On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 09:42:28PM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 08:18:13PM +0200, Alessandro De Laurenzis wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I was reluctant to submit this patch, since I'm not a native English > > speaker and this could be a wordplay joke, but if not, and it is really > > citing the Latin phrase popularly attributed to Julius Caesar (see e.g. > > [1], but there are plenty on the net, of course), the wrong order warps > > the meaning. > > > > Please consider the attached diff. > > > > All the best > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veni,_vidi,_vici > > > > -- > > Alessandro De Laurenzis > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > Web: http://www.atlantide.mooo.com > > LinkedIn: http://it.linkedin.com/in/delaurenzis > > > --- /usr/src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2-o.orig Thu Jul 13 > > 04:45:56 2017 > > +++ /usr/src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2-o Mon Aug 23 20:07:23 2021 > > @@ -14251,8 +14251,8 @@ > > to a rival. Husbands, good or bad, always have rivals. Lovers, never. > > -- Helen Lawrenson, "Esquire" > > % > > -Vidi, vici, veni. > > -(I saw, I conquered, I came.) > > +Veni, vidi, vici. > > +(I came, I saw, I conquered.) > > % > > Viennese Oyster: Lady who can cross her feet behind her head, lying on her > > back, of course. When she has done so, you hold her tightly round each > > instep > > > hi. > > it is a joke, yes. there's at least one other joke of this type in the > database: > > Veni, Vidi, VISA: > I came, I saw, I did a little shopping. > > however i also just spotted the actual quote is there too, and appears > to have a typo! > ok giovanni@ for the typo fix.
Giovanni > jmc > > Index: fortunes2 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2,v > retrieving revision 1.52 > diff -u -p -r1.52 fortunes2 > --- fortunes2 27 Sep 2019 20:44:22 -0000 1.52 > +++ fortunes2 23 Aug 2021 20:36:05 -0000 > @@ -41833,7 +41833,7 @@ Hagar's note: The first definition is mu > only by malcontents, the envious, and disgruntled owners of waterfront > property. > % > -Vini, vidi, vici. > +Veni, vidi, vici. > [I came, I saw, I conquered]. > -- Gaius Julius Caesar > % >
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