A Canterbury tale
Wednesday February 13, 2008
Categories: Decline and fall
The inimitable Iowahawk apologizes to Chaucer, but goes after the Archbishop of Canterbury with gleeful abandon. Here's how it begins: Heere Bigynneth the Tale of the Asse-Hatte. 1 Whan in Februar, withe hise global warmynge 2 Midst unseasonabyl rain and...
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THAT is funny!!!
(Not to mention a good primer, with laughter amid the tears -- or is that tears within the laughter? -- of how this threatens left every bit as much as right.)
Here is a link to the blurb & sample chapters for a scary "If this goes on..." novel on the future of Europe & America. It comes out in April.
http://www.webscription.net/chapters/1416555455/1416555455.htm?blurb
Ooooo HAHAHAHAHAH HOHOHOHHO *breathe* *breathe* Oh, this is GOOD! I am lauging my a$$ off over here. Hehehehehehe OOOOOOOOOO. Funny stuff.
Awesome.
LOL.
Rod, thank you! I haven't laughed this hard in weeks, and I'm only up to line 10.
Ahh, a stroke of genius.
Whether you agree with him or not, that's one funny parody.
I happen to agree, mostly...
Hysterical, and masterfully written. Well done!
Hysterical, and all too true. BTW, I read the lengthy article Spengler alluded to on the thread below -- Paul Berman's New Republic Online piece about Tariq Ramadan. It's long but well worth reading all the way too the end.
One wonders whether people like Rowan Williams and Western jouranlists would have granted the same deference to Mussolini's grandson, Stalin's grandson, or Franco's grandson, particularly if those hypothetical individuals were speaking up in favor of their grandpa's legacy in similar fashion to the way that Ramadan speaks up for Hassan al-Banna.
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