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William Turner

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"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Sun Jan 21st, 2007 at 05:23:28 PM EST

Zut ! (4.00 / 4)

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Sun Jan 21st, 2007 at 05:26:11 PM EST
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Re: Zut ! (4.00 / 2)

viewing the tastes of most people on this board I would have thought that
Rain Steam and Speed - the Great Western Railway would have been more likely to turn up here.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jan 21st, 2007 at 05:47:58 PM EST
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I left it to DoDo...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Sun Jan 21st, 2007 at 05:50:43 PM EST
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Lookee here...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 06:31:19 PM EST
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Definitely in my Top Three.

It's not just the painting: it's the subject matter - the passing of Greatness. A touch of Ozymandias.

"The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 06:50:34 AM EST
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That's the reason I chose this one: the strong symbol.

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 07:01:31 AM EST
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Brit bashing? Naaah. | 60 comments (60 topical, 0 editorial, 2 hidden)

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