An Odoriferous Ode

We're hard at work on a rather longish reply to Spain's response to the court yesterday (it will be posted this weekend), as well as the ridiculous, highly inappropriate public comments by Jim Goold about Odyssey's supposedly "desecrating a war grave," but in the meantime, as we head into the long-awaited weekend, we'll amuse you with some appallingly bad "poetry" found on the HHI website and devoted to -- GUESS WHO? -- Yeah baby: HH Watch!

Ain't that cool? Apparently when the HHI poseurs aren't coming up with new and less-than-creative ways to libel and defame Odyssey, they fancy themselves "poets." Of course, in the same way they practice history and archaeology, their efforts reek of raw amateurism and half-baked ideas. But, it's still fun in a let's-watch-the-idiots-fall-on-their-face kind of way.

As we gagged our way through this "art," we were reminded of the famous Oscar Wilde quote:

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.

Obvious and inartistic...yep, that captures our boys over at HHI perfectly! Ah well, at least we now know for certain our hit count is being run up by the poseurs too. Sweet!

The Ballad of a Wandering Poseur

The honored art of satire is often misunderstood,
It tries to strike a balance between Voltaire and Hollywood,
But every now and then, to occasion it does rise,
Irreverent Humor mixed with Truth is Satire’s normal guise,

But now and then there come a few who miss the meters rhyme,
And seek to use poor Satire in exchange for Odyssey’s shiny dimes,
Whose interest does this prattle serve with a constituency so thin?
For the Public wants its Truth and they want their stock to win.

From the Annals of Politics where Satire draws its finest breath,
To become a subject of such mirth is viewed with some respect,
Thus the object of good Satire is not just to entertain,
But to leave a mark or imprint of the Truth it does contain.

Such simple rules are hard to follow when one’s orders are so strict,
“Thou shalt joust with History Hunters their Truth to contradict.”
Of course we are free to wonder just how you seek to gain?
Perhaps with a short position? Or a trip to Sunny Spain?

All HHI desires is that Odyssey offer up some proof,
And stop spending Black Swan’s bullion on some History Hunters spoof.
The second quarter’s coming and there is not much left to sell.
Stockholders pray that something surfaces before the closing bell.

But back to History Hunters as we toil by light of lamp,
Over manuscripts and artifacts Odyssey considers scrap,
There is one lesson here to learn within these metered lines,
A business run by tooting pipers will certainly decline.

~ Jesus of Lubeck