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Nov. 26th, 2007 06:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
titusnowlme: it wasn't until i was writing that tag that i realized the etymological link between "cavalry" and "cavalier"
me: and it gave me a sudden mental image of the English Civil War being fought by a bunch of Royalists in Chevy coupes vs. round-heads in Ford Tempos.
me: Ranks upon ranks of small automobiles facing each other across the field of battle
someone else: XD
me: the king himself is driving around France in an Escalade, while Cromwell putters around the back of the field in an ancient Crown Victoria that plays "Roast Beef of Old England" when he toots the horn.
someone else: A cream-coloured Escalade with spinners.
me: It rains, and everyone complains that they should have brought four-wheel-drives.
me: Oh, entirely spinners. Gold-plated spinners, and a custom license plate that says DA KING
me: little crown-shaped air freshener on the dashboard
me: and it gave me a sudden mental image of the English Civil War being fought by a bunch of Royalists in Chevy coupes vs. round-heads in Ford Tempos.
me: Ranks upon ranks of small automobiles facing each other across the field of battle
someone else: XD
me: the king himself is driving around France in an Escalade, while Cromwell putters around the back of the field in an ancient Crown Victoria that plays "Roast Beef of Old England" when he toots the horn.
someone else: A cream-coloured Escalade with spinners.
me: It rains, and everyone complains that they should have brought four-wheel-drives.
me: Oh, entirely spinners. Gold-plated spinners, and a custom license plate that says DA KING
me: little crown-shaped air freshener on the dashboard
