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LT's avatar

Donald J. Trump is the modern day version of St. Patrick, driving the snakes into the sea. Sorry, couldn’t resist.

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Pat Fish's avatar

I'm quite fond of the hagiography of saints, and there is an interesting detail omitted in this text. Patrick records that when he was trying to return to England and was initially turned away from the ship he watched as a brace of Irish Wolfhounds were fractious and unwilling to be loaded. Mine weigh 150-180 pounds, so you can well imagine a pair who are determined to resist could be hard to convince. Patrick went to the captain of the ship and said he could calm the beasts, in exchange for passage. And so it happened that he walked the dogs up the gangplank and kept them calm throughout the voyage.

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