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

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Queequeg

#555
September 15, 2009, 06:30:22 PM
Quote from: PDH on September 15, 2009, 06:10:00 PM
Spellus dissed the Bell-Beaker People by ignoring them, so he sucks.
Wasn't the Bell-Beaker culture a break off of Corded Ware, and presumably a mix of Indo-Europeanized peoples (proto-Celts, Italics) and those highly influenced by Indo-European culture (probably the Etruscans, the non-Indo-European Iberians)?
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Caliga

#556
September 15, 2009, 09:03:01 PM
Quote from: merithyn on September 14, 2009, 08:43:30 PM
Stopped up chimney. CO2 was the culprit. :D

And I was pretty sure that no one was ever charged because it was never really determined that he'd been murdered. :unsure:
Yes sorry, you were right.  IIRC a bedroll was stuffed in the top of his chimney, so little doubt it was done intentionally.
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merithyn

#557
September 15, 2009, 10:32:51 PM
Quote from: Caliga on September 15, 2009, 09:03:01 PM
Quote from: merithyn on September 14, 2009, 08:43:30 PM
Stopped up chimney. CO2 was the culprit. :D

And I was pretty sure that no one was ever charged because it was never really determined that he'd been murdered. :unsure:
Yes sorry, you were right.  IIRC a bedroll was stuffed in the top of his chimney, so little doubt it was done intentionally.

Not according to a newspaper article of the time. It was a faulty stove pipe.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9801EFDF1E3DEE32A25753C3A96F9C946397D6CF
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

Razgovory

#558
September 16, 2009, 12:02:35 AM Last Edit: September 16, 2009, 12:39:23 AM by Razgovory
Okay, during his civil war King Steve of England had a mercenary Fleming as his main commander.  What was the of the famed mercenary?
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

Habbaku

#559
September 16, 2009, 12:20:49 AM
 :huh:
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.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Eddie Teach

#560
September 16, 2009, 12:22:06 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 16, 2009, 12:02:35 AM
Okay, during his civil war King Steve of England had Mercenary Flem as his main commander.  What was the of the famed mercenary?

You really oughta proofread.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Razgovory

#561
September 16, 2009, 12:39:32 AM
Better?
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

#562
September 16, 2009, 12:43:40 AM
 :lol:

I assume the ____ of the mercenary is not Mercenary Flem then.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Alexandru H.

#563
September 16, 2009, 02:05:18 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 16, 2009, 12:39:32 AM
Better?

It's not.

Better would be by using this phrase:

"Okay, during his civil war King Stephen of England had a Fleming mercenary as his main commander.  What was the name of the famed mercenary?"

Viking

#564
September 16, 2009, 04:30:49 AM
It's a trick question, Belgium doesn't exist, and neither does Flemingia.
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.

Razgovory

#565
September 16, 2009, 05:41:00 AM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on September 16, 2009, 02:05:18 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 16, 2009, 12:39:32 AM
Better?

It's not.

Better would be by using this phrase:

"Okay, during his civil war King Stephen of England had a Fleming mercenary as his main commander.  What was the name of the famed mercenary?"

Okay, that's a good question.  Lets go with that.
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

Alexandru H.

#566
September 16, 2009, 06:59:18 AM
I would propose a new rule.

No person names. It's almost impossible for someone without proper and exhaustive knowledge of 12th century England to know such a name. A question like this ("What was XX's position during King Stephan's reign prior to him becoming Count of Kent?") can be more easily deduced...

Caliga

#567
September 16, 2009, 07:07:27 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 15, 2009, 10:32:51 PM
Not according to a newspaper article of the time. It was a faulty stove pipe.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9801EFDF1E3DEE32A25753C3A96F9C946397D6CF
I guess I did not RC.  ;)
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Caliga

#568
September 16, 2009, 07:08:02 AM Last Edit: September 16, 2009, 07:40:26 AM by Caliga
Quote from: Alexandru H. on September 16, 2009, 06:59:18 AM
I would propose a new rule.

No person names. It's almost impossible for someone without proper and exhaustive knowledge of 12th century England to know such a name. A question like this ("What was XX's position during King Stephan's reign prior to him becoming Count of Kent?") can be more easily deduced...
I object because, as a libertarian, I hate excessive regulation. :)
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Razgovory

#569
September 16, 2009, 07:35:27 AM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on September 16, 2009, 06:59:18 AM
I would propose a new rule.

No person names. It's almost impossible for someone without proper and exhaustive knowledge of 12th century England to know such a name. A question like this ("What was XX's position during King Stephan's reign prior to him becoming Count of Kent?") can be more easily deduced...

Dude, you asked the question!  I do happen to know the answer...
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
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