376

(2,376 replies, posted in General)

Godspeed you! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.

377

(27 replies, posted in General)

In the butt?

378

(28 replies, posted in Community)

Global warming is seeing to that! Soon you and all your countrymen can swim while doing whatever!

379

(8 replies, posted in General)

WC, those URL tags only work for you and the other mods. We just see a link between those tags -.-

380

(52 replies, posted in Politics)

"These days, dictators have a lot more tools at their disposal than the ancient and medieval monarchs, yet they are wimps when compared to them. Those monarchs did not put up with nonsense, yet they accomplished what Mubarek can not with swords and clubs. Seriously, wtf?"

Medieval monarchs were, in Western Europe, always forced to compromise. This is why the magna carta was signed. Or, even worse for the monarch, Mary of Burgundy was forced to sign "Het Groot Privilegie" (in english: the great privilege), wich instantly granted cities privileges that were comparable to those of the Italian city-states.
Another clear case is this: When Charles the good, count of Flanders was murdered, the french king (whom Flanders belonged to) couldn't get his candidate elected. The people preferred a different candidate and that one got the position fairly easy.

Absolute monarchs are something of a more recent time. They fit better in the period of the 17th to 19th century. Although, there too, that system shows clear cracks. You mentioned Napoleon, but he himself is the result of a civil uprising. In the end, most (if not all) absolute monarchs were dependent on how well their people fared.

Mubarak doesn't seem to have all control over his army anymore. And when you shoot into a crowd of over a million, it's the fastest way to find your death. tongue

381

(4 replies, posted in General)

Fools. A trebuchet shoots further and more precise..

382

(25 replies, posted in General)

I already left the group last week, for exactly the same reason..

383

(3 replies, posted in General)

Als hij maar geen voetballer wordt, dan schoppen ze hem misschien halfdood.

384

(33 replies, posted in General)

The radical adult lick godhead style!

385

(25 replies, posted in General)

Lewis Hagerman, stop the spamming or I won't stop 'till you're removed from facebook. I don't need 5 invitations to the PW merger or whatever event you made. I'm still here in the forums. I know what's going on, and if I want to participate, I'll just join the bloody game X(

386

(52 replies, posted in General)

Count me out. I don't have time to do it properly these next couple of weeks..

387

(1 replies, posted in General)

Give me Rhod Gilbert instead!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poyJ1wPcn0o&playnext=1&list=PL9991E620C6A81E51&index=12

388

(4 replies, posted in Community)

It is, and this thread's in the wrong caregory of the forum!

389

(11 replies, posted in General)

He's cuter than a carebear, isn't he?

390

(11 replies, posted in General)

She's no match for Tonetta!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuzI9lVQf9U

391

(42 replies, posted in General)

I'm a maid

sweep sweep

392

(42 replies, posted in General)

I'm tired

sleep! sleep!

393

(52 replies, posted in General)

I'd love to see another game!
The last ones were rather disappointing though, with hardly anyone on chat and such..

394

(2,376 replies, posted in General)

Mogwai - Rano pano

395

(18 replies, posted in Community)

I once ate a whole hippo.
Your body fat percentage is now made invalid!

396

(5 replies, posted in Questions)

Godwin's right.

Also, this belongs in questions!

397

(29 replies, posted in Politics)

"In America, nobody but a potty mouth patriot considers their ancestry "American," unless it is short for "Native American." Therefore, your ancestry is calculated by tracing the nation of origin for the generation that immigrated to the United States. If all lines of your ancestors traced to the generation they immigrated to the US came from France, then you are 100% French. Likewise, if the ancestors from your father's line all originated from France, and Ireland from your mother's line, then you are 50% French and 50% Irish.
Moreover, the nationality of your ancestors prior to the generation they arrived in the US are irrelevant. If one of your lines was from Britain, but that line traces to Norman nobility in 1066, that does not qualify you as French. Or if your ancestor was half Belgian and half German, but lived in and departed from Germany, then you are not Belgian."

What a load of bollocks, you can't possibly be serious about that! Your ancestors have absolutely nothing to do with what nationality you are/embody. It's a terrible anachronistic system and it's geneticly speaking a laugh! My ancestors were from the Asian plains a few centuries ago, that doesn't make me asian.
In the same way, you're not 50% German, as Germany probably didn't exist at that the time your ancestors crossed the ocean..

398

(2,376 replies, posted in General)

Grandaddy - Now it's on

399

(29 replies, posted in Politics)

You have 8 grandparents? Over here, we only have 4. The presents I must have missed!

400

(28 replies, posted in Community)

Heard on the news that your hometown Toowoomba is pretty much a lake at this time. I hope you don't suffer too much damage and/or extra hours..