And so he had Daniel brought to him, and told him of his dream,
wherein all of his oxen were gory, which did sorely trouble him in spirit,
and asked him to interpret unto him what it meant.
And Daniel spake unto Nebuchadnezzar, saying, “Duh.”
Have anything to do with Jacob Weisburg’s piece at Slate on Iraq? Because I don’t think Weisburg got it right either.
Dohs and duhs all around. And if I hear one more pundit head say: We noooooooow know….
Well, JJ, nobody else knows this, but in fact it’s my fault. I’d appreciate it if you’d keep it under your hat.
Was that pre-crazy or post crazy? I always forget.
FYI, don’t be bogartin’ my best ‘Dream Interpretations’. I’ll have you know that there are one-word answers to nearly 95% of all dreams!
Well, 99% if you make ‘Your-Mom’ one word.
Angry oxen are always a bother, what with their goring and rampaging.
I love the names of Babylonian kings: so long and exotic-sounding.
I find it interesting how ancient Babylon was ancient Assyria and is now Iraq. Always causing trouble.
If you haven’t seen RC’s new site, check it out. He has a nice post, appropriate for Epiphany, today.
Weisberg:
…so Daniel was called in and spake duh to the Pres and Pentagon and down at State since it wert a mightier sized set of advisers than of old. And he addeth, “Wasn’t this Assyria at one time? The hood hasn’t changed much.”
Where’s your complicity?
Oh, I’m not very complicit, JJ, it’s just–I’m a megalomaniac McCarthyite paranoiac.
Or, y’know, JJ could be totally wrong about the post having anything to do with Weisberg.
But that’s just crazy talk.