Holding Back the Tide - A Little Drabble Do Ya! - August 28th

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

“Illya, do you ever feel that trying to stop Thrush is like King Canute trying to hold back the tide?”

“Canute wasn’t trying to hold back the tide. He was proving to his courtiers that he held no power over the elements. He was saying that, next to God, the power of kings is worthless. The story's apocryphal anyway.”

“Do you have to keep doing that, Tovarisch?”

“What?”

“Debunking and correcting everything.”

“Only when you’re in the wrong. In answer to your original question, I think we have a lot more success against Thrush, than Canute did with the tide.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Canute_and_the_tide

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Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Hysterical! I can just see Napoleon screwing up his face, and Illya's deadpan reply.

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

Thanks Cuz!
IK was always very earnest when correcting Napoleon's facts, though you could see the twinkle in his eyes as he did it :-)

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Deep... very deep ... like the tide ;)

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much indeed :-D

[jkkitty.livejournal.com]

I hate when people always do that, but in Illya's case I think he likes to get a rise out of Napoleon.

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

I think so too :-)
I must admit, I have a habit of doing it also.