Reuters Blogs

Oddly Enough

News, but not the serious kind

October 27th, 2006

The Moor the merrier…

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Oddly Enough, , ,

Um, I hate to complain, but… These guys are reenacting a famous 1609 battle, with realistic period muskets and costumes and, well, sunglasses? I mean, it kind of detracts from the authenticity, don’t you think? Face it, that guy in front, with the shades and the big gold belt, looks more like a professional TV wrestler than a 17th century soldier. Feel free to drop us some clever captions via Post a Comment.moor360.jpg

Men hold their guns during a traditional festival of “Moors and Christians,” remembering an assault of moorish pirates in the year 1609 on the village of Calpe, near the eastern Spanish town of Alicante October 23, 2006. REUTERS/Heino Kalis

5 comments so far

I love the smell of boiling oil in the morning. It’s a cooking smell likedoughnuts.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

He’s wearing sunglasses. I’m carrying an RPG. What’s the issue?

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Hey, Christian. Did a monkey knit that tabard or what?

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

4 out of 5 Crusaders recommend blunderbusses for their cohorts who use firearms.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

I always wondered what ZZ Top looks like shaven.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Post Your Comment

*
To prove you're a person (not a spam script), type the security word shown in the picture. Click on the picture to hear an audio file of the word.
Click to hear an audio file of the anti-spam word