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Started by Admiral Yi, July 22, 2009, 03:15:40 PM

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Admiral Yi

New forum, new thread, new rules-- no more Yi Rule.

Where was Bomber Harris from?

Admiral Yi


Habbaku

He was from England.  What do I win?
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

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Admiral Yi



Admiral Yi

Hmmm.  I recently read he was from Rhodesia.

ulmont

Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 22, 2009, 03:33:49 PM
Hmmm.  I recently read he was from Rhodesia.

Read the wiki article a bit closer.

AnchorClanker

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.  - Reinhold Niebuhr

ulmont

Quote from: Armyknife on July 22, 2009, 03:56:42 PM
Quote from: ulmont on July 22, 2009, 03:43:13 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 22, 2009, 03:33:49 PM
Hmmm.  I recently read he was from Rhodesia.

Read the wiki article a bit closer.

What is now Zambia ?

I was more pointing out that he was born in England and returned there after his Rhodesia days.

grumbler

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katmai

Hey mutton, you want this thread moved?
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

Admiral Yi

Quote from: katmai on July 22, 2009, 06:17:23 PM
Hey mutton, you want this thread moved?
Yeah mang.  Bean me up Scotty.

DisturbedPervert


Viking

First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

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