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

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The Larch

#1125
October 20, 2009, 08:24:37 AM
Quote from: Caliga on October 20, 2009, 07:05:35 AM
Quote from: Valdemar on October 20, 2009, 06:04:50 AM
Rockall in the North Atlantic?

I remember as a kid seeing the British hoist a man down there to restake the claims against the evil Norwegian Empire to ensure that they would keep the rights to the "Island" and the seabed below
You are correct sir.  But I think the reason for the annexation was to claim an EEZ around it with Iceland in mind, not Norway.  I think the two countries even had a few naval confrontations over Rockall and the Rockall Bank (obviously no shots were fired. -_- )

EEZs didn't exist in the 50s. They started being touted around in the 70s and weren't regulated internationally until 1982.

Valdemar

#1126
October 20, 2009, 08:25:08 AM
Nope :)

V

Drakken

#1127
October 20, 2009, 05:25:37 PM Last Edit: October 20, 2009, 05:33:00 PM by Drakken
Quote from: Caliga on October 20, 2009, 07:10:12 AM
Interesting... did not know that.  But by shots I was more referring to salvos from battleships and the like (much to Neil's disappointment). ^_^

The Icies were pretty badass though, ramming the Brisith fishing ships and dragging hooks to cut the rope linking them to their nets.

Caliga

#1128
October 20, 2009, 05:49:07 PM
 :cool: Did they: fly Raven banners!
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Valdemar

#1129
October 21, 2009, 03:04:39 AM
So whats the customary time period before I would have to give the answer?

V

Viking

#1130
October 21, 2009, 03:51:29 AM
Quote from: Valdemar on October 21, 2009, 03:04:39 AM
So whats the customary time period before I would have to give the answer?

V

24 hrs
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.

Alatriste

#1131
October 22, 2009, 01:19:29 AM
Well? Inquiring minds want to know!

Valdemar

#1132
October 22, 2009, 04:06:22 AM
Sorry forgot it yesterday :)

Rings. His statue on the tomb has 11 fingerrings, supposedly one for each of his mistresses while at court (I assume not one time affairs :p)


Floor open :)

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Admiral Yi

#1133
October 22, 2009, 07:14:05 AM
Who was the only person to decline the Nobel Peace Prize?  Pretty easy I figure.

Answer:

Le Duc Tho.  I think that's his name.  The North Vietnamese dude who shared with Kissinger.

Eddie Teach

#1134
October 22, 2009, 07:17:47 AM
Le Duc Tho. Heard that on Jeopardy recently.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Alatriste

#1135
October 22, 2009, 07:54:22 AM
Le Duc Tho? I thought it was Jean Paul Sartre...

Eddie Teach

#1136
October 22, 2009, 07:56:31 AM
His was probably for literature. :unsure:

As Yi's hidden text says I got it and I don't have a question, open floor.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Razgovory

#1137
October 22, 2009, 08:55:19 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 22, 2009, 07:17:47 AM
Le Duc Tho. Heard that on Jeopardy recently.

I got it through the white text on Yi's post.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Eddie Teach

#1138
October 22, 2009, 09:28:06 AM
Bully for you.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

ulmont

#1139
October 22, 2009, 09:32:21 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 22, 2009, 08:55:19 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 22, 2009, 07:17:47 AM
Le Duc Tho. Heard that on Jeopardy recently.

I got it through the white text on Yi's post.

The white text is annoying; if I browse from my phone, the text is not hidden.
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