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"It is my hope that when The Hobbit gets scary, it will get really scary."Yikes!  I live a simple life How ya doing Horace? s'been a while.
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 I thought he always did it the other way round!! quite interesting  Is there any truth in the story that English archers used to do that as an insult to the French forces? indeed - no truth in it according to QI. Not sure it I believe them though, or whether i want to believe them  Actually, most of the Archers at the Battle of Agincourt were Welsh. Hence, between Herefordshire and South Wales the district of Archenfield where the Archers practised. If you read Heny V you will see it all becomes clear with Fluellen. Henry V was, of course Welsh and born in Wales. |
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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« Reply #1892 on: 22:51:19, 06-05-2008 » |
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Evey place seems to claim archers at Agincourt. In and around Coventry/Warwickshire we have various places named Butts, apparently these were places where men practiced archery "...it was decreed by Edward IV that every Englishman should own a bow of his own height and that every town should have a Butts so that target practice could ..." The town of Reading claims: http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/radstock/rht/themes/war/archer.html |
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« Reply #1893 on: 23:44:22, 06-05-2008 » |
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"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set"
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« Reply #1894 on: 23:53:26, 06-05-2008 » |
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Why has Tesco just let me do a huge order, book a delivery slot and then not let me check out?
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P.S. And I lost 2p at Bridge tonight. :-(
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« Reply #1895 on: 02:24:44, 11-05-2008 » |
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Ten petaflops and a packet of Rothmans, please.
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« Reply #1896 on: 11:05:22, 12-05-2008 » |
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Hmm, sounds like it was an exciting holiday...  (there are lots of other things to be dong in Rome!).
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« Reply #1898 on: 19:51:12, 12-05-2008 » |
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"The time has come" the walrus said "to talk of many things. Of paper, string and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings."
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« Reply #1899 on: 10:29:11, 13-05-2008 » |
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"The time has come" the walrus said "to talk of many things. Of paper, string and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings."
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« Reply #1900 on: 11:08:39, 13-05-2008 » |
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Pssst. A sad old pedant writes: "Of shoes and ships and sealing wax ... "
Correctly off topic since this should be on the Sad Old Pedant thread.
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« Reply #1901 on: 11:37:05, 13-05-2008 » |
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Our neighbour is using his chain saw again.
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« Reply #1902 on: 12:18:17, 13-05-2008 » |
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...little old lady in Waitrose just now by the wine department. 'Do you know anything about wine?' 'Not really...' 'Is this one a white or a red?' 'Oh well, now you've got me on my strong suit...'
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« Reply #1903 on: 12:20:50, 13-05-2008 » |
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Wonder if she was colour blind? (yes, I know that mostly effects males but it's not impossible, apparently)
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« Reply #1904 on: 12:56:26, 13-05-2008 » |
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Pssst. A sad old pedant writes: "Of shoes and ships and sealing wax ... "
Correctly off topic since this should be on the Sad Old Pedant thread.
Sorry George.  It was from memory I'm afraid and it's been one helluva long time since I read the book. I don't know, paper, string and sealing wax seemed to make sense. That should have told me it wasn't right of course! |
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