Couple of quizzes to keep you entertained. There are no real rules; I will post the answers after a suitable period of time. Discussion is permitted.
Cwiz 1: Prisons
1. In which novel did Edmond Nantes escape from the Chateau d’If?
2. In which prison was the Marquis de Sade incarcerated?
3. Which South African prison was named after the Afrikaans word for seal?
4. Which Cavalier poet wrote, “Stone walls do not a prison make”?
5. Which US prison took its name from pelicans?
6. Who wrote
I never saw a man who looked,
With such a wistful eye,
Upon that little tent of blue,
Which prisoners call the sky.
7. Tartarus was a dungeon in Greek myth; for whom was it built?
8. Frank Darabont directed which prison movie?
9. Which isolated UK prison opened in 1809 to house Napoleonic War prisoners?
10. In 1952, the Kray twins were held in which historic prison?
This cwiz is courtesy of ProfessorPineapple
Cwiz 2: Scrambled Plays
1. Forgoing toadwit
2. Meth cab
3. Née in lewd farmyards
4. Limp agony
5. Anal seas fathomed
6. Sex up or die
7. A Leo knocking bar
8. See earthling games
9. I scorn hero
10. Sole had soul
Ovally Balls 
Ooh, and EW Viljoen. Always liked him. Him, Manny Raas, Simelane and Gianni Lombard in the same back division and I might start enjoying watching them.
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We’re scraping the barrel again, TomP. Just hoping the Kings are in the expanded SA Super comp so we can eke out a couple of wins at least.
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Assuming they get the ball from the Willem Alberts and Jannie du Plessis-led dynamic pack.
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Viljoen’s a really good player. Trouble is he’s a little too insouciant.
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Happy Bastille Day to flair and slade (and ticht (and anyone else)).
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You may not know what the Bastille but it was a fortress and later prison in Royalist France. On July 14 1789 it was attacked by a crowd of revolting French people.
A few years later the prison was knocked down so now no one knows about it because that’s how we learn history by keeping buildings and statues up.
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All 29 prisoners were set free and the governor killed……………….following which…………………..
I understand the French are pretty divided upon whether it is cause for celebration, but united in that it is a public holiday. Being Tuesday means that yesterday was a holiday for many as well …….’faire le pont’ and all that.
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Famous enough in Canada for this lot to remember it….
(Warning – this was Early Geddy, so only dogs may be able to hear him).
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They’re everywhere:
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jul/14/nigel-slater-recipe-sausages-and-baked-beetroot
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TomP – EW Viljoen is very talented, but somewhat out with the daisies at times. Definitely getting some decent backline players, I just worry that his time at Leicester will have dulled his instinctive flair somewhat.
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He got that knocked that out of him when he went to Cape Town.
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My dad was born in Stockport and the English side of his family (he had an Irish grandmother) is from around that area.
He doesn’t have a northern accent but does a great impression of one and knows tea is a drink. Doesn’t drink bovril but is very partial to mushy peas.
Or Southport. Same thing.
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Just checked – he moved to WP during Toetie-ball and then suffered from inFlecksible Robbie. Surprised he can still tie his own shoelaces.
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a crowd of revolting French people
Jebus tomp, this is no place for your bigotry.
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CMW – it was Nige who got me in to beetroot. I grew some in my garden and started roasting them. Far superior to the stuff you get in a jar.
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Good lad, that Henry:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/14/henry-slade-diabetes-exeter-chiefs-england-rugby
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Happy 14 juillet to you all, as we call it here.
Tomp, if I may correct you, our national celebration does not directly refers to the demolition of the Bastille castle/ prison.
It was instaured by the Third Republic on 1880. It was still fragile and they were looking for some symbol everyone could accept. So they referred to the 14th of July 1790, not 1789, considered to be a bit too violent to be embraced by all.
On the 14th of July 1790, celebrating the demolition of the Bastille as a symbol of the end of the arbitrary, national guards from every French province gathered peacefully for the Fête de la Fédération, during which king Louis XVI swore allegiance to the Constitution. The nation looked united and peaceful. That’s what we really celebrate on the 14th of July.
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Happy Bastille day Flair!
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Viljoen played in this (superb) game between Grey and Affies in 2013. Also featuring Henry Immelman, who was at Montpellier., Ivan van Zyl, RG Snyman.
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Snyman does a class pass for Affies’ final try. The kid who gets it, Jurie Linde, was really really rated but left the Bulls to go to the Lions when he was 20, 21 and then sort of disappeared.
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flair, tu m’as corrigé. Merci.
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You’re welcome, Tomp.
It’s a common mistake that 90% of the French people, among the minority who does know it refers to the revolution, would make.
Today, a well know left wing politician wrote a column in Libération, deploring that no one mentions blood, uprising and revolution (probably necessary nowadays to his eyes) when celebrating the 14th of July. Wish I could correct him about the true meaning of the national day.
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My choice for our national day would’ve been the night of the 4th of August 1789. This is when the Assembly voted to end all feudal privileges and made everybody equal in front of the law.
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Good choices, but would ruin my joke.
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“The nation looked united and peaceful. ”
So by way of having a day of illusory national unity you celebrate the anniversary of a day of illusory national unity, the date of which was chosen because it was the anniversary of a day of violent revolution? Works for me.
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In French, it’s called having your cake and eat it too.
More colloquially: ” … le beurre et l’argent du beurre.”
Some perfidious souls add: ” … et le cul de la crémière. “
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What was the status of Haiti on 4th August 1789?
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No idea.
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The only thing I know about the French colonies and the revolution is that the Assembly made slavery illegal. Only for Napoléon to reestablish it a few years later.
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flair, is that Liberation article the one by Francois Ruffin?
I suppose it’s about whether what’s been celebrated is the Revolution or the Republic as he says.
He talks about the de-politicisation of the Revolution – “C’est inconfortable, cette origine, pour les tenants de l’ordre” and “La République, soit, mais sans passion, sans la Révolution.”
Typical French that he has to drop the name of Gorgs Prc in there.
Then it gets a bit hairy with the Brigitte Antoinette bit. Nice allusion to Marx with the spectre haunting France (since 1789(.
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Yes, Ruffin. The man still dreams about ” le grand soir”. He’s usually pretty disingenuous. His argument about the half baked celebration of the national day being explained by the fear of the bourgeoisie is entirely fabricated. He may know the real history of the 14th of July, but chooses not to mention it, as it does not suit his narrative.
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One of my favourite things about French is the multitude of farewell greetings they give each other, such as “Bon Weekend” or “Bon Dimanche”. Although my favourite one happened to a friend of mine who was sharing a lift with someone who was getting off at a floor before him. As the Frenchman alighted he turned around and said ” bon continuation!” to my friend.
Having said that this may have happened in Brussels so the bloke was probably Belgian.
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Whoever said it to your mate, whether Belgian or French, couldn’t spell.
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To be fair to OT, French spelling is almost as difficult as English.
Almost.
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They have different spellings in Belgium. Quatre-vingt is spelt “huitante” for example.
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flair (and OT), is there any difference in pronunciation between “bon” and “bonne”?
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Stronger n?
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One is pronounced “bon”. The other is pronounced “bonne”. Not sure which is which mind.
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I think one has a stronger ‘n’. OT.
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Think of an N.
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Thought of one. What now?
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Strong or weak?
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Think about an n that only eats an apple for breakfast and then one that eats weetabix and you will catch my drift.
Or one which uses a more expensive brand of batteries.
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Well, as I’m watching this N lose at Chelsea, I’d say weak.
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Still the second strongest N in the country.
sNiff.
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Bon vs bonnnnnnnnnnnn
Jebus, you guys doN’t kNow NuffiNk
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Tomp, there is a rather big difference in the pronunciation of bon and bonne.
The vowel in “bon” sounds almost like the sound English speakers produce when approving something. Huh huh. Mostly nasal, only one sound. Think of the last sound in “charbon”.
Bonne on the other hand is closer to two syllabes, the first being the sound “o” , as in “homme”. But you do hear the sound “n” at the end of the word, unlike in “bon”.
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12347934
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But you do hear the sound “n” at the end of the word, unlike in “bon”.
Declares Ultimate Rightness.
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This is at least honest.
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