For a completely unrelated reason I looked up bandar-log to confirm the spelling and the wikipedia page gives their slogan:

"We are great. We are free. We are wonderful. We are the most wonderful people in all the jungle! We all say so, and so it must be true."

My God I thought, Kipling predicted MAGA.

#RandomThought #Rudyard_Kipling

Boots

INFANTRY COLUMNS

We're foot—slog—slog—slog—sloggin' over Africa — Foot—foot—foot—foot—sloggin' over Africa — (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin' up an' down again!)

Seven—six—eleven—five—nine-an'-twenty mile to-day — Four—eleven—seventeen—thirty-two the day before — (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin' up an' down again!)

Don't—don't—don't—don't—look at what's in front of you. (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin' up an' down again); Men—men—men—men—men go mad with watchin' em,

Try—try—try—try—to think o' something different — Oh—my—God—keep—me from goin' lunatic! (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin' up an' down again!)

Count—count—count—count—the bullets in the bandoliers. If—your—eyes—drop—they will get atop o' you! (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin' up an' down again) —

We—can—stick—out—'unger, thirst, an' weariness, But—not—not—not—not the chronic sight of 'em — Boot—boots—boots—boots—movin' up an' down again,

'Taint—so—bad—by—day because o' company, But night—brings—long—strings—o' forty thousand million Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin' up an' down again.

I—'ave—marched—six—weeks in 'Ell an' certify It—is—not—fire—devils, dark, or anything, But boots—boots—boots—boots—movin' up an' down again,

– Rudyard Kipling

#RudyardKipling #Rudyard_Kipling #Boots #Poem #War

Putney High Streer earlier today. It was a dull grey day. Dreich we would say in Scots. I zoomed in and turned up the colour. All the colour was there, I simply boosted it. The red to the left is a number 93 London ’bus. I got a front seat upstairs. Like flying up Putney Hill and along Parkside to Wimbledon Village! It brings out the child in me but also the curmudgeon.

#london #bus #putney #rainbow #colours #fun #rudyard_kipling