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Fano
2011-12-24 01:23:12 PM
1. A large wooden horse for the nice people of Troy
 
INeedAName
2011-12-24 01:29:21 PM
Fano: 1. A large wooden horse for the nice people of Troy

Mentioned.

But not the std Subbys mom gave me.
 
skodabunny
2011-12-24 01:45:31 PM
Wasn't the Statue of Liberty intended to celebrate American independence from colonial rule rather than the end of the civil war? That's why the base commemorates 1776 rather than 1865, surely? I hope that list wasn't written by an American...
 
FloydA [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 01:59:44 PM
skodabunny: Wasn't the Statue of Liberty intended to celebrate American independence from colonial rule rather than the end of the civil war? That's why the base commemorates 1776 rather than 1865, surely? I hope that list wasn't written by an American...

Both really. Bartholdi was inspired by Laboulaye's support for the Union in the US Civil War, but also by the Franco-American cooperation in the US Revolution.
(Also, the date July 4, 1776 is inscribed on the tabula ansata, not on the base.)
 
phaseolus
2011-12-24 02:02:24 PM
Fano: 1. A large wooden horse for the nice people of Troy

2.
www.godiva.com
 
skodabunny
2011-12-24 02:09:06 PM
FloydA: Both really. Bartholdi was inspired by Laboulaye's support for the Union in the US Civil War, but also by the Franco-American cooperation in the US Revolution.
(Also, the date July 4, 1776 is inscribed on the tabula ansata, not on the base.)

Fair enough, seems like it deserves as much a mention as the civil war though. Apologies, I'm just going from my memory of a GCSE history class 16 years ago.

Cheers for your clarification :)
 
Kant Lavar
2011-12-24 02:11:35 PM
Y'know, I'm cool with Amazon gift cards.

/Planning on getting the collector's edition of ME3, plus maybe some new reading material on my Kindle.
//Started using Amazon after I joined the Army; fell in love during deployment. Two-day shipping works even to the Middle East! </CSB>
 
steamingpile
2011-12-24 02:28:33 PM
They forgot the Panama canal.

I am still at a loss as to why we gave it back, we built the damn thing.
 
SwingDancer
2011-12-24 02:35:46 PM
I've never seen that video they link at the bottom, from sadam hussein.., disturbing shait there
 
FloydA [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 02:52:33 PM
steamingpile: They forgot the Panama canal.



And Poland.
 
Leopold Stotch
2011-12-24 03:05:14 PM
I am commissioning a symphony in C for my nephew.
 
Interrupted Infinitum
2011-12-24 03:11:09 PM
Leopold Stotch: I am commissioning a symphony in C for my nephew.

Make sure the melody is both happy and sad
 
SharkTrager
2011-12-24 04:17:42 PM
FloydA: steamingpile: They forgot the Panama canal.



And Poland.

And anal.
 
FloydA [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 04:32:10 PM
SharkTrager: FloydA: steamingpile: They forgot the Panama canal.



And Poland.

And anal.

And you most of all, Scarecrow!
 
FloydA [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 04:32:51 PM
FloydA: SharkTrager: FloydA: steamingpile: They forgot the Panama canal.



And Poland.

And anal.

And you most of all, Scarecrow!


Wait... that doesn't make any sense at all.
 
LazarusLong42 [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 04:41:56 PM
What, no hot cocoa sampler box?
 
saturn badger
2011-12-24 05:42:19 PM
FloydA: FloydA: SharkTrager: FloydA: steamingpile: They forgot the Panama canal.



And Poland.

And anal.

And you most of all, Scarecrow!


Wait... that doesn't make any sense at all.

Oddly that made sense to me.
 
steamingpile
2011-12-24 06:31:07 PM
saturn badger: FloydA: FloydA: SharkTrager: FloydA: steamingpile: They forgot the Panama canal.



And Poland.

And anal.

And you most of all, Scarecrow!


Wait... that doesn't make any sense at all.

Oddly that made sense to me.

Well the Scarecrow does like anal in Poland.
 
DigitalCoffee
2011-12-24 07:19:45 PM
I'm greatly disappointed. Somewhere in the top three I was expecting to see 'severed head on platter'.

/guess it's not so great for those named John
 
FloydA [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 09:30:59 PM
DigitalCoffee: I'm greatly disappointed. Somewhere in the top three I was expecting to see 'severed head on platter'.



Tabbed browsing can be strange sometimes. I came right here from the "what are you having for Christmas dinner?" thread (new window) and was seriously confused for a second.
 
Gordon Bennett
2011-12-24 10:20:09 PM
Somehow I was expecting the entire list to be whores.

/and opium
 
DigitalCoffee
2011-12-24 11:09:47 PM
FloydA: DigitalCoffee: I'm greatly disappointed. Somewhere in the top three I was expecting to see 'severed head on platter'.



Tabbed browsing can be strange sometimes. I came right here from the "what are you having for Christmas dinner?" thread (new window) and was seriously confused for a second.

Well, just like New Shimmer is a dessert topping AND a floor wax, a severed head on a platter makes for a great pick-nick lunch AND a great present.
 
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