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Copperhaired Berserker!
07-30-2005, 21:34
Nuff' said
discovery1
07-30-2005, 21:41
Well, Ben Franklin would go down to the pub after the meetings of the constitutional convention and get plastered. He would then go on about what happened earlier that day(remeber the constitutional convention was being held in secret). It was solved by having some guys buy him a few more so he passed out.
Well, I thought it was funny.
Kagemusha
07-30-2005, 21:54
William The Conqueror,the man who Conquered England 1066 AD with his Norman knights.This great warlord died when he fell from his horse. ~D
Gregoshi
07-31-2005, 01:59
William The Conqueror,the man who Conquered England 1066 AD with his Norman knights.This great warlord died when he fell from his horse. ~D
I guess you could say he had an off knight.
Evil_Maniac From Mars
07-31-2005, 02:10
I guess you could say he had an off knight.
The King of Bad Jokes strikes again...using Gregoshi as his puppet! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
swirly_the_toilet_fish
07-31-2005, 03:38
When the Poles resisted the Nazis using actual (horse) cavalry against the blitzkrieg.
discovery1
07-31-2005, 03:42
I thought that the polish cavalry was also well equiped to deal with modern forces, armed with submachine guns and and tank rifles?
swirly_the_toilet_fish
07-31-2005, 03:45
Possible I am not certain. While it was brave, from what I (currently) know about it the cavalry was typical from pre-WWI era.
I guess you could say he had an off knight.
Beat me to it, I was going to say
The Fall of the King
Ironside
07-31-2005, 07:13
Possible I am not certain. While it was brave, from what I (currently) know about it the cavalry was typical from pre-WWI era.
Well according to the Poles here at the forum the cav was quite good vs what it was deployed against (non-motorized inf AFAIK). They were never deployed vs tanks although they met some.
More on topic.
Scipio who defeated Hannibal, died of a brick falling down form a house. Beat that it pathetic deaths. ~;)
Anyone know some famous king, general etc that died choking on food?
Samurai Waki
07-31-2005, 08:02
At the Battle of Gaugemala it was said that Darius shrieked like a little girl when Macedonian Cavalry charged through his line and right towards him.
According to The Arms of Krupp, the British had to pay a one cent royalty to a German arms maker after WWI for every shell they fired at Germany during the war since the cannons were made in Germany before the war and it was part of the sales contract to Britain.
Business, it would seem, is business.
lancelot
07-31-2005, 11:36
During WW1, german goods shipping was largely insured by british banks/companies.
So while the Royal Navy was having a whale of a time sinking them, the banks were going potty! :dizzy2:
Copperhaired Berserker!
07-31-2005, 12:03
King Phrryus had a real pahetic defeat.
What happened was at the battle of argos, he was struck by a pike-peasent. Phrryus wasn't hurt bad, but he was furious. He then tryed to attack the pike-peasent. Now the peasent's mum was watching from the roof of the peasents home. the mum saw Phrryus and said,"Hoi! you! leave my baby alone!" and then she chucked a tile at Phrryus. Now, either she was a olymipic-standard discus thrower, or very,very,very lucky. The tile gave Phyrrus a crack on the back of his head, just below his helmet, and broke his neck. Phrryus fell down, dead.
The Stranger
07-31-2005, 14:02
When the Poles resisted the Nazis using actual (horse) cavalry against the blitzkrieg.
hhehee, i knew that. polish retainers vs MP 40. let the betting begin.
The Stranger
07-31-2005, 14:06
King Phrryus had a real pahetic defeat.
What happened was at the battle of argos, he was struck by a pike-peasent. Phrryus wasn't hurt bad, but he was furious. He then tryed to attack the pike-peasent. Now the peasent's mum was watching from the roof of the peasents home. the mum saw Phrryus and said,"Hoi! you! leave my baby alone!" and then she chucked a tile at Phrryus. Now, either she was a olymipic-standard discus thrower, or very,very,very lucky. The tile gave Phyrrus a crack on the back of his head, just below his helmet, and broke his neck. Phrryus fell down, dead.
thought he was trampled by his eles. or did his soldiers maked that up. to make him look more heroic. cuz he you want to be a pancake rather than being killed by a woman. :handball:
Krusader
07-31-2005, 14:07
Maybe Uesugi Kenshins death? A ninja waited at the lavatory below the "hole" and when Kenshin sat down to do a '2', the ninja killed him by stabbing him through the butt.
This theory is a bit debated, so maybe someone who knows more about Sengoku Jidai might bring more light on the matter.
And Attila who died when got a "nose-blood incident".
The Stranger
07-31-2005, 14:09
yeah, i read that sumwhere on STW's database.
Al Khalifah
07-31-2005, 14:35
In 1939 Hitler's publisher sued Alan Cranston (an American reporter for UPI in Germany and later Senator for California) for copyright infringement, because he published an uneditted* English translation of Mein Kampf.
The Connecticut judge ruled in Hitler's favor.
* most English translations of Mein Kampf before the war had the anti-Semitic and miltaristic statements removed by the publisher.
Flavius Clemens
07-31-2005, 14:43
Anyone know some famous king, general etc that died choking on food?
Not necessarily choking, but Henry I of England is recorded as dieing having eaten 'a surfeit of lampreys'. http://www.quite.com/personal/cafeq/fooddeathtext1.htm
Though I have read that in those days surfeit didn't have quite the same meaning as nowadays, so gluttony isn't necessarily implied.
When the Poles resisted the Nazis using actual (horse) cavalry against the blitzkrieg.
If I'm not mistaken, the Dutch actually did the same thing resisting the Germans in Groningen. Also, they got some very old cannons out of the war-museum to fight back the krauts. Didn't really work though...
The Stranger
07-31-2005, 15:20
well, the english homeguard were also equiped with things stolen out of museums
Meneldil
07-31-2005, 15:54
I don't know if this was true or just some Age of Kings myth, but the fact that Atilla was about to destroy Roma, but met the Pope and left Europe is quite funny.
William The Conqueror,the man who Conquered England 1066 AD with his Norman knights.This great warlord died when he fell from his horse.
The same could be said of some Mongol leader who was about to conquer Hungary and probably the rest of Europe, and died in the same way.
The Stranger
07-31-2005, 17:03
attilla was most definitly bribed away from rome. i dont know what they offered but it wasnt jesus that scared him
clayton ballentine
07-31-2005, 17:11
when Ben Frankli flew that kite in the t' storm and discovered the lightning is electricity
Geoffrey S
07-31-2005, 18:08
The creation of the Universe. To quote the Guide:
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
swirly_the_toilet_fish
07-31-2005, 18:57
attilla was most definitly bribed away from rome. i dont know what they offered but it wasnt jesus that scared him
He just took a ruler to his knuckles, pointed to the north and Attila went home in shame. :laugh4:
The Stranger
07-31-2005, 19:03
hhahaahaha
can i state from your sig that you're a girl???
Craterus
08-01-2005, 00:25
Four (I think?) Popes (confined to celibacy) died whilst having sex.
At the Battle of Gaugemala it was said that Darius shrieked like a little girl when Macedonian Cavalry charged through his line and right towards him.
dont forget When Alexanders Horse died, and he too cried like a little girl off in the middle of no-where
Craterus
08-01-2005, 02:10
Yes, because he developed a special relationship with Bucephalas. Beirut can tell you about the special relationship between a man and his dog and I guess it is just the same as that.
That horse did pretty well for itself though, had a town named after it and it's still remembered.
Uesugi Kenshin
08-01-2005, 03:29
Maybe Uesugi Kenshins death? A ninja waited at the lavatory below the "hole" and when Kenshin sat down to do a '2', the ninja killed him by stabbing him through the butt.
This theory is a bit debated, so maybe someone who knows more about Sengoku Jidai might bring more light on the matter.
And Attila who died when got a "nose-blood incident".
That was actually stomach or liver cancer most likely. As proof he was unable to chew solid food or walk properly for days before he died and had been very sick for weeks before he died. He was also known to enjoy his sake, a lot, which also supports this theory. The chance of him dying from assassination is extremely low, besides it is not a pathetic death, just an undignified one.
swirly_the_toilet_fish
08-01-2005, 06:54
hhahaahaha
can i state from your sig that you're a girl???
No, sorry. The sig was made from a fish's perspective. :sweatdrop:
But then again, I am beautiful. :gorgeous:
...
:laugh4:
swirly_the_toilet_fish
08-01-2005, 06:58
That two enemies such as King Richard and Saladin respected one another so much. Even when Richard fell ill to fever in Jerusalem, Saladin sent him dates and other fruits that restored his wealth. Even in the midst of battle, Saladin sends a horse to Richard after his was slain in battle. The funny thing was is that while both respected one another and fought for so many years, they never met one another on the field of battle.
That and shortly after the Third Crusade was over, Richard returned home and fell to a bolt in France(Normandy?) and died, while Saladin went on a pilgrimage and died on route(both in the same year I believe).
Anyone know some famous king, general etc that died choking on food?
George Bush II narrrowly escaped food related deths to times.
Ronald Regan after fall of kommies declared war on broccoli. ~:confused:
That two enemies such as King Richard and Saladin respected one another so much. Even when Richard fell ill to fever in Jerusalem, Saladin sent him dates and other fruits that restored his wealth. Even in the midst of battle, Saladin sends a horse to Richard after his was slain in battle. The funny thing was is that while both respected one another and fought for so many years, they never met one another on the field of battle.
That and shortly after the Third Crusade was over, Richard returned home and fell to a bolt in France(Normandy?) and died, while Saladin went on a pilgrimage and died on route(both in the same year I believe).
Richard was mortally wounded by a crossbowbolt at the siege of Châlus, when he went near the castle unarmoured to inspect his troops. When the castle was captured Richard alledgedly had all defenders executed, exept for the man who fired the crossbowbolt, whom he rewarded with gold for his good shot. This happened in 1199. Saladin died in 1194 (Richard was in that time still in prison, as he was captured by duke Leopold V of Austria on orders of emperor Henry VI)
Procrustes
08-01-2005, 22:34
William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address in US history (2+hours) on a very cold, March day in 1841 - then caught pneumonia and died within a month. He was the first US president to die in office and had the shortest tenure or any president so far.
Zachary Taylor died of "indigestion" five days after presiding over ground breaking ceromonies for the Washington Monument on July 4th, 1850. It was a very hot day, and he ate vast quanties of raw fruit and cherries. Got sick that night and never recovered. It was actually probably a great loss for the country - up until that point he had shown an unussual and unexpected willingness to fight the southern states regarding the expansion of slavery into the territories and he didn't back down to threats of succession. When Vice President Tyler took over, he tilted again towards the south and the slide towards civil war continued. Tyler later became a member of the Confederate legislature before he died of natural causes early in the war.
master of the puppets
08-02-2005, 01:02
at the battle of bastogne when the nazis' asked for the U.S. troops there to surrender the generals only answer was "nuts"
einstein had to tie a big ribbon around the door of his house so he could remember which one was his.
The Stranger
08-02-2005, 09:53
yeah i knew that. and the gerry didnt knew what it meant, but i defenitly didnt meant yes.
switch the ribbons was a joke made more than once i think.
swirly_the_toilet_fish
08-03-2005, 06:38
That are only good sources of history of five or more millennia ago come from religious dogma. :laugh4:
King Henry V
08-03-2005, 10:10
When one of the leaders of the First Crusade sent a letter to the Byzantine Emperor, saying that he ruled great domains, his cities were made of gold, many thousands of men served him and he expected to be treated in the manner to which he was accustomed. However, when he was on the voyage to Constantinople, his ship was wrecked in the Bosphorus and he had to be rescued by a fishing boat and was brought to the Emperor dripping wet.
Ianofsmeg16
08-03-2005, 10:21
What about the story of the Duke of York in Flanders,
He had ten thousand men, he marched them up to the top of a hill and he marched them down again. Surely one of the most famous military cock-ups of all time. Theres also a stroy behind humptey dumptey but i cant remember it.....
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