http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2013/12/alchemy-ottoman-empire.html
That's our Tuna.
Cool. Isn't he the one who left after everyone celebrated the deaths of a bunch of drowned Egyptians?
Yup.
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on December 02, 2013, 03:10:46 PM
Cool. Isn't he the one who left after everyone celebrated the deaths of a bunch of drowned Egyptians?
Everyone? It was like two people. I thought that was a bit unfair.
I remember it being at least 3 or 4. It was kind of creepy.
Quote from: Queequeg on December 02, 2013, 03:21:37 PM
I remember it being at least 3 or 4. It was kind of creepy.
I would demand we go to the thread to confirm but I think it died with the last version of the board. I do remember it was all Viking's fault though.
:hmm:
A focus on alchemy?
Heh, Tuna was his real name.
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 02, 2013, 03:43:36 PM
Heh, Tuna was his real name.
I thought we knew that - or at least that tuna wasn't in fact a sea food afficianado.
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on December 02, 2013, 03:10:46 PM
Cool. Isn't he the one who left after everyone celebrated the deaths of a bunch of drowned Egyptians?
It was more callous jokes by a couple of the usual subjects than celebrating IIRC.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 02, 2013, 05:27:02 PM
It was more callous jokes by a couple of the usual subjects than celebrating IIRC.
The queen would be most disappointed.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 02, 2013, 05:27:02 PM
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on December 02, 2013, 03:10:46 PM
Cool. Isn't he the one who left after everyone celebrated the deaths of a bunch of drowned Egyptians?
It was more callous jokes by a couple of the usual subjects than celebrating IIRC.
Yeah the joke was how the Egyptians were going to blame Israel for it.
I may have been young and innocent at the time, but I recall thinking that he was being oversensitive given what Languish (and its close sister KAPland) was. Though also, if it wasn't the sort of tomfoolery he wanted to put up with, he was wise to leave.
Quote from: Queequeg on December 02, 2013, 03:21:37 PM
I remember it being at least 3 or 4. It was kind of creepy.
If they didn't want me to celebrate their deaths, they shouldn't have been born in the Third World.
My recollection was some folks were making fun of the fact that 600 people had crammed onto a ferry built for 200.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 02, 2013, 09:04:13 PM
My recollection was some folks were making fun of the fact that 600 people had crammed onto a ferry built for 200.
Overcrowding is a way of life in these places. The infrastructure was all built either in the colonial period or at the height of the Cold War, but the populations have exploded in the last 30 years.
It's like when you see those people riding on the roofs of trains in India. Some of them get fried by overhead powerlines.
Thanks Neil. :mellow:
Given the current state of Turkish-Egyptian relationship, staying out of Languish because we made fun of dead Egyptians is a bit silly.
You're welcome.
Quote from: DGuller on December 02, 2013, 09:11:45 PM
Given the current state of Turkish-Egyptian relationship, staying out of Languish because we made fun of dead Egyptians is a bit silly.
:huh:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 02, 2013, 09:08:45 PM
Thanks Neil. :mellow:
http://youtu.be/mI6btIQdu5U
All aboard!
Quote from: Valmy on December 02, 2013, 03:28:03 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on December 02, 2013, 03:21:37 PM
I remember it being at least 3 or 4. It was kind of creepy.
I would demand we go to the thread to confirm but I think it died with the last version of the board. I do remember it was all Viking's fault though.
In any event, Tuna acted very childish over it all.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 02, 2013, 11:14:35 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 02, 2013, 09:08:45 PM
Thanks Neil. :mellow:
http://youtu.be/mI6btIQdu5U
All aboard!
Quote from the vid :
QuoteHe's been promoted from passenger to 'conductor'
I laughed. :blush:
Quote from: Valmy on December 02, 2013, 03:28:03 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on December 02, 2013, 03:21:37 PM
I remember it being at least 3 or 4. It was kind of creepy.
I would demand we go to the thread to confirm but I think it died with the last version of the board. I do remember it was all Viking's fault though.
Viking's trolling pushed our tuna population to zero. :(
Is the podcast any good?
Quote from: garbon on December 02, 2013, 09:12:24 PM
Quote from: DGuller on December 02, 2013, 09:11:45 PM
Given the current state of Turkish-Egyptian relationship, staying out of Languish because we made fun of dead Egyptians is a bit silly.
:huh:
At what part of the sentence is the smiley directed?
Well, even if it would have been somehow silly of him to leave Languish but stay in Turkey despite to Erdogan's poor relations with the Egyptian junta... it's irrelevant because he apparently lives in New Jersey.
Quote from: Syt on December 03, 2013, 12:23:11 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 02, 2013, 09:12:24 PM
Quote from: DGuller on December 02, 2013, 09:11:45 PM
Given the current state of Turkish-Egyptian relationship, staying out of Languish because we made fun of dead Egyptians is a bit silly.
:huh:
At what part of the sentence is the smiley directed?
I don't see how the latter follows former...or given this sentence, I don't see how it is silly to have been upset over jokes about dead Egyptians in light of current Turkish-Egyptian relations.
Thanks for the link. I remember Tuna, smart guy; good to see he's doing well.
I remember something about him leaving but not the details until it was recounted here.