'Greece though conquered took her conqueror captive, and brought in the arts to the uncivilized Latin peoples.' (Horace)
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'Greece though conquered took her conqueror captive, and brought in the arts to the uncivilized Latin peoples.' (Horace)
I don't wear a Lilly for much the same reasons, only ridiculously more complicated.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPaul
Where I'm from, the type of Lilly you wear denotes your particular affiliation to a (now, hopefully) defunct faction.
If you wear a paper Lilly, and fasten it with a pin, then you symbolise support for the Provisional wing of the IRA. If you wear a Lilly with glue on the back, you're known as a 'Stickie', which is representative of the Official IRA, who were a more Socialistic cell and are known to this days as 'Stickies'.
That's how anally absurd it gets. True story.