Yup. I’ve been dad to a daughter. I got things this wrong on a fairly regular basis.
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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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“the most famous” He certainly succeeded.
Hey, he gets lots of points for trying. She doesn’t look thrilled, though. Bright side: the poster can double as a target.
Everyone, if you all havent seen the Korean TV series, The Squid Game, do yourself a favor and watch. At some point last year, it was the most viewed tv series in the world.
Its a Mindfark.
Just watch thru the first game, Red Light Green Light. If you dont like it at that point, quit watching. i dont know anyone that has watched it that didnt watch it until the end and looking forward to season 2. (be warned early first episode is lots of boring character development until the game starts).
Joel cut yourself some slack. I raised 3 daughters. Agh. Scary times, teenage females are unpredictable as caged wolverines.
So we’re taking “Siendokam”‘s word for it that Emanuela’s dad was ‘without understanding’ (I guess the Translator function didn’t have ‘clueless’ in the glossary?) – what if he DID know? Brazilians are not irony-deficient. Well, maybe the 12-year-olds are.
If his daughter attends public school, she’s probably fine with that!