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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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“Heavily distressed” means beat to shit and filthy? Anyone who buys these is an idiot.
Seriously, do some people have so much excess money and so little brains that they would fall for this?
Joel, you do see the potential, don’t you? Sell your old jeans on Etsy.
Who was it that said ” There’s a sucker born every minute?”
“and two to take their money.”
Lawsy, these are being commented on in many places on the Internet. Well, OK, ridiculed. What an interesting experience it would be to meet and try to communicate with someone who bought one or more versions. But hopefully Nordstrom will soon announce it was all a joke, bwahahahahahaahha
$425 ???????????? Is this April 1st?
I want to know if they’re machine washable or if they have to be dry cleaned.
I kinda wondered the same thing. I assume it’s some sort of dye, but needing to dry clean your $425 pair of blue jeans would put the cherry on top.
I do recall when beaten-up Levis were selling in Montana for ridiculous prices —more than new jeans! A person could take a stack of old jeans (preferably with a Copenhagen circle worn into a back pocket) and sell them to some buyer who then, I imagine, bundled them all up and re-sold them in Paris or New York. So we heard. Crazy.