Tuesday 20 October 2015

Pregnant With an Elephant


Currently reading Bernard Cornwell's 2014 book about The Battle of Waterloo.

Field Marshal Blücher, who was in charge of the Prussian forces, is described thus: "He was popular, much loved by his troops and famously prone to bouts of mental illness during which he believed himself pregnant with an elephant fathered by a French infantryman."


Clearly he was an elephant short of a circus...

Had problems with the internet dropping out intermittently over the last week. Phoned BT Customer Support and they promised to monitor it and sent me a text along with the opportunity to reply if it happened again. Here's a short extract.


Give me strength!


1 comment:

Geo. said...

Send in Field Marshal Blücher!
Oh wait, on second thoughts, he may be more useful in sorting trunk call problems than internet problems...