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Also when WW1 ended, wasn't it?

11th hour, 11th day, 11th month, 1911…

Didn’t google it, so be nice if I am wrong…

by JustJoshinYa on Oct 13, 2010 3:39 PM EDT reply actions  

I knew Americans hadn’t a clue when either WWI or WWII started, but I thought everyone knew when they ended :)

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by fmk on Oct 13, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

hey now, be nice ;)

gav <—- american with three history degrees

by Jen See on Oct 13, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh Gav,

when will I see you again?

by tedvdw on Oct 13, 2010 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

I am being nice. Just playful. :)

At least you guys were actually in those wars. We weren’t around for the first and were neutral on the side of the good guys in the second.

BTW – why three degrees? To be sure to be sure to be sure?

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by fmk on Oct 13, 2010 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Californians aren't real Americans of course

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by Phil H. on Oct 13, 2010 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

I guess that would explain why the Quiznos people...

…think their little confab is “America’s Pro Race”

What else can I say? I'm really happy. --Vincenzo Nibali

by tgartner on Oct 14, 2010 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

WWI started when the archduke was shot, right? Turkish assassin or something...

WWII pretty much began on the 11th day, 11th hour, 11th month (Treaty of Versailles). WWI reparations killed Germany which ultimately led to Nazis, which led to WWII, which led to Americans bailing out Europe (AGAIN), which led to surrender of Germany, and on and on and on.

And I did that without google. But, I’m a dumbass American. BTW, I did say “be nice if I am wrong” and I caught my own stupid mistake too. 1918 is right, isn’t it? I had a long night – really cold bike ride after a LONG day at work – so took this personal (you can ignore me).

by JustJoshinYa on Oct 13, 2010 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

It was something to do with a Turkey and an artichoke, I thought.

Or was it when when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich ’cause he was hungry?

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Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
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by fmk on Oct 13, 2010 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ah, Ben Elton, the spiritual chieftain of British comedy.

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by fmk on Oct 14, 2010 7:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

Wow, I bet there are a lot of damned kids on Quentin Betts lawn

I’m not even going to mention that he writes a long piece on british comedy and doesn’t even mention Eddie Izzard…..

by Jens on Oct 14, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions  

Mad piece of writing, isn’t it?

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by fmk on Oct 15, 2010 6:52 AM EDT up reply actions  

It had more to do with Austria's outrageous requests for Serbia

which they knew they would not accept with the goal of starting war. But yes that is the ceremonial starting point, it was a Serbian assassin btw.

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by Phil H. on Oct 13, 2010 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

With a Belgian gun. Thank you, highschool history professor

for that completely useless factoid which I somehow can’t seem to forget.

by tgsgirl on Oct 14, 2010 4:27 AM EDT up reply actions  

Ah yes,

FN Herstal. World renowned.

by tedvdw on Oct 14, 2010 5:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

When you’re bragging about supplying the gun that shot Franz Fredinand you really know you’re taking the national pride thing a step too far. Teachers, eh?

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like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 14, 2010 7:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

Don't think he was bragging

He was just weird. He once asked me if the ring I was wearing was a present from my boyfriend. The next question was “… it’s prince William, isn’t it?” (and he was dead serious too). Great teacher though.

by tgsgirl on Oct 14, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

Trust me tgsgirl, if that gun had been Irish, the teacher telling us about it would have been bragging :)

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Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
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by fmk on Oct 15, 2010 6:54 AM EDT up reply actions  

JJY – you might want to Google when Versailles was actually signed.

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by fmk on Oct 14, 2010 7:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

I think I was pretty clear when I said, "is it right?" about 4 times.

You could be cool and just say, “hey it was signed on blah blah blah”, but instead you chose to reinforce the earlier “clueless” comment with the old “just go look it up little boy” response. Next time I have a random thought about something that isn’t fully researched, footnoted, and grammatically perfect, I’ll just keep it locked up in my clueless head.

by JustJoshinYa on Oct 14, 2010 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

Will we all have to do that? Will there be a test JJ?

Random thoughts are fun!

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Oct 14, 2010 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

JJY – apps, I took your name seriously.

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Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 15, 2010 6:55 AM EDT up reply actions  

Hey, I took the "american hadn't a clue" bit too seriously too.

I need to lighten up – Been a shit week for me on the home and work front. No harm done and now back to the café. XOXO

by JustJoshinYa on Oct 15, 2010 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

I have a theory.

Anything you can look up in five seconds from your phone isn’t worth remembering.

Knowing what the wars were fought over is way more important.

"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"

by lieutenantmudd on Oct 13, 2010 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

“the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month”

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by Phil H. on Oct 13, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Palindrome fetishists?

"Good thing I never said out loud that I was pulling for France, before this all started." -Mark Blacknell

by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 13, 2010 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

Mike Kim would be better.

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Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
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by fmk on Oct 13, 2010 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

That way lies madness

I will only go so far with palindromes ;-)

"Your not going won't unbreak her arm."

by Drew Davis on Oct 14, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions  

Here in Dublin, the old football and rugby stadium in Lansdowne Rd got redeveloped and sold the naming rights to one of the insurance companies, Aviva. Some think they should errect a sign outside the gates saying “Weclome to the Palindrome.”

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by fmk on Oct 15, 2010 6:57 AM EDT up reply actions  

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