At work, we received a nice glossy newsletter that included an article about the new corporate building just opened in London. It had this interesting statement about the Blackfriars area where the new building is located.

The City of London is a section of London that serves as the metropolitan area’s Wall Street. Its Blackfriars neighborhood where the new *** Centre is located, has a history of hosting strong performers, including the Romans in the first century, the Normans in the 11th Century and Shakespeare in the 16th Century.

It is odd that they left out the way London hosted the strong performing Vikings in the tenth century and the German Air Force in the twentieth century. It is also odd that they want to compare moving into the company’s new building with foreign invaders conquering the city. That’s not the kind of neighbors they want to be know as. And what is Shakespeare doing in a list of foreign invaders?

What an odd way to put it. London hosted the Romans in the sense that Baghdad is currently hosting the United States military. Or as a co-worker put it, “London hosted the Romans like a deer hosts a tick.”

Source: Steve S.