Last time we saw her, IIRC,her mojo wasn’t in full operating condition (Possibly due to quantum interference from Tip’s own Makeout Man field). I wonder if she’s recovered by now?
Yeah, when someone so genre-aware as the boss says that, he pretty much knowingly guarantees success. Unless he’s too smug about it, and the perversity of the universe bites him in the back. Unless… That’s what he really wants?
Vetinari: “Our lives depend on you acting like a fat fool.”
Colon: “But I can’t act, sir.”
Vetinari: “Good!”
Truly genre saavy leadership is knowing how to use the idiocy of those below you to your advantage. Both Green and Gavotte know this. The rest of us just get to enjoy the fireworks.
Supposedly, Disraeli deliberately sent someone to negotiations on the Suez Canal who was so honest, friendly and goal-oriented that all the other parties were too busy trying to uncover the man’s duplicity and plots to interfere with his job.
“I divide my officers into four groups. There are clever, diligent, stupid, and lazy officers. Usually two characteristics are combined. Some are clever and diligent — their place is the General Staff. The next lot are stupid and lazy — they make up 90 percent of every army and are suited to routine duties. Anyone who is both clever and lazy is qualified for the highest leadership duties, because he possesses the intellectual clarity and the composure necessary for difficult decisions. One must beware of anyone who is stupid and diligent — he must not be entrusted with any responsibility because he will always cause only mischief.”
Baron von Hammerstein-Equord
Mostly because Greek didn’t have Cs at all. It’s just that the Romans transliterated all the Ks that way. So neither Greek nor Latin had soft Cs – Kéntauros became centaurus.
//வழக கம ப ல க ந த ம த க ழ ப ணர வ க ள ள ம ஆர எஸ எஸ அப ம ன கள க ந த க ற த த ந ன ச ன னத வ த த க ந த ச ய தத ம தவற என க ற அவர களத கர த த க கள வல ய ற த த க ற ர கள . :)//அந க ம க என ன த த ன க ற ப ப ட க ற ர க ள என ற ந ன க க ற ன .. ந ன உலக ல ம த க க ம த ல வ ர க ள ல ம த ன ம ய க இர ப ப வ ர க ள க ந த ய ம , ப ர ய ர ம .. அதன ல த ன அவர ச யல ன தவற ப ர ந த வ டன அத வ ட ட வ ட ட ர என ற க ற ப ப ட ட ன . அத ற க க அவ ர க ள ன எல ல ச ய ல ய ம ந ய யப ட த த வ த த வ ற என ற ந ன ப ப வ ன . அம ப த க ர ய ம , ப ஸ ய ம அவர ச ர ய க ப ர ந த க ள ள வ ல ல என ற வ ம ர ச ன ம அவ ர ம த உண ட .. ந ங க ள த ன ர த ன ஷ ச ன ன த ன அர த த த ப ர ந த க ள ள ம ல as usual க ழ ப ப வ ட ட ர க ள .. அத வ ம அந த program ப ர க க ம ல ய க ண ம ட த த ன ம க dfened ச ய வ த த த ன ஏற க ம ட ய வ ல ல
Machinations!
…Machinations, from the *Man*!
To this day, I still can’t read that name without hearing *Fwwom!* [flash of color] Tigerlilly Jones
Failure is not an option.
It is a requirement.
Last time we saw her, IIRC,her mojo wasn’t in full operating condition (Possibly due to quantum interference from Tip’s own Makeout Man field). I wonder if she’s recovered by now?
Prediction: He is somehow going to totally and completely succeed, possibly through sheer luck. He will thus get Tip monstrously jealous.
Yeah, when someone so genre-aware as the boss says that, he pretty much knowingly guarantees success. Unless he’s too smug about it, and the perversity of the universe bites him in the back. Unless… That’s what he really wants?
Head hurts, now…
(TUNE: “On, Wisconsin!”, William T. Purdy & Carl Beck)
Mister Bravo, Mister Bravo,
Get out there and fail!
You’ll be guarding Tigerlily,
Go on, move your tail!
Never-fearing, hard of hearing,
Perfect foil for me!
Knowing you, I’m sure you’ll screw
Up roy-al-ly!
This is why you don’t flail your minions in important places.
But how important can one ear be? They have two of them!
To paraphrase Sir Pratchett, from Jingo:
Vetinari: “Our lives depend on you acting like a fat fool.”
Colon: “But I can’t act, sir.”
Vetinari: “Good!”
Truly genre saavy leadership is knowing how to use the idiocy of those below you to your advantage. Both Green and Gavotte know this. The rest of us just get to enjoy the fireworks.
Supposedly, Disraeli deliberately sent someone to negotiations on the Suez Canal who was so honest, friendly and goal-oriented that all the other parties were too busy trying to uncover the man’s duplicity and plots to interfere with his job.
“I divide my officers into four groups. There are clever, diligent, stupid, and lazy officers. Usually two characteristics are combined. Some are clever and diligent — their place is the General Staff. The next lot are stupid and lazy — they make up 90 percent of every army and are suited to routine duties. Anyone who is both clever and lazy is qualified for the highest leadership duties, because he possesses the intellectual clarity and the composure necessary for difficult decisions. One must beware of anyone who is stupid and diligent — he must not be entrusted with any responsibility because he will always cause only mischief.”
Baron von Hammerstein-Equord
I think we’re all fond of Tigerlilly Jones. Just because we all don’t follow Tip Wilkin’s lead and sleep with her doesn’t affect that.
That’s the kind of generalization that one should not say. I, for one, find myself groaning every time she shows up.
Is this the first time Tigerlilly Jones has gotten her sobriquet? Becuase “The Clockwork Caesar” is AWESOME.
In English I sort of prefer “Clockwork Kaiser”. “Kaiser” is just “Caesar” imported by way of German, but the pronunciation in English rolls better.
That is more alliterative.
That, plus there’s evidence from some old inscriptions in Greek that “Kaiser” (well, “Kaisar”) is how “Caesar” was actually pronounced.
Mostly because Greek didn’t have Cs at all. It’s just that the Romans transliterated all the Ks that way. So neither Greek nor Latin had soft Cs – Kéntauros became centaurus.
Rolls, eh? I see what you did there.
And I’m still waiting for her to team up with Francine Descartes. ‘Cos FD is in the public domain, and that would be AWESOME!
Ray, why would you want to put Descartes before Skin Horse?
How many years have you been saving that, Eddurd?
Now, let’s not spoil the magic with explanations.
Wait a minute… she’s looking directly at the “camera”. She knows!
“They can take our… erm, freedom, but they can never take our… MS eyewear?!?” Wait, this doesn’t sound right…
//வழக கம ப ல க ந த ம த க ழ ப ணர வ க ள ள ம ஆர எஸ எஸ அப ம ன கள க ந த க ற த த ந ன ச ன னத வ த த க ந த ச ய தத ம தவற என க ற அவர களத கர த த க கள வல ய ற த த க ற ர கள . :)//அந க ம க என ன த த ன க ற ப ப ட க ற ர க ள என ற ந ன க க ற ன .. ந ன உலக ல ம த க க ம த ல வ ர க ள ல ம த ன ம ய க இர ப ப வ ர க ள க ந த ய ம , ப ர ய ர ம .. அதன ல த ன அவர ச யல ன தவற ப ர ந த வ டன அத வ ட ட வ ட ட ர என ற க ற ப ப ட ட ன . அத ற க க அவ ர க ள ன எல ல ச ய ல ய ம ந ய யப ட த த வ த த வ ற என ற ந ன ப ப வ ன . அம ப த க ர ய ம , ப ஸ ய ம அவர ச ர ய க ப ர ந த க ள ள வ ல ல என ற வ ம ர ச ன ம அவ ர ம த உண ட .. ந ங க ள த ன ர த ன ஷ ச ன ன த ன அர த த த ப ர ந த க ள ள ம ல as usual க ழ ப ப வ ட ட ர க ள .. அத வ ம அந த program ப ர க க ம ல ய க ண ம ட த த ன ம க dfened ச ய வ த த த ன ஏற க ம ட ய வ ல ல