A Modern Major General:
I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's;
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox,
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous;
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,
I know the croaking chorus from the Frogs of Aristophanes!
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore,
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform,
And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus's uniform:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin",
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin,
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at,
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat",
When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery--
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy,
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee.
For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's;
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox,
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous;
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,
I know the croaking chorus from the Frogs of Aristophanes!
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore,
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform,
And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus's uniform:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin",
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin,
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at,
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat",
When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery--
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy,
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee.
For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
by A Modern MAjor general August 13, 2008
A chat board found on neopets. These are the things they talk about (in short forms with tonnes of emoticons, of course):
1: musical groups that sing about teen angst
2: bf/gf dumping them
3: How they hate their life
4: What stereotypical group is better
1: musical groups that sing about teen angst
2: bf/gf dumping them
3: How they hate their life
4: What stereotypical group is better
1: OMG OMG!!! :) :) :) LP vs GC!!!!!!
2: My bf dumped me... :) :( :( share my sadness. NOW!@!#@´##ERYU#^%@!~~!~~~~
3: IM 9, pregnant, no bf, i wanna kill myself, whats sex?, come in here and say "be happy!" and i will cheer up.
4: PREPS ARE SOOOOO BETTER THAN PUNKZ!!!!!!!!!! I HATE LABLES!!!!
2: My bf dumped me... :) :( :( share my sadness. NOW!@!#@´##ERYU#^%@!~~!~~~~
3: IM 9, pregnant, no bf, i wanna kill myself, whats sex?, come in here and say "be happy!" and i will cheer up.
4: PREPS ARE SOOOOO BETTER THAN PUNKZ!!!!!!!!!! I HATE LABLES!!!!
by Seenus September 02, 2003
The generations of warfare are:
* 1st Generation: tactics of line and column; which developed in the age of the smoothbore musket.
* 2nd Generation: tactics of linear fire and movement, with reliance on indirect fire.
* 3rd Generation: tactics of infiltration to bypass and collapse the enemy's combat forces rather than seeking to close with and destroy them; and defense in depth.
Fourth Generation Warfare is asymmetricall warfare which uses traditionally non-military means to achieve military objectives.
Common types of Fourth Generation Warfare are
1. Propaganda or mass media manipulation e.g. Pallywood
2. Economic or financial warfare e.g. 1970's Arab oil embargo, sanctions, attempting to weaken a countrie's currency.
3. Lawfare e.g. international "law"
4. Cyber warfare e.g. Hacking an enemy's computer networks
* 1st Generation: tactics of line and column; which developed in the age of the smoothbore musket.
* 2nd Generation: tactics of linear fire and movement, with reliance on indirect fire.
* 3rd Generation: tactics of infiltration to bypass and collapse the enemy's combat forces rather than seeking to close with and destroy them; and defense in depth.
Fourth Generation Warfare is asymmetricall warfare which uses traditionally non-military means to achieve military objectives.
Common types of Fourth Generation Warfare are
1. Propaganda or mass media manipulation e.g. Pallywood
2. Economic or financial warfare e.g. 1970's Arab oil embargo, sanctions, attempting to weaken a countrie's currency.
3. Lawfare e.g. international "law"
4. Cyber warfare e.g. Hacking an enemy's computer networks
China is using Fourth Generation Warfare when it launches thousands of cyber attacks against America's department of defense networks on a daily basis.
by Cam Renyolds June 25, 2009
by Garett Laugavitz February 21, 2007
Waitress: What u like?
Me: The General Tsao's Chicken
Waitress: Hot Plate! Hot Plate!
Me: There's my general tsaos.
Me: The General Tsao's Chicken
Waitress: Hot Plate! Hot Plate!
Me: There's my general tsaos.
by ColumbianJagundian September 22, 2009
This is the generation of people who grew up with the Harry Potter series . They were born between 1990 and 2000.
She is from the Harry Potter Generation.
by 412B July 19, 2011
Joshua Dale Rosenberger was awarded the Chode Master General award for having the most chodes up his ass at one time and for having a nasty girlfriend
by bubbles333 March 04, 2007