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[0] probably not, if i stick to the optimal interpretation that Old Ben is Orwell incognito. (Jura & the pistol under pillow could well be merely prudential, bu

[0] probably not, if i stick to the optimal interpretation that Old Ben is Orwell incognito. (Jura & the pistol under pillow could well be merely prudential, but i dont see it) Gotta drop the discreetly placed marshal’s baton angle for now since i cant even find a half decent example pair lol

aebtebeten 2y ago
rods have been symbols of power for some time, eg (sorry no time to find original: in higher detail probably a mace) https://images.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593599730 https://images.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593599730 renaissance: https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H4WND3/moscow-russia-02nd-mar-2019-equestrian-statue-of-gattamelata-exhibited-at-the-pushkin-state-museum-of-fine-arts-credit-sopa-images-limitedalamy-live-news-2H4WND3.jpg https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H4WND3/moscow-russia-02nd-mar-201... (I want to show you the baton here, but if you find other views of this statue you'll find Gattamelata agreed with Crazy Horse on ponytails) napoleonic: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Le_maréchal_Jourdan.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Le_maréc... in our time: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Charles_III_%28No._4_Dress%29_Salute_2024.jpg/300px-Charles_III_%28No._4_Dress%29_Salute_2024.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Ch... and of course the riding crop is very reminiscent of a baton: https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/princess-elizabeth-riding-a-horse-bettmann.jpg https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediu... EDIT: https://people.com/thmb/ZJaQKjc4HVLggDfDH-DeTRMtz50=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(592x339:594x341)/prince-charles-princess-diana-polo-081722-b3689a859bbc49abb12e804004dfb00f.jpg https://people.com/thmb/ZJaQKjc4HVLggDfDH-DeTRMtz50=/4000x0/... (here Charles can also channel his inner Hector, via his pseudo-greaves) other examples: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56581/56581-h/images/illus1.jpg https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56581/56581-h/images/illus1.... https://people.com/thmb/RwFHUIN5BrzehzaJ9Ib41nhw8eE=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(428x0:430x2)/queen_elizabeth_horse_858-a4f62316014440a691c074eedff087af.jpg https://people.com/thmb/RwFHUIN5BrzehzaJ9Ib41nhw8eE=/4000x0/... (you can tell it's a popular rag because they really could've chosen a more flattering moment, ie a few seconds before or after, to publish) EDIT: can't resist adding this pair; mirrored at birth? https://salsaworldtraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/dsc_0167.jpg https://salsaworldtraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ds... https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1257966015/photo/windsor-united-kingdom-queen-elizabeth-ii-seen-horse-riding-in-the-grounds-of-windsor-castle.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=hVi3PUwP4nJFVLCLFVXEYjGOUmo6p6ZJCXH8VMTu_oo= https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1257966015/photo/windsor-un... Lagniappe: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20071108.gif https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20071108.gif
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  Forgot the archetype: https://fastdecals.com/shop/images/detailed/30/cartman-respect-ma-authoritah-decal-sicker-06_southparkFC-1.webp https://fastdecals.com/shop/images/detailed/30/cartman-respe...
  - gradschoolfail 2y ago
    https://archive.is/Ubbfx https://archive.is/Ubbfx i recall a soviet movie whose title was something like “King and Cartman” but i can somehow neither find it nor recall the romantic era poem that it was based on
    - gradschoolfail 2y ago
      https://archive.is/QrowT https://archive.is/QrowT Once upon a time in Odessa, Schiller or Hoelderlin might have been the rage.. ? (You might have missed that Sir William above hacked (together) the gentlemen’s dues that gate-kept riffraff)
      - 082349872349872 2y ago
        had missed it, thx. Sir William, had he been in Uncle Sam's service, would've been a "mustang": the DoD equivalent of a brumby (and apparently uncommon —to the point of uniqueness?— in His Majesty's service).
        082349872349872 2y ago
        Unlike mustangs, he never had any command. Whether this was general policy[0] or specifically due to his Achilles' Heel[1] (the dutch say "now the ape['s arm] comes out of the cuffs") is difficult to discern from a single article, however. Lagniappe: https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_eastwest.htm https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_eastwest.htm > And thou must make a trooper tough and hack thy way to power / Belike they will raise thee to Ressaldar when I am hanged in Peshawur! [0] compare COL Benjamin Davis'[2] command of the 51 FIW (as it was then) in 1950. [1] I'd thought the unorthodox baton grasp was what you'd meant to convey with that pic... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr.#Creator_of_the_Davis_Line/Median_line_on_Taiwan_Strait https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr.#Creator_...

aebtebeten 2y ago

rods have been symbols of power for some time, eg (sorry no time to find original: in higher detail probably a mace) https://images.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593599730 https://images.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593599730 renaissance: https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H4WND3/moscow-russia-02nd-mar-2019-equestrian-statue-of-gattamelata-exhibited-at-the-pushkin-state-museum-of-fine-arts-credit-sopa-images-limitedalamy-live-news-2H4WND3.jpg https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H4WND3/moscow-russia-02nd-mar-201... (I want to show you the baton here, but if you find other views of this statue you'll find Gattamelata agreed with Crazy Horse on ponytails) napoleonic: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Le_maréchal_Jourdan.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Le_maréc... in our time: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Charles_III_%28No._4_Dress%29_Salute_2024.jpg/300px-Charles_III_%28No._4_Dress%29_Salute_2024.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Ch... and of course the riding crop is very reminiscent of a baton: https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/princess-elizabeth-riding-a-horse-bettmann.jpg https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediu... EDIT: https://people.com/thmb/ZJaQKjc4HVLggDfDH-DeTRMtz50=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(592x339:594x341)/prince-charles-princess-diana-polo-081722-b3689a859bbc49abb12e804004dfb00f.jpg https://people.com/thmb/ZJaQKjc4HVLggDfDH-DeTRMtz50=/4000x0/... (here Charles can also channel his inner Hector, via his pseudo-greaves) other examples: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56581/56581-h/images/illus1.jpg https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56581/56581-h/images/illus1.... https://people.com/thmb/RwFHUIN5BrzehzaJ9Ib41nhw8eE=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(428x0:430x2)/queen_elizabeth_horse_858-a4f62316014440a691c074eedff087af.jpg https://people.com/thmb/RwFHUIN5BrzehzaJ9Ib41nhw8eE=/4000x0/... (you can tell it's a popular rag because they really could've chosen a more flattering moment, ie a few seconds before or after, to publish) EDIT: can't resist adding this pair; mirrored at birth? https://salsaworldtraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/dsc_0167.jpg https://salsaworldtraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ds... https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1257966015/photo/windsor-united-kingdom-queen-elizabeth-ii-seen-horse-riding-in-the-grounds-of-windsor-castle.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=hVi3PUwP4nJFVLCLFVXEYjGOUmo6p6ZJCXH8VMTu_oo= https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1257966015/photo/windsor-un... Lagniappe: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20071108.gif https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20071108.gif

082349872349872 2y ago
Forgot the archetype: https://fastdecals.com/shop/images/detailed/30/cartman-respect-ma-authoritah-decal-sicker-06_southparkFC-1.webp https://fastdecals.com/shop/images/detailed/30/cartman-respe...
- gradschoolfail 2y ago
  https://archive.is/Ubbfx https://archive.is/Ubbfx i recall a soviet movie whose title was something like “King and Cartman” but i can somehow neither find it nor recall the romantic era poem that it was based on
  - gradschoolfail 2y ago
    https://archive.is/QrowT https://archive.is/QrowT Once upon a time in Odessa, Schiller or Hoelderlin might have been the rage.. ? (You might have missed that Sir William above hacked (together) the gentlemen’s dues that gate-kept riffraff)
    - 082349872349872 2y ago
      had missed it, thx. Sir William, had he been in Uncle Sam's service, would've been a "mustang": the DoD equivalent of a brumby (and apparently uncommon —to the point of uniqueness?— in His Majesty's service).
      - 082349872349872 2y ago
        Unlike mustangs, he never had any command. Whether this was general policy[0] or specifically due to his Achilles' Heel[1] (the dutch say "now the ape['s arm] comes out of the cuffs") is difficult to discern from a single article, however. Lagniappe: https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_eastwest.htm https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_eastwest.htm > And thou must make a trooper tough and hack thy way to power / Belike they will raise thee to Ressaldar when I am hanged in Peshawur! [0] compare COL Benjamin Davis'[2] command of the 51 FIW (as it was then) in 1950. [1] I'd thought the unorthodox baton grasp was what you'd meant to convey with that pic... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr.#Creator_of_the_Davis_Line/Median_line_on_Taiwan_Strait https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr.#Creator_...