Wednesday, 22 July 2020

The Gentlemen of Much-Piddling

After much dilatoriness, procrastination, apathy, inertia, dormancy and lethargy, Doug ex-em4, Vagabond and myself have applied some deliberation, pontification, consultation, cogitation and confabulation to the naming of our little group of friends and wargamers.

We are henceforth to be known as:

The Gentlemen of Much-Piddling


The Gentlemen of Much-Piddling provides a collective and collocative title for the foibles, pettifogging, quirks, idiosyncranicities, waffling and hyperbole of three charming, sophisticated and erudite gentlemen of distinction, who rise above the hoi-polloi and riff-raff to bring a touch of style and class to wargaming.

This is our new logo and we have adopted Rudyard Kipling's famous quote as our motto.


Edit: Friday July 24th. I have just found this quote which I rather like, from Andrew Jackson and seems to be the American equivalent of Rudyard Kipling's quote; “I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn’t have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.”

10 comments:

Dave Stone said...

Very cool gentleman, seems to be a beard is mandatory ! LOL

Martin Thornton said...

Not only mandatory, but it also has to be a grey beard!!!!!!

Ivor Evans said...

That's absolutely brilliant Martin! Congrats to you, John, and Doug - now you guys just need to get some shirts made with the logo printed on them 😀

Martin Thornton said...

Thanks, Ivor. Funnily enough, we are currently exchanging e-mails to get a shirt made for each of us!

Michael Awdry said...

How thoroughly splendid, my hat is doffed to one and all. The Kipling quote is a firm favourite of mine too, so pleased to be is such esteemed company.

A J said...

Utterly splendid! More power to you.

Tom L said...

An excellent choice. Our groups preference is bourbon but red wine is quite reasonable substitute - especially when on campaign.

Martin Thornton said...

Thanks, Michael. Yes, I'm not sure but I may have pinched the quote from your website, originally! Along with the Fred Burnaby picture, which is one of my favourites!

Martin Thornton said...

Cheers, A J.

Martin Thornton said...

Remember what W. C. Fields said; "Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore, always carry a small snake.” When on campaign, I have to say I think champagne is the drink of choice but 'chacun à son goût' as they say.