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Nihil means nothing in latin. The punchline is a pun on Battle of the Nile (see wikipedia). It may seem bizarre, but is less so because Nelson is already associ
by cturner 11y ago
Nihil means nothing in latin. The punchline is a pun on Battle of the Nile (see wikipedia). It may seem bizarre, but is less so because Nelson is already associated with latin in victorian popular culture because of his supposed final words. Can someone explain #2 for me?
- pbhjpbhj 11y agoI think #2 is supposed to be "wisdom". Note the OCR errors, eg "so;" is rendered "soj". It's still not entirely clear to me what the point of the passage is however, it is IMO poorly written. https://archive.org/details/bookhumourwitwi00projgoog https://archive.org/details/bookhumourwitwi00projgoog is the text "Humour, Wit and Wisdom" - "the latter days of Bonaparte" is on p.2.
- gus_massa 11y agoPerhaps I was not clear. I thought that the joke ended in "opin". I read it a few times, thinking that it didn't continue beyond "opin". Then I notice the link and that the joke continue. Anyway, thanks for the explanations, because I didn't get all the details. Perhaps they can add an explanation wiki like http://explainxkcd.com/ http://explainxkcd.com/
- cturner 11y agoThanks. I was recovering from three days of sickess, so at least most of the gap was at my side. Yeah - an explain link would be a worthwhile project for someone with some time or an interest in building a small webapp, and useful.