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

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Grey Fox

#1560
February 11, 2010, 10:32:30 PM
Quote from: citizen k on February 11, 2010, 06:42:30 PM
Quote from: Eochaid on February 11, 2010, 06:38:59 PM

A famous slave, I was also a martial artist. Today, I am a national hero

Kevin

Toussaint l'Ouverture

:lol:
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

The Brain

#1561
February 13, 2010, 02:23:12 AM
Quote from: Eochaid on February 11, 2010, 06:38:59 PM

A famous slave, I was also a martial artist. Today, I am a national hero

Kevin

Dolph isn't a slave.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Razgovory

#1562
February 13, 2010, 02:44:12 AM
Quote from: Eochaid on February 11, 2010, 06:38:59 PM

A famous slave, I was also a martial artist. Today, I am a national hero

Kevin

Spartacus.
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

Eochaid

#1563
February 13, 2010, 01:30:42 PM
Clue: he died at the age of forty

Kevin
It's been a while

Viking

#1564
February 13, 2010, 01:35:25 PM
Some Brazilian Capoeira dude?
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

#1565
February 13, 2010, 02:29:12 PM
The term martial art is pretty broad.  Technically my answer is correct.  Also Theseus was a slave, is credited with being a great martial artist (wrestler) and was a hero.  Also he probably didn't exist.
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

Viking

#1566
February 13, 2010, 02:38:38 PM
I looked it up. Even guessing I'd get the right answer by hiring monkeys with typewriters quicker.
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.

The Brain

#1567
February 13, 2010, 02:50:23 PM
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Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Admiral Yi

#1568
February 13, 2010, 03:48:09 PM
My money is on Throbby.

Eochaid

#1569
February 13, 2010, 04:41:14 PM
Quote from: Viking on February 13, 2010, 01:35:25 PM
Some Brazilian Capoeira dude?

Which one?

Kevin
It's been a while

Viking

#1570
February 13, 2010, 04:54:09 PM
Quote from: Eochaid on February 13, 2010, 04:41:14 PM
Quote from: Viking on February 13, 2010, 01:35:25 PM
Some Brazilian Capoeira dude?

Which one?

Kevin

All of them. Or one of them.
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.

The Brain

#1571
February 13, 2010, 05:09:15 PM
I'm a Brazilian Capoeira dude!
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Eochaid

#1572
February 14, 2010, 01:42:34 PM
Answer was Zumbi

Kevin
It's been a while

Barrister

#1573
February 16, 2010, 01:22:04 PM
*bump*

I ran across this in a book I'm reading on Elisha Kane, arctic explorer, but I know I'd read about this somewhere else, so hopefully it isn't too obscure...

In the mid 19th century the Fox Sisters (Leah, Kate and Maggie) became quite famous (or infamous) spirit mediums, able to communicate with the dead through a series of 'unearthly' raps or knocks that would appear to come from all over their room.  The Fox sisters would conduct seances for a whole host of the upper crust of New York and US eastern seaboard society, and even made it across to England to do the same.  The Fox sisters also helped spark a whole Spiritualist movement, with hundreds of imitators and admirers (and a similar number of sceptics and detractors).

Eventually however Maggie Fox did admit that she and her sisters were frauds, and they all died penniless.

The question is - how did the Fox Sisters create that rapping sound that they claimed came from the spirit world?
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The Brain

#1574
February 16, 2010, 01:26:48 PM
They had a cleverly constructed space under the table just big enough for their colored servant Shawn Corey Carter.
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