Subdeacon Joe Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 From "Homeward Bound" by Harry Turtledove: "Some Englishman had gained immortality of a sort by calling vanished Petra a rose-red city half as old as time. (It was immortality only of a sort, for nobody bothered to remember the rest of the poem these days, or even the Englishman's name.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Jimmy who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 12, 2023 Author Share Posted August 12, 2023 17 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Jimmy who? Hoffa. But, about the poem: http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/3771/petra.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 A rose-red city hall? Ours I'd call brick red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 54 minutes ago, Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 said: A rose-red city hall? Ours I'd call brick red. Thanks. Fixed. Darned that OTTO! And darned my eyes! I need to increase the font size on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Jimmy who? I was thinking about Carter....but whatever. Hoffa is still alive. He plays poker every Friday night with Amelia Earhart, Elvis, and Judge J. F. Crater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 20 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Jimmy who? Jimmy the Greek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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