Arts & Humanities - 12 August 2007

Since I of Carthage have been queen
I've been the slave of nicotine
Tobacco's been my constant need
I've always felt compelled to feed
A cigarette between my lips
My lungs betarred with lethal drips
But now, this crutch I want no more
There will be no white *** behind my door!

PS When I tried to post this, I noticed that Yahoo! inexplicably censored the word after "white" in last line- an innocent British slang term for "cigarette".
It should of course be "flag" with the 2nd letter removed.
I suspect that the programme writers were from America, where this word has a quite different, derogatory meaning

2007-08-12 03:15:49 · 5 answers · asked by jay58 1 in Poetry

No matter the criteria allowing you to call them greatest.

2007-08-12 03:12:41 · 35 answers · asked by BORNABUSE 1 in History

2007-08-12 03:12:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

The pen is mightier than the sword
That isn't hard to prove
The gap between the 'n' and 'i'
Is all you need remove!

2007-08-12 02:59:39 · 5 answers · asked by jay58 1 in Poetry

I have an old "print" of his, dated 1879, it's titled. The Anxious Moment. and am wondering about it's history. I bought it at a second hand store.

2007-08-12 02:52:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Painting

...shoot the lights, the party's over. Fill the air with your denial, rain down on the rank-and-file, nowhere is the place you'll be, everybody's there like human feces... Welcome! (pause) Welcome! (pause) Welcome! (pause) Welcome to the World! yeah...
Hear the music, face the pain, listen up, life ain't no game, it's Animal Planet with a razor edge, The Three Stooges with nuclear knowledge, let it go, it's complicated, way too big to be sedated, know one thing, love's not enough, gotta take it on the chin and all that stuff, give it up, the truth ain't there, we made it up and so beware, all words are lies comin' from The Man, you have no voice, scream if you can, "reason" is what you make it, "purpose" is how you shape it, raw emotions are gonna take you down, if you let them hang around, so "Fill It Up With Supah! (pause) Fill it up with Supah! (pause) Fill It Up With Supah!" then burn it up again, yeah...Heaven is a brand new car, and only "That" will take you far, so...?

2007-08-12 02:39:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2007-08-12 02:29:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

2007-08-12 02:06:36 · 3 answers · asked by Ayachan 2 in Books & Authors

Did the Trojan war really take place or is it a myth?

2007-08-12 01:47:53 · 8 answers · asked by richardtruff 1 in History

Does it come from scotland

2007-08-12 01:46:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

I need it really badly. I've been trying to search for a complete version but i cant find one.

2007-08-12 01:43:41 · 1 answers · asked by ichliebe_katzen 1 in Books & Authors

2007-08-12 00:33:30 · 24 answers · asked by Praxis 5 in Philosophy

Why do most people think l'm emo, even some of my frineds?

2007-08-12 00:11:42 · 7 answers · asked by Luis R 2 in Philosophy