Date: 10/09/2025 19:16:41
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 2314816
Subject: re: today I learned

Neophyte said:


Boris said:

Boris said:

of course as you all probably know this is a play-on-words of the latin phrase Sic transit gloria mundi
“Thus passes the glory of the world.”

whilst some of this is true the reality it thus

A headline “SICK TRANSIT’S GLORIOUS MONDAY” from a New York Daily News front-page caption on a photo (1979) reporting an agreement to avoid fare increases on city transit services, making a multi-word pun on the Latin phrase.

Reminiscent of the time in February 2000 when highland football team Caley Thistle defeated Celtic 3-1, the headline next day read “Super Caley Go Ballistic, Celtic Are Atrocious”…

I like that one :)

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