richard Dillon *is* a self-professed "UFOlogist and astrologer"
>
> Well, just to inject a little precision into The Background of Dillon,
> Richard is an *Hellenic* astrologer -- there +is+ a difference.
>
>> AH (for Lt.-Col. Hrothgar Wrothgard
>
> Love and whatsits,
>
> Beowulf.
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