10 August 2009

The charge of Don Quixote

Don Quixote: [about to attack the windmill] Ho, there, foul monster! Cease the knocking at thy craven knees and prepare to do battle!

Sancho Panza: [nearly simultaneously] Your Grace, I swear by my wife's little black moustache that's not a giant, it's only a... [with a yell, Don Quixote charges off]

--From the 1974 film version of Man of La Mancha

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Well, the giraffes look a bit like oblivious windmills, and this crazy roan looks a bit like Don Quixote. Mid-charge, he figures out he is tilting at something a bit bigger than he. This video is from our 48-hour waterhole count at Waterberg Plateau.

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