The word of the day for April 20, 2008 is "inevitable" — adjective — : incapable of being avoided or evaded [an inevitable outcome].
One of the reasons that Lloyd doesn't like reenactments is that so many of them started as US Civil War history buffs. As Lloyd says, it doesn't matter how many times they replay the battles, the North still won the war. They ought to get over themselves.
I, on the other hand, am in favor of people seeing how we used to do things. If the apocalypse leaves enough of us for a breeding population, somebody will have to remember or reinvent enough of the old technology to gather/hunt for food. Someone will have to show us how to weave and spin and create cooking pots from raw materials. Someone will have to remember the rituals that apply.
And this is what Lloyd missed—inevitably:
Our quote for today is from Philip Guedalla (1889–1944), British author. “Some Historians,” Supers and Supermen (1920):
History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.
;^) Jan
5 comments:
I bet Lloyd is kicking himself for missing the spectacle of the young Ladies ,hee hee ..love Jan xx
If the inevitable does accur and we are left alone on this planet...what a thoughth !!!.....I have said I will have to team up with someone who can kill any animals that may be left for us to feed on....I will do the cooking !! and have a stab at the weaving etc. !!! Love Sybil xx
... it is as inevitable as the sun rising tomorrow ... he who leaves in a grouse, will miss when the young lady comes, displaying her 'bounty' ..!
I'm sure the tail must have some historical significance...HUH?!?!?
From all the pictures you took, it is clear that many in attendance are well endowed with mammary glands!
Good post. You both have valid points but I tend to tip towards you on the theoretical end of it and with Lloyd on the practical side. Meaning I believe in the value of re-enactments, but hell if you'd catch me doing it. :)
Dan
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