Wednesday: Hili dialogue

March 16, 2016 • 6:30 am

Just a reminder: I’m off today for India: Delhi, Bangalore, and Bhubaneswar; and I’ll return April 3. There’s little doubt that posting will be lighter and sporadic, but it will resume on its regular schedule after my return.

Today is March 16, the Day of the Book Smugglers in Lithuania. On this day in 1190, on of England’s worst massacres of the Jews took place in York Castle, while in 1294, there was a massacre of Cathars (believers in two gods: a good one and an evil one) at Montségur in France. In 1872, the Wanderers F.C. beat the Engineers A.F.C. in the very first F.A. cup, the world’s oldest soccer competition. On March 16, 1872, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in Massachusetts, and in 1968 the infamous My Lai Massacre took place, in which American troops slaughtered hundreds of Vietnamese civilians.

Notable births on this day include James Madison (1751), Pat Nixon (1912), Jerry Lewis (1926), Jerry Jeff Walker (1942), reader Ursula Goodenough (1943), hearthrob Kate Nelligan (1950), Alice Hoffman (1952), and Isabelle Huppert (1953). Deaths on this day included Aubrey Beardsley (1898), Judge Roy Bean (“the Law West of the Pecos”) in 1903, and Arthur Godfrey (1993).

Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, there’s been a sudden cold snap, and the Princess is worried about the welfare of the rodents—but not out of empathy!

Hili: It’s cold today.
A: Indeed it is.
Hili: I’m worried that the mice are freezing.
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In Polish:
Hili: Chłodno dziś.
Ja: Faktycznie.
Hili: Martwię się, że myszy zmarzną.
And out in Winnipeg, Gus’s box has almost bit the dust. His staff notes this:
Looking through the box (through the looking box?)
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6 thoughts on “Wednesday: Hili dialogue”

  1. My grandfather was born in 1872! Not nine months later as a colleague quipped when I mentioned this!

    Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.

    You didn’t mention the Google Doodle of Caroline Herschel born today 1750!
    https://www.google.co.uk/

    1. Oddly, that doodle is not shown in the U.S. It is available in Canada and Mexico. I’m not sure how Google decides who sees their doodles, but I would have liked to have Herschel to welcome me this morning.

  3. Jews slaughtered in York. (1190)

    Cathars massacred at Montsegur. (1294)

    Fast forward 800 years and humanity is still killing fellow humans based on superstition, tradition and religion.

    When will it end?

    Carl Kruse

    1. “When will it end?”

      Humanity or the idiocy?
      My best guess: about the exact same time, in a shitload of mushroom clouds.

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