Reveilled

What can I say? We like Bukkake! In Nagasaki we go spunky for your love!

I can't speak for the other books, but as AH goes, Man in the High Castle isn't at the height of plausibility (I know, I haven't read it, but I know a bit about it). One Alternative History book that you might like (assuming you havent read it), especially since you've said you read actual history books, is "For Want of a Nail". It tells the story of the Confederation of North America and the United States of Mexico, the two North American States that arise out of the failed American Rebellion. The best part of it is that it is written as a university level textbook on the events as if they were the actual history. It reads like a history book from another Universe. It's my favourite book evar. And if you've already read it, consider it advice to everyone else. Buy this book!

Well, if we're talking Bukkake, maybe we're looking at a stuffed crust?

I just bought my first Philip K. **** novel today. What a coincidence? But it was "The Penultimate Truth" rather than "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale", so not a huge coincidence. More of a medium sized one. Or maybe a kids' meal sized one in America. Sadly, there was no free toy with my novel. I got a

And don't tell me, they turn into a pizza after coitus. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> after coitus? Wouldn't that mean a stuffed crust pizza with extra bukkake? Useless but somewhat related information: The party on the Green Fields of Elysium will have a buffet serving only American Fast Food and traditional greek dishes. No valkyries, strictly self-service only. Free Drinks, though.

dunno, that seems like an important bit of info to leave out, don't you? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmm. Didn't phrase that right, did I? What I meant, is that that is what I'd imagine happened in between the two scenes, not that Lucas left out that important information. Who knows what his ideas behind the motivation were, but if I were Sidious, I'd say that.

I imagine that what we didn't see was Sidious telling Vader that Padme had betrayed him, that he couldn't trust anyone but Sidious and those he could bend to his will, that letting Padme choose what to do only made her turn on him, and to channel his anger into lust for power, or somesuch.

Yep, I like history. Sort of like politics, except all the spin is neutralised. Well, the crimean war started in 1854, and the UK and France were allied at that point, so 1852 seems unlikely...Waterloo was in 1815, and trafalgar in 1805, and I had always thought they had broken France's back. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmm maybe Napoleonic? Might have been 1792? Here's one possibility ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't think Great Britain declared war on Republican France until 1793, and in the account of the war I'm reading I don't see any mention of major naval engagements outside of Egypt and Copenhagen prior to Trafalgar in 1805...Hmm...

Well, the crimean war started in 1854, and the UK and France were allied at that point, so 1852 seems unlikely...Waterloo was in 1815, and trafalgar in 1805, and I had always thought they had broken France's back.

Yeah, wasn't that the whole point of William Golding's Lord of the Flies? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> :"> Actually...I've never read it. Or seen the film.

Absolutely, "My enemy's enemy is my friend" ... until that particular enemy is disposed of, then we can have a brawl over what's left. Incidentally, the world would have looked a lot different had France won a battle in Canada in the nineteenth century: that was the critical point in history when Britain gained ascendancy and the French civilization was forced to adopt things like Greenwich as the world standard ( :D ). I can't remember the battle exactly, but there was a book I was going to buy and read about it ... sometime after the War of independence in the US, and the French and British were fighting over Canada ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'd take a guess at the French and Indian War, which masqueraded as the Seven Years War in Europe. I don't remember the exact details, but the names sounds right for the description. EDIT: After checking some, the French and Indian war ended with France ceding Canada and all lands east of the Mississippi to Great Britain, and Spain ceding Florida. However, this preceded the War of Independence, and was in fact one of the primary causes of it due to the huge debts it caused, which Parliament had to pay off through taxation.

It depends on who is derailing the thread. Sometimes we'll derail a thread into a pile of crap, other times, we'll derail a thread into a lovely discussion on the evolution on the English language. The initial threads aren't so very educational, though...

Okay, then definitely not EPROM.

Some taken. Nah, it's okay, I just get ludicrously worked up over any apparent reference to Britain as England, or visa-versa. I even sent an angry e-mail to the White House once over their website's consistent error in this regard. "Bush attends Queen Mother of England's funeral?" :angry:

Hmm... ...yes, I suppose it does. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is it Dynamic RAM ... or EPROM ...? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> *shrug* Whatever floats your boat, chief. "

A division of the United Kingdom, the southern part of the island of Great Britain. Originally settled by Celtic peoples, it was subsequently conquered by Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes, and Normans. Acts of union joined England with Wales in 1536, with Scotland in 1707 to create the political entity of Great Britain, and with Ireland in 1801 to form the United Kingdom. London is the capital and the largest city of both England and the United Kingdom. Population: 46,220,955. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Blighty: Slang term for Britain. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> blighty <{POST_SNAPBACK}> On the other hand, there's the fact that just about every result "blighty" produces on Google uses it to refer to Britain: Result 1: "...Blighty was the inevitable British soldier

A division of the United Kingdom, the southern part of the island of Great Britain. Originally settled by Celtic peoples, it was subsequently conquered by Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes, and Normans. Acts of union joined England with Wales in 1536, with Scotland in 1707 to create the political entity of Great Britain, and with Ireland in 1801 to form the United Kingdom. London is the capital and the largest city of both England and the United Kingdom. Population: 46,220,955. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Blighty: Slang term for Britain.

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Must...resist...urge to...kill person...referring to England...as Britain...GRR...

Considering how often I've been chased down the street and threatened with broken bottles, I'm quite willing to count a lot of people as evil.

Hmm... Flags of the World gives the Genoan tale (though different from my version, and also probably more correct) as happening in 1190, though it also says that the earliest reference to the cross is in the Welsh War of 1277.

Hmm... ...yes, I suppose it does.

When I die, I'll either be dead or I'll be on the lovely green fields of Elysium. *shrug* Could be either. I'd prefer the latter, though. I believe in something kind of like a soul, but less like the conventional view of that, and more like something in the RAM of a PC.

If I could remember the year I'd be able to remember the king. The Danish flag is the oldest flag on record, correct? IIRC, the flag of Scotland (The Saltire) is the second oldest.

It's called the "Cross of St. George" as far as I know, and it actually is stolen from Genoa, not the Danish flag reversed. The Story goes that one of the Old English kings (of which I can't remember who) was going to crusade in the Holy Land, was given passage there by the Genoese fleet. He liked their flag so much he used it for the Flag of England.