alkonium
alkonium t1_j4727qh wrote
Reply to comment by 00Kevin in James Bond becomes Wisconsin’s first openly LGBTQ cabinet secretary by Spanishparlante
The one who inspired Fleming to use the name for the character was an American Ornithologist who wrote Birds of the West Indies. In Die Another Day, you can see Bond reading it.
alkonium t1_jctw6kt wrote
Reply to Beating a dead horse is a lot more humane than beating a live one. by AtlasShrunked
That's not the point. Beating a dead horse accomplishes nothing because no matter how much you beat it, it's still dead.