Thursday 14 February 2019

Per aspera ad astra

"Work hard, and you'll be able to afford a Vauxhall"

See also:

"Keep your friends close, but keep your keys, mobile phone and wallet closer"

5 comments:

Bayard said...

I thought it was "Per ardua ad astra"?

Mark Wadsworth said...

B, you can use either, they mean much the same thing.

Bayard said...

I've had the Astra (well, three actually), where should I be heading now?

MikeW said...

Quid pro quo:

'Look mate, how about turning the volume down next door, or I'll play this one, non-stop, for the next two hours and see how you like it!'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAnP2ck-7o4

Mark Wadsworth said...

B, then keep buying Astras, somebody has to!

MW, I once did that to get my own back on annoying neighbours who listened to bass and drum very loud.

My cassette player would play two cassettes back to back, so I plugged it into a guitar amplifier, turned two C90's worth of AC/DC up full whack, pressed play, popped a note through their door saying that this was a retaliation and would they mind turning it down a bit in future, and then decamped to the local pub for three hours.

I never heard from them again.