It is a nice sunny day here in OZ! Temp is 33C, the wind is ruffling the Pacific Ocean outside my back door. The birds are tweeting and an occasional dog barks. There are naked woman walking down the golden sandy beach and I am now going to walk outside and tell them all about exiges.com
During our recent trip to Hethel, the Northern Chapter visited Colin Chapman’s grave. His headstone carried a Latin motto that none of us could read due to its poor condition (not due to our lack or erudition).
Back home I found what it might have been given the remarks of our guide on the factory tour about Colin Chapman’s nature . . .
Magister Mundi sum
The actual inscription reads “Crescit sub Pondere virtus”
aka: Virtue increases under ever oppression , or Virtue thrives under oppression , or Virtue grows under oppression
There is also: increases the weight of the power
However, virtus sub pondere crescit would be: power under the weight increases
This is all very clever, as Chapman himself was a genius at interpreting the rules, so having an inscription that can be read several ways is just brilliant. Top man
I have heard this evening that the editor of The Sport is flipping a coin over running a story about flying pigs or reports of an Aston V8V being spotted on you driveway
PS:
Thanks, Tim for the correct Latin inscription. I share your admiration for Chapman’s clever use of language. I suppose he must have planned it in case of his demise
However, my alternative inscriptions translate as follows:
Magister Mundi sum . . . . I am the master of the universe
