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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Woo-hoo! Wait, what? NO! It ended too soon. Where are the explosions ‘n stuff? BTW Joel, you are one scary lookin’ dude. Keep up the good fight.
*chuckles* I love you guys.
You boys ain’t right.
I agree. Needs at least one explosion! Definitely. AND a sequel.
LOL’d all the way through. Want to see Dharma in action. Want to see the TV series.
BTW. And ahem. Saying that none of your friends are sane is just a tad bit precipitous, young man. Some of your friends, not naming any names so just say I know from experience, are mentally as rock-solid as boulders.
It’s so nice when you’re insane;
No one asks you to explain.
Well done Joel. Well done.
Heh. Some of those inserted clips looked like they may have come from the old “Rat Patrol” series.
Considering the age of half the actual cast shouldn’t this be “Geriatric WWII fantasy squad”?
Not at all, Buck. 2/3 of the cast are young, only the driver is geriatric. Can’t speak for the Moon Nazis.
And Claire, if you were sane (in the accepted sense) you’d still be laboring in the orchards of professional life, bitching because your cubicle isn’t an office or your office isn’t on a corner, guarding against some younger, hungrier colleague who wants to get close enough to cut your throat, praying for retirement and dreading it. Same as me. Everybody knows normalcy is the measure of sanity. Personally I didn’t become happy until I’d tossed sanity aside.
And Bear, I seem to recall a certain Youtube offering of your own, that makes me wonder at your saying anybody else is ‘not right…’
Bustin’ a gut here! MOAR!
Moon Nazis. I hate Moon Nazis.
Looks like springing the north.
The Packrat Patrol.
Joel, compared to the folks who took that whole thing seriously (even after being told it was parody; there was a lovely discussion at WattsUpWithThat.com), I’m as “mentally as rock-solid” as one of Claire’s boulders. And as dense.
And I actually got spendy money out of that. That’s crazy.
Wait, “Rat Patrol” was parody? Heck.