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Guy Fawkes' Explosion Would Have Devasted London
Anonymous Coward writes "Experts at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth have worked out for the first time the true extent of the damage Guy Fawkes would have caused if his daring deed had not been foiled on November 5, 1605. " Sorry - history geek/major in me coming out, but this is definitiely one of those major points in history when things Could Have Gone Differently.
In soviet russia, London devastates you.
Sig & Below
Yuck Fou
Douglas Adams died on 5/11...
it's not a big cash award, but you'll get the satisfaction of knowing you've done something.
just stop giving them monIE, & they'll lose iNTerest in US.
the creators' newclear power plan, & planet/population rescue initiatives, offer US a chance for survival, & a future, without fauxking greed/fear/ego based LIEforms ruining the showww.
get ready to see the light. not so much an explosion as a revelation of unlimited energy.
Stroike a loight Mary Poppins, we cockerney chiminy sweeps is drawn to Wales by all that laaahrveely Welsh coal! :-)
Stick Men
What if life really was like a box of chocolates?
Sunbathing would be really, really gross.
KFG
on the other side of the record?
KFG
The word is "cromulent", dipwad.
It was the Catholics (Jesuits in particular) trying to kill King James, to prevent him from sponsoring a good English translation of the Bible. Just as the Catholics killed (by burning at the stake) Tyndale for.
As you say, it was one of those moments where things could have gone differently. But we have the KJV Bible. What else have the Catholics been up to?
Seriously, the slashdot editors need to actually start doing a little editing of submitted stories. The spelling errors and bad grammar make the site look unprofessional.
Especially annoying is the over-use of commas.
If I was a slashdot submitter, I would have written the above sentence:
"Especially annoying is, the over-use of commas."
Come on... the French win a war :)
Now I didn't write this and I'm not an American, but I thought it was funny.
THE WALL
An American, a Spaniard and a Frenchman are walking on a beach when
they discover a genie's lamp. The American rubs the lamp and the
genie appears in a puff of blue smoke. She announces to the trio
that they will receive a total of three wishes, one each, so they
should consider their wishes wisely. The Spaniard is first, and asks
the genie to make his country fruitful, his countrywomen beautiful
and his traditions preserved. The genie grants the wish. The
Frenchman is second. "I'm sick and tired of my homeland being
invaded every half century. I would like an impenetrable wall built
to protect my beloved France, one which no one can scale." The genie
grants the wish. The American thinks for a moment, and asks the
genie, "I'm curious about this wall. How big is it?" The genie
replies, "The wall around France is 150 high and 50 feet thick. It
cannot be penetrated from either side, or climbed, and all the
French people of the world are safe inside." "Great," says the
American. "Fill it with water."
VENI, VIDI, VICI, DIXI
Gaylord Foker. No wonder the guy grew up wanting to blow up parliment.
~~~~Wavy Flashback to a 16th century schoolyard~~~~
Kids Pointing:: Haha Guy Fawkes Fawkes Guys! HAhA.