rainbows in curved air (or curves in rainbowed air)

Effervescent Elephants

Sometimes you waken up and wonder if you did throw the bairn out with the bathwater. Take Hannibal for instance, an exceptional leader & doer with a tactical brain this size. He gave them Romans a drubbing or 2. Some say he gave them such a hiding that he created the need for the rethink & the wherewithal to build the Roman Empire.

However like all great men, he was not perfect. Take for instance the achievement that he so well remembered for: taking his fighting elephants over the Alps. Stupendous result & all that mate, but he could not use them & they all died.