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Post by finsobruce on Nov 29, 2014 14:28:20 GMT
Meanwhile, in the Levant of antiquity, the locals are baffled by Ugovius the Pollster when he asks them if this "British Rail" could have helped at the Siege of Masada. You're onto something here devilwincarnate. I think there should be a series of books starring Ugovius the Pollster a la Asterix: Ugovius and the Antonine question Ugovius meets the Hibernians (who explain why they haven't won a battle since 901BC) - just to get that in there before Fraser does.Ugovius and the Plebs. Ugovius and the Rogue polls (or possibly proles) etc, etc. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Nov 29, 2014 16:02:42 GMT
Meanwhile, in the Levant of antiquity, the locals are baffled by Ugovius the Pollster when he asks them if this "British Rail" could have helped at the Siege of Masada. You're onto something here devilwincarnate. I think there should be a series of books starring Ugovius the Pollster a la Asterix: Ugovius and the Antonine question Ugovius meets the Hibernians (who explain why they haven't won a battle since 901BC) - just to get that in there before Fraser does.Ugovius and the Plebs. Ugovius and the Rogue polls (or possibly proles) etc, etc. I like it. Ugovius Meets Psephologus the Anorakite. Stottus, Stottus, Give Me Back My Legions Ugovius at the Plebgate Emilia Spinabaca and the Man with the White Chariot Ugovius and Faragus of the Garumites (now there's an obscure classical reference) Ugovius meets Hollandicus Presidentum and the Diminishing Gaulish Denarii |
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Post by finsobruce on Nov 29, 2014 17:03:36 GMT
Ah, good thinking. We can use Psephologus - Yougov will claim we nicked Ugovius and the resulting court case would ruin both our reputations...  have you ever read the "Aristotle Detective" books by Margaret Doody? Very good and a model for our Psephologus stories... |
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Post by johnloony on Nov 29, 2014 19:28:52 GMT
there is very little historical evidence about him to give us any clues or details There's quite a lot of evidence. The Romans were meticulous record keepers. There's more written record than for many other historical figures. However none of it is about nationalisation of railways. That's interesting. I'm not an expert on record-keeping in the Roman Empire, and I had thought that there was very little evidence for his very existence apart from what it says in the Bible; however the point is (as you said) that anything which was written about him in the first century (or soon afterwards) is completely irrelevant to what he might have thought about the management or ownership of the railways. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Nov 29, 2014 22:18:15 GMT
I think its good that a polling organisation has dared to ask a question like that, the phrasing makes you think about the issue in a different way. No it doesn't, it makes me think about the pollster in a different way. JL comments - Carlton and I 'like'. It could only be vote-2012!  |
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