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11  March 19, 2025   ..

It's Wednesday, the 25th of Peligraf, the supreme quartet feast of Peligraf Poligrafovich, dog, according to the pataphysical calendar, but it's also Mojoday, celebrated on the 5th of the month of Discord, in the Discordian calendar

  • Discordianism, a religion based on chaos, which can be seen as a parodic and humorous religion
"Athena promised him great military victories, Hera promised him great riches, and Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman on Earth. As a well-built young Trojan, Paris immediately accepted Aphrodite's offer, and she obtained the Apple."

Pataphysics: a philosophical movement based on the absurd...?

The Pataphysical Calendar, which serves as an introduction to the article and has already been mentioned in the "news," may be familiar to readers of La Bignole. It may also be familiar to non-readers, or to readers of Tout et son contraire.

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"Why do we never organize presidential races? What mass edification? And what attraction for the music hall?" (Gestures and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician (Speculations pages 313 and 314 of the book) by Alfred Jarry, 1911 edition)

Meanwhile:

There is the Grand Prix du Palais-Bourbon, which can be run starting July 13 of this year. For La Bignole's predictions, to win the winning ticket of the tiercé—between €1.50 and €1.60 per vote and €37,000 per elected MP or senator ; we still have to wait a little longer, while the various factions involved in this race for power join forces to kick the pursuers into touch with their horseshoe.

Some are already encouraging punters to take the lead before placing bets to avoid frustrations like "the die is cast... nothing's working anymore."

Proxy or registration: a few months ago... And in the news, there is also the preparation of the fields of 35,000 stables for the "Cipal" race which will take place, in principle, in March of next year, "barring any special circumstances." Whatever the case, whether it's a race at the Élysée Palace, a race at the Palais-Bourbon, the Luxembourg Palace, or the town hall, which is not the town hall, the eligible candidates are in the starting blocks. Spectators are losing interest a little more with each encounter; the constant promises are generating too much frustration. Furthermore, the gap between elected officials and voters is steadily widening, with the latter subject to no serious oversight and the former subject to increasingly restrictive domination. Politics is ultimately nothing more than a matter of introspection, like horse racing. However, La Bignole will follow a few examples of team building as examples or for comparison.

So what's dog-related in the recent and less recent news?

Dog stories...

cacaphobia

The Legend of Balto savior dog of Nome

The ugliest dog competition

And what's jarring in recent or less recent news?

Stories of Victories... Only Victories...

 

Let's come back  Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena...

Stories of wealth:

  • If it's individuals, they're scattered all over the world; not all of them are listed by "Forbes" magazine.
  • If it's the subsoil, just look to countries in conflict, often in Africa and the Near and Middle East, but there's also Ukraine in Europe or Afghanistan, among other states in the Southeast Asian region of the world.
  • If it's an individual, here's a "well-built" young Trojan. :
  • If it's about inner wealth... it's not economically quantifiable and therefore interests few people, and certainly not the world's leaders.

Stories of Beauty:

  • Whatever the field, it's only a question of culture and subjectivity:

Stories of Discord:

  • Although it may be a fig, a pear, or a pomegranate, we have the Apple and its faithful defender :

March 11, 2025