A cautious "Glory be," is it finally closed or has there been another naughty episode?
Please please please nail the lid down hard...
Nothing incites bodily violence quicker than a Duke fan turning in your direction and saying 'scoreboard.'
That thread has been 100% fun for me and no work. But I recognize I'm crazy.
My favorite Greek war story involved Phillip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great) and the Spartans. Sparta was a powerful city-state regional power in the Lakonia area of the Peloponnese region.
Phillip II massed his army nearby, and sent a messenger to the Spartans with a threat — “If I invade Lakonia you will be destroyed, never to rise again.”
The Spartans replied with one single word — “If.”
(Hence why “sparse” and “laconic” are still used today to mean stripped down or of few words. There are many other examples but this one is my favorite. And, to finish the story, neither Phillip II or his son ever attacked Sparta).
I did learn a new word today, apophenia.