Re: Re: OT Kipling Adaptations

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...>
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 16:55:27 +1300


At 03:22 8/02/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Speaking of Kipling adaptations --- anyone watch "The Man Who Would
>Be King."
>
>Fantastic views of the rocky mountain territories of Afghanistan,
>great shot of ancient temples, crazed tribesmen warring with their
>neighbours at the drop of a hat, a hero who pretends to be a god but
>is not ... I fell a Hero Wars quest coming on

If wounded and left to die on Afghanistan's plains And the women come out to chop up the remains Just roll on yer rifle and blow out yer brains And go to yer gawd like a soldier...

A version of it should exist in the Lunar Army but I'm having difficulty translating it.

--Peter Metcalfe

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