tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916296869511558040.post5775540367935023277..comments2023-10-10T14:19:08.797+01:00Comments on according to the ninth: 26. (ii)(b) Vir gravis et corpulentisJohn Barleycornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477950212613140744noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916296869511558040.post-70796673998508838412008-08-20T11:13:00.000+01:002008-08-20T11:13:00.000+01:00Yes, Mongolia's performance in this year's Olympic...Yes, Mongolia's performance in this year's Olympics has been very respectable, although their ranking has slipped a bit as the games have progressed. They rank in the top three nations of medal-winners on a per-capita basis, though.<BR/><BR/>The 'Mongol' movie does make much of the Genghis/Bortei love-story (as did the 1964 epic 'Genghis Khan' featuring Omar Sharif as the the fearsome one, and John Barleycornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16477950212613140744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916296869511558040.post-55262905205588350222008-08-18T19:20:00.000+01:002008-08-18T19:20:00.000+01:00Ah... all this talk of Genghis, Ogudei, Kubla and ...Ah... all this talk of Genghis, Ogudei, Kubla and the gang doth carry me back to a childhood in which - whilst other boys memorised the starting line-ups of local football teams - I was wont to rattle off the Mongol family tree at will. Alas, it is almost all forgotten now... (I missed the recent chance to catch up through the means of the film 'Mongol' - the trailer of which appeared to claim Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com