(no subject)

[flemmings]

I would happily follow Pratchett's advice and write 400 words a day of, well, verbiage, which could be edited next day into something respectable. But I keep getting side-tracked by unanswerable questions. Such as-- do the invading Tartars (or Mongols or troops of A/U Tamurlaine) ride *up* the grand avenue to attack the palace? in which case we're in A/U Kyoto. Or do they ride round and round the castle, looking for a way to ford the moat? in which case we're in A/U Edo.

(And if they ride round and round, do they keep passing the same group of sardonic old men sitting out front of a cafe and applauding the horsemen on each of their successive appearances? In which case we're in Carcassonne where some wag has turned all the road signs saying 'A la haute-ville' and pointing up, sideways so one kept cycling around the base of the Cité. And yes, that did happen to me.)

So tell me, Internets, which is it?

Comments

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

Hmm I guess the invading Tartars would have swept up horde like and never mind the grand avenue up to the palace.

As for Carcassonne? It was fortress like on a hill, and I'm guessing the road wasn't wide. So yeah they'd have kept circling. ^_^ By the way the Tartars didn't get that far did they? They turned back at Hungary or Poland if I recall correctly?

Sadly I couldn't tell you about Japan.

[incandescens]

The image of the sardonic old men reminds me of an Asterix book, but I can't remember which one.