Another photo from yesterday’s walk – combined with a little question:

Another snail-mail scam with a pretended poll like that mineral oil one…
Elvis may have be the king of rock’n’roll, but God, of course, can only be Freddie!
Even though an online poll among a meager 4000 fans (selected how? those who happened to come across the poll?) is anything but representative… a British tabloid had a brief report, Skiddle wrote a bit more about it, and Rockantenne mentioned it on the radio this morning. And I, being a Queen fan, have to write about it here, of course…
A spokesman of Onepoll (where the poll was held) said:
Everybody loved Freddie Mercury, his theatrical performances on-stage were incredible and set him apart from other rock stars.
Got nothing to add here – except for the Top 20, of course (taken from Skiddle). Queen guitarist Brian May also made this list:
I combined this quote with a quiz about its origin last Saturday:
“For certain there never were witches and warlocks in this world, but it’s just as undeniable that throughout history people believed in cheaters who had the talent of acting as sorcerers.”
(my translation)
6 people participarted, 11th, 18th and 21st century were each picked by 2. Correct is: 18th century. Last weekend’s Donaukurier, where I found it, attributed it to Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), but German WikiQuote shows as confirmed source Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer and author. Guess a DK editor might have messed up copy&paste in this quote collection…
Photo: sgursozlu/sxc
Let’s combine the following quote with a little quiz:
“For certain there never were witches and warlocks in this world, but it’s just as undeniable that throughout history people believed in cheaters who had the talent of acting as sorcerers.”
(my translation)
When is this quote from?
Votes total: 6
Solution (20 Dec): 33% were right, it’s from the 18th century. Last weekend’s Donaukurier, where I found it, attributed it to Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), but German WikiQuote shows as confirmed source Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer and author. Guess a DK editor might have messed up copy&paste in this quote collection…
Photo: sgursozlu/sxc