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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany
I see your ANGLE & there's a joke in there but I'll not go down that road  |
There's also an oblique referrence to a Hyndburn politican .... the comment is supposed to have been made by Gregory the Great, who, I believe, became Pope.
I'm surprised that my comment hasn't been yanked by the mods, because it ain't in English ... but, there was a time, long, long ago, in a world now lost, that knowing what "non angli, sed angeli" meant was taught in schools all over Britain.
... it was right up there with Alfred burning the cakes, C'nut telling the sea to go take a hike, 1066 and all that, Nelson's signal to the fleet etc., etc, etc. Starting to feel old I am (thanks Yoda) ...