Kolokotronis

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Absolute Gold HJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D
 

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yep - pay that HJ:D:thumbsu:
 
Haha i've seen this horse racing around the provincial circuit. Was going to PM Kolo about it to see if there was any link, but it slipped my mind. :p
 
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoros_Kolokotronis

Both derive their name from here I think. I wonder if he was infamous for signing off his speeches in the same way.

Theodoros Kolokotronis (Greek: Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης) (3 April 1770 – 4 February 1843) was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.
 
I assumed our KOLOKOTRONIS took his name from the legendary Greek Field Marshall, Theodoros Kolokotronis, who helped sort out the Ottomans during the War of Independence. I did not Wiki this, I learned it in a Greek language short course. When my Greek teacher was talking about the Field Marshall Kolokotronis, I had a major HA! moment and so it helped me remember it.

I realise this outs me as a nerd, but I'm ok with that.
 
Sorry Griff. Didn't mean to steal your thunder. Better story than my Googling effort, although I did look it up a couple of months back out of curiosity.
 
Since this thread surfaced we have not heard from our good friend 'Kolo'.

Does 2 + 2 = 5??????
 

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grumbleguts said:
What ever happened to him? Haven't seen him for ages.



GRUMBLEGUTS.
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HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT A CULTURE OF MEDIOCRITY AT BIG FOOTY!


ELDORATRONIS
 
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