King Canute returns

[James Deuce]

Except this time there's eight of him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8142825.stm

[Pwalo]

Except this time there's eight of him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8142825.stm

I think Canute may have had more scientific back up for his theory.

[James Deuce]

I've been there. I've stood down there on Southampton Water and looked at the spot where he parked. It's not a very nice place. He should have tried to stop the tide in Tahiti. It's much nicer there.

[oldrider]

And we think we have troubles with the Treaty of Waitangi! FFS ...

[Mikkel]

Except this time there's eight of him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8142825.stm

Is your mythology up to standard?

[vifferman]

Is your mythology up to standard?

It's more accurate than this "global warming" crapola.
Sadly, "King Canute returns" is very apt indeed, Dr Jim2.

[Finn]

Wait for the 1% (an apt biker saying) of KB that will support all this fizzy poo.

[Mikkel]

It's more accurate than this "global warming" crapola.
Sadly, "King Canute returns" is very apt indeed, Dr Jim2.

The point of the myth is that King Canute knowingly used an attempt to command the waves to illustrate his own limitations - i.e. an act of humility.

I am pretty sure Jim didn't mean to imply that the G8 are humble...

[rainman]

Wait for the 1% (an apt biker saying) of KB that will support all this fizzy poo.

More an indictment of the other 99%, I'd say.... if that were an accurate number, even for here.

The point of the myth is that King Canute knowingly used an attempt to command the waves to illustrate his own limitations - i.e. an act of humility.

Yup, he was the archetypal good Cnut, all right.

Sorry.

[James Deuce]

The point of the myth is that King Canute knowingly used an attempt to command the waves to illustrate his own limitations - i.e. an act of humility.

I am pretty sure Jim didn't mean to imply that the G8 are humble...

That sounds like a Danish interpretation to me. The Angles pronounced him a silly Cnut.

It's widely accepted that the whole turn back the tide thing is a myth, designed to make him look good. The local populace thought he'd gone bonkers when he hung his crown on a crucifix and pronounced the "king of kings as more worthy than he".

There's abunch of arguments about whether or not it actually happened at all, and it may have happened in Sussex or it may have happened on the river near Westminster, or may have in fact been invented to give a leg up to the legend that he was aware of his own humility. Mostly though, no one now believes that Cnut had the self awareness to pronounce himself "humble".

Neither do those G8 feckers.

[Finn]

More an indictment of the other 99%, I'd say.... if that were an accurate number, even for here.

Every time I see or hear something "green" I do my best to fight back and do something like leaving lights on around the house or throwing all my plastic in the normal rubbish.

I'm doing an oil change on the Harley tonight... so go ahead, post again in this thread and make my day.

[rainman]

Every time I see or hear something "green" I do my best to fight back and do something like leaving lights on around the house or throwing all my plastic in the normal rubbish.

Jeez, are you really that insecure? Or are you just 15 years old?

[Badjelly]

I think Canute may have had more scientific back up for his theory.

More than this?

http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-syr.htm

[Badjelly]

Every time I see or hear something "green" I do my best to fight back and do something like leaving lights on around the house or throwing all my plastic in the normal rubbish.

Jeez, are you really that insecure? Or are you just 15 years old?

It impresses the rubbish men, though. "Look at all this recyclable stuff in the rubbish bag. That must be Finn, the rebel without a clue."

[Finn]

Jeez, are you really that insecure? Or are you just 15 years old?

Glug, glug, glug.

You can almost hear those penguins weeping.