Heading back home to Cape Town today. There’s an end of year footy dinner to get to.
What a weekend. I came, I saw, I conquered.
OK, maybe not completely on the last one, but there was some braai’ing.
And I’m sure that counts.
Of course, that’s the English translation of the words allegedly used by Julius Caesar to describe his swift victory at the Battle of Zela in 47 BC – a powerful boast of military prowess – a simple overview of what he saw as a quick, decisive and effortless triumph.
It’s Latin. It’s not Greek.
So you can’t just chuck some Greek letters into it in an effort to make yourself (or your limb) look intelligent.
That just won’t work.
See?
Who knows what actually happened on the 5th of February (ok, ok, or the 2nd of May) 2003?
All we do know is that it was something big enough for someone to repeat the ancient Roman phrase of military conquest:
Vspph, Vphdph, Vphcph!
Which is probably what JC would have sounded like if he’d been talking through a rather thick scarf.