Peter the Great’s judgment of men was often a bit… off. He would regularly bring who were effectively drinking buddies into governmental positions and then go into a rage when, amazingly, they proved themselves eminently corruptible drunks. Often this meant the torture chamber and chopping block for the poor blighters. His closest friend, Prince Menshikov, got away with all sorts of fraud against the state the spoils from which went into buying himself simple pleasures like… islands covered in personal pleasure palaces.
As a side note, I should say that, upon reconsideration, I still believe that “slurk” is the best possible onomotpoeiaic description of the sound of “removing a cowl.”
– Count Dolby von Luckner
This is what we, and R. Kelly, call a cliffhanger.
Pronounce “cliffhanger” as if it rhymes with “anger”.
–Geoff
I’m pretty sure that GULP. SPEW. FWOOSH. is the archetypal solution to every major problem in life. What might be gulped and then spewed might be different in each individual case, but the overall structure remains the same.
– Count Dolby von Luckner
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A wholly unexpected display of competence might just be enough to turn the tide of the battle!
But how does one take down a Jesuit with four fireball flingin’ fists? Find out in Episode 63: Liquor is Quicker
– Geoff and The Count