North Alabama Guys: Loose a Duck Gun??
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fred slyfield
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"Cry, Havoc! - and let slip the dogs of war."
Bob nice Quote. If I'm not mistaken that was said by Will Patton , or was it Kevin Costner? in The Postman. (I'm sure it was taken by some other famous person)
I spent a month working on that movie in 1997 If you look real hard in several of the scenes I was one of the bad guys on my horse racing around !!
My only claim to fame in life.
Fred
MLBob Furia
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That's pretty cool, Fred.
Actually, that quote is taken from a line in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. It's contained in a soliloquy by Antony over the body of the dead Caesar - not too long before the famous "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" speech to the mob (Act III, sc. III). Since I taught Sr.HS English for 20 years in a past life, all sorts of quotes from the plays are permanently embedded in my brain ;-)
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.
"Ate" was the Greek goddess of revenge and discord who was always accompanied by twin dogs that she would unleash to wreak havoc ("let slip the dogs of war"). Best delivery ever of this speech was by Marlon Brando in the movie production of Caesar (1953).
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fred slyfield
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At least I was right about that line coming from a "famous person" , and yes I did get a "D" in that class in High School.
I always tell everyone that the only degree I ever got was the third degree.
BTW do you have enough material to make me another one of those duck calls, I think I need to send one to my buddy in Alaska.
Fred
I always tell everyone that the only degree I ever got was the third degree.
BTW do you have enough material to make me another one of those duck calls, I think I need to send one to my buddy in Alaska.
Fred