(01) Talking about "tea break".
“Its habit of getting up late you’ll agree
That it carries too far, when I say
That it frequently breakfasts at five-o’clock tea,
And dines on the following day.That's from "The Hunting of the Snark", recently mentioned by Boris Johnson.
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(02) Yes, Boris Johnson knows (the title of) "The Hunting of the Snark". https://t.co/DQn5TEmNES
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(03) Back to tea time: "The Hunting of the Snark" is about exploring an island where the Snark frequently breakfasts at five-o’clock tea. That could be in Tahiti, where Charles Darwin breakfasted during tea time in the UK. https://t.co/Ic0GBpdnjn https://t.co/GdauVCOuKG
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(04) "The Hunting of the Snark" »may be taken as an Allegory for the Pursuit of Happiness. The characteristic “ambition” works well into this theory … that the pursuer of happiness … betakes himself… the happiness he has failed to find elsewhere.« https://t.co/dNG7zzOkpp pic.twitter.com/QIXbt6Nmsk
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(05) The pursuit of happiness happens in many ways. One way is to just get the Brexit done. In the end, however, you might meet the Boojum. https://t.co/jMDyeDURcv pic.twitter.com/pPJkqC72jn
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(06) ※ Henry Holiday’s illustration to fit #8 in Lewis Carroll’s "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876).
※ "Faiths Victorie in Romes Crueltie" (publ. by Thomas Jenner, c. 1630). To the right side of the fire, Thomas Cranmer is depicted burning his hand.https://t.co/te6VHQ9aVd pic.twitter.com/3HmnV0QrES— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 6, 2019
(07) Yes, on the British islands the pursuit of happiness often enough made many people quite unhappy. Some of them even got killed. It seems to be a never ending tragedy. https://t.co/63Coc5qSOa
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(08) Bellman Johnson will support each British man (and woman even more so) by a finger entwined in his hair. But whose hair is that? If it is the Bellman's hair, what kind of finger might the Bellman be using to control the big British Snark hunting crew? pic.twitter.com/hbPEhSw5gc
— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 7, 2019
(09) The British elite wants to take back control from the EU, turning perceived abuse by the EU into domestic abuse. To that elite the Brexit also is an instrument to make money with investing in shorts. May the Bandersnatch grab those bankers. https://t.co/jNh21qKTkJ pic.twitter.com/pjeSWQFmVc
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(10) https://t.co/g2QDaSw3V7 pic.twitter.com/42goKKLIs5
— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 7, 2019
(11) Now let's prove that Boris won 2:0 against Jeremy:
> #! /usr/bin/haskell
> import Data.List
> assertions :: [String]
> assertions =
> ["Boris won 2:0"
> ,"6 * 7 = 39"
> ,"6 * 7 = 42"
> ,"6 * 7 = 39"
> ,"Boris won 2:0"
> ,"6 * 7 = 39"
> ,"Boris won 2:0"
> ]— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 7, 2019
(12) We apply the Bellman's rule:
> atLeastThrice :: [String] -> [String]
> atLeastThrice assList =
> [head grp | grp <-
> group $ sort assList, length grp >= 3]— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 7, 2019
(13) Result (if loaded and executed in GHCi):
*Main> atLeastThrice assertions
["6 * 7 = 39","Boris won 2:0"]What I tell you three times is true. (The lower 16% of the people with – according to Boris – an IQ at or below 85% might need more than that.)
— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 7, 2019
(to be continued)