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gnarlyhotep: Sep 30, 2008; by Lowtax; Oven Wrangler

I don't think that the leader of a movement needs to be involved in the actual fighting (it can help sometimes) but Boudicca did raise an army against the Romans and was instrumental in its execution

MegaGatts posted:

Then give us a historical fight with her in it. Like boudicca vs. Sonni Ali. I'll give it to the lady on this one. She got her hands dirty Sonni Ali was p much a decadent murderous poof.

this is basically the equivalent of "my dad can beat up your dad"

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MegaGatts: Dec 12, 2004; The Enteroctopus dofleini, also known as the giant Pacific octopus (GPO) or North Pacific giant octopus, is a large marine cephalopod belonging to the phylum Mollusca and is tripping balls.

gnarlyhotep posted:

I don't think that the leader of a movement needs to be involved in the actual fighting (it can help sometimes) but Boudicca did raise an army against the Romans and was instrumental in its execution

this is basically the equivalent of "my dad can beat up your dad"

Yea, dumb poo poo like that is kinda how GBS works.

Emperor Tiberius with one(1) hand grenade and a Bowie knife vs. Charles Martel with 10 throwing stars and a chainsaw?

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:09

gnarlyhotep: Sep 30, 2008; by Lowtax; Oven Wrangler

MegaGatts posted:

Yea, dumb poo poo like that is kinda how GBS works.

Emperor Tiberius with one(1) hand grenade and a Bowie knife vs. Charles Martel with 10 throwing stars and a chainsaw?

lol true I was getting way too serious there, thanks

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:11

RonMexicosPitbull: Feb 28, 2012; by Ralp

Al Gore with a sock full of nickels vs James Cameron with a broom handle

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:11

MegaGatts: Dec 12, 2004; The Enteroctopus dofleini, also known as the giant Pacific octopus (GPO) or North Pacific giant octopus, is a large marine cephalopod belonging to the phylum Mollusca and is tripping balls.

RonMexicosPitbull posted:

Al Gore with a sock full of nickels vs James Cameron with a broom handle

How many nickles are we talking about here? Are they rolled or unrolled in the sock?

Edit: and what kind of sock?

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:12

Effectronica: May 31, 2011; Fallen Rib

man, king richard the lion-hearted's death was badass

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:16

Top City Homo: Oct 15, 2014; Ramrod XTreme

RonMexicosPitbull posted:

women are people who can do things dude, its not surprising.

pretty controversial IMO

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:33

Guancho: Aug 23, 2010; You don't write any postcards when you're on the road to self-discovery

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:34

nomadologique: Mar 9, 2011; DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

sez the nitroua ddict sex fiend

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:41

Carol Pizzamom: Jul 13, 2006; a bear you feed is a bear and a steed

gnarlyhotep posted:

yeah that totally invalidates the fact that a woman raised an army and actually threated an occupying Roman force

i said it was cool. the whole thing is cool

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:43

Effectronica: May 31, 2011; Fallen Rib

another cool anecdote- there's a common story about how alexander the great wept because there were no more worlds to conquer when he was forced to turn back at the indus, but the actual quote from plutarch is this:

Alexander wept when he heard Anaxarchus discourse about an infinite number of worlds, and when his friends inquired what ailed him, "Is it not worthy of tears," he said, "that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?"

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:49

the worst thing is: Oct 3, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Effectronica posted:

another cool anecdote- there's a common story about how alexander the great wept because there were no more worlds to conquer when he was forced to turn back at the indus, but the actual quote from plutarch is this:

Alexander wept when he heard Anaxarchus discourse about an infinite number of worlds, and when his friends inquired what ailed him, "Is it not worthy of tears," he said, "that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?"

So gangster

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:53

nomadologique: Mar 9, 2011; DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

Effectronica posted:

another cool anecdote- there's a common story about how alexander the great wept because there were no more worlds to conquer when he was forced to turn back at the indus, but the actual quote from plutarch is this:

Alexander wept when he heard Anaxarchus discourse about an infinite number of worlds, and when his friends inquired what ailed him, "Is it not worthy of tears," he said, "that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?"

lol dude a sissy cryin n poo poo

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:55

paranoid randroid: Mar 4, 2007

my fave portrayal of alex da great is from larry gonick's cartoon history books, where hes this wide eyed fresh faced fella who goes "gosh! how novel" as elephants step on all of his guys

# ? Nov 24, 2014 06:57

hohhat: Sep 25, 2014

paranoid randroid posted:

my fave portrayal of alex da great is from larry gonick's cartoon history books, where hes this wide eyed fresh faced fella who goes "gosh! how novel" as elephants step on all of his guys

A lot of depictions of Alexander seem to go with "naive, enthusiastic lad" for some reason. One of history's great pointless violent mental cases.

Romans are scumbags, but at least they created a functioning empire that lasted more than ten years.

# ? Nov 24, 2014 07:03

Ambrose Burnside: Aug 30, 2007; pensive

When Julius Caesar landed at Adrumetum in Africa, he tripped and fell on his face. This would have been considered a fatal omen by his army, but with admirable presence of mind he exclaimed, "Thus I take possession of thee, O Africa."

this summer, michael cera IS: julius caesar

# ? Nov 24, 2014 07:04

paranoid randroid: Mar 4, 2007

octavian woulda slapped the dogshit out of alexander for that "to the strongest" nonsense

succession, motherfucker. priority one. comprende?

# ? Nov 24, 2014 07:05

hohhat: Sep 25, 2014

gnarlyhotep posted:

I don't think that the leader of a movement needs to be involved in the actual fighting (it can help sometimes) but Boudicca did raise an army against the Romans and was instrumental in its execution

Boudicca is cool. In that period of Roman history the only comparable setback is Teurtoburger Wald. But for some reason history nerds are more into the white Germanic men killing Romans, not some witchy Celtic woman.

# ? Nov 24, 2014 07:06

gnarlyhotep: Sep 30, 2008; by Lowtax; Oven Wrangler

Agag posted:

Boudicca is cool. In that period of Roman history the only comparable setback is Teurtoburger Wald. But for some reason history nerds are more into the white Germanic men killing Romans, not some witchy Celtic woman.

I'll be hoinest, strong women turn me on

# ? Nov 24, 2014 07:08

nomadologique: Mar 9, 2011; DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

Agag posted:

A lot of depictions of Alexander seem to go with "naive, enthusiastic lad" for some reason. One of history's great pointless violent mental cases.

Romans are scumbags, but at least they created a functioning empire that lasted more than ten years.

when youre a wedge you can lanquish as a door stop or split the hell out of some knotty trunks

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