In the northern border town of Ouesso, voting started slowly in polling stations visited by monitor Andre Logoua, with representatives of Nguesso and independent candidate Anguis Ngangua Engambe the only ones to be seen.

It's been raining bulls and booths here (Oxonshire)" observes Anguis Dolton, presumably staring balefully out of his window, "Is this stuff moving north?

The Latin poet says that when Tydeus single-handedly fought against fifty Thebans, non aliter--Geticae si fas est credere Phlegrae-- armatum immensus Briareus stetit aethera contra, hinc Phoebi pharetras, hinc torvae Pallados anguis, inde Pelethroniam praefixa cuspide pinum Martis, at hinc lasso mutata Pyracmone temnens fulmina, cum toto nequiquam obsessus Olympo tot queritur cessare manus.