I love it, not least because it reminds me of Dr. Johnson's thoughts on the Giant's Causeway. This stuff is worth knowing, but not worth the bother of working out for yourself.
Bit rough on anyone who finds out they were born on a Wednesday and are thus, presumably, 'full of woe'.
Tangentially, Wikipedia is fun for finding out who else shares your birthday; in my case, rather oddly, it is not one but two laconic, muscle-bound stars of action movies - though there's a distinct lack of physical resemblance, I've long envied their cool delivery of sarcastic one-liners.
Perhaps there's something in that horoscope business after all...
3 comments:
I love it, not least because it reminds me of Dr. Johnson's thoughts on the Giant's Causeway. This stuff is worth knowing, but not worth the bother of working out for yourself.
Bit rough on anyone who finds out they were born on a Wednesday and are thus, presumably, 'full of woe'.
Tangentially, Wikipedia is fun for finding out who else shares your birthday; in my case, rather oddly, it is not one but two laconic, muscle-bound stars of action movies - though there's a distinct lack of physical resemblance, I've long envied their cool delivery of sarcastic one-liners.
Perhaps there's something in that horoscope business after all...
Sam - we are discussing holidays at the moment and I think Johnson was right.
Mac - I'm full of grace, but I share my birthday with Meatloaf. Hmm...
Post a Comment