Subdeacon Joe Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 (edited) 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.) Edited August 13 by Subdeacon Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Jimmy who? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 17 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Jimmy who? Hoffa. But, about the poem: http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/3771/petra.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 A rose-red city hall? Ours I'd call brick red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 20 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Jimmy who? Jimmy the Greek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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