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I sing of warfare and a man at war.
Exiled by fate from the Eastern shore,
He came to Israel by destiny.
A fugitive, buffeted by land, sea, and fluid,
Cruel funding losses were his lot in life,
Till he could found a team and bring them home to win.
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@closet classicist redux I underestimated you, Bwog. Maybe this is why I’m not actually a classicist. Kudos on the pun.
@... Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit!
@I sing... Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris!
@Jon Sorry, folks — bad Latin pun to blame.
“Baro” basically means “fool,” so this fake cognomen is riffing off the fact QuickSpec is an “Aeneid” parody. (Sort of like how Peter Schickele’s character “P.D.Q. Bach” parodies the Bach family’s naming conventions.)
@Probably got confused with Virgilio Barco Vargas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_Barco
@Maro! Maro! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil
@closet classicist Pretty sure it’s P. Vergilius Maro (not Baro). Unless Baro is a reference I’m not getting.
Sad thing is I still remember that from Lit Hum.