...There was tennis fic on my flist a minute ago. Parents called. Talked to them for a few minutes. Hung up. Clicked on fic.
'No such entry'.
Clearly I've spent too long in Egypt with the Victorian travel writers, pondering the implications of reversing the harem system and filling them with men instead of women. The logistics and such actually make a lot more sense that way. Really. Of course you'd have to have succession through the female line, because otherwise there'd be chaos and carnage and concubine rebellions but it'd work far far better than having a million bastard children running around, just waiting to overthrow you. It's my sekritplan to have women rule the world, or perhaps I just really want my own harem filled with the pretty... Not that I just said that. Um.
Or you know, maybe the Victorian-British conquer-all-in-our-path-and-if-it's-not-in-our-path-then-take-a-bloody-detour mentality is rubbing off on me. God, we really were complete wankers. "WE ARE THE MOST AWESOME. ALL YOUR HEATHEN BASE ARE BELONG TO US." *insert politely British evil laughter*
Glad we grew out of it. *cough* Um. Yeah. ;)
edit: On a sort-of-not-really-related note, ever since watching Bring It On the other day I've had "Be agreessive! Be be agressive, be agressive!" running on a loop through my head. Argh, Kirsten Dunst, you know not the mental trauma you're causing.
'No such entry'.
Clearly I've spent too long in Egypt with the Victorian travel writers, pondering the implications of reversing the harem system and filling them with men instead of women. The logistics and such actually make a lot more sense that way. Really. Of course you'd have to have succession through the female line, because otherwise there'd be chaos and carnage and concubine rebellions but it'd work far far better than having a million bastard children running around, just waiting to overthrow you. It's my sekritplan to have women rule the world, or perhaps I just really want my own harem filled with the pretty... Not that I just said that. Um.
Or you know, maybe the Victorian-British conquer-all-in-our-path-and-if-it's-not-in-our-path-then-take-a-bloody-detour mentality is rubbing off on me. God, we really were complete wankers. "WE ARE THE MOST AWESOME. ALL YOUR HEATHEN BASE ARE BELONG TO US." *insert politely British evil laughter*
Glad we grew out of it. *cough* Um. Yeah. ;)
edit: On a sort-of-not-really-related note, ever since watching Bring It On the other day I've had "Be agreessive! Be be agressive, be agressive!" running on a loop through my head. Argh, Kirsten Dunst, you know not the mental trauma you're causing.