Very erudite

[davywavy]

Out to see a client today, and, whilst waiting for them, I was watching a report on one of the cable channels in their waiting room about US preparations for war in the Gulf. The shot showed missles being loaded for transit, and, as usual, people had stencilled messages like 'Saddam Buster' onto them.
However, one of them had 'Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin' stencilled on it, which I thought very erudite for a member of the armed forces.

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[souldier-blue.livejournal.com]

Ok, I don't know what it means...

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[davywavy.livejournal.com]

'Mene Memne Tekel Upharsin' were the original writing on the wall - The Book of Daniel in the Old testament. During a feast of King Belshazzar, King of Babylon (modern Baghdad) the words appeared on the wall, written by teh hand of God. They were interpreted as meaning that God had wieghed his rule, judged his kingdom wanting, and decided it was to be destroyed - as it subsequently was by King Cyrus of the Persians.

Quite apposite given the current climate, really.