Engage The Enemy More Closely

[vin_petrol]

Surely you didn't think I would let this day pass without comment? :-)

Hurrah for Admiral Nelson and his comprehensive thrashing of the FRENCH 200 years ago today! Hurrah for jolly Jack Tar and yar boo sucks to the garlic eaters!

Clotilde will be handing out an encyclopedia's worth of factoids now :-)

Comments

[steer.livejournal.com]

I think I may go live in France for that year... or better yet Germany.

[sarcaustik.livejournal.com]

Did you read Vin someone's comment on my poll yesterday about impersonating German pen pals?

[steer.livejournal.com]

Nope -- missed that.

[sarcaustik.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/sarcaustik/553525.html#cutid1

[steer.livejournal.com]

How very him. :-)

[vin_petrol]

<accent type="Comedy German">My name is Hans Pemoschlecher, I am from Darmstadt.</accent>

It was very silly...

[steer.livejournal.com]

Did you at any point offer to share your knockwurst for a look at someone's big boobies?

[vin_petrol]

Actually, my love of big boobies is a more recent thing.

I can safely say pretending to be German is not a good way to attract women. About all that can be said for it is that it's not as bad as pretending to be Jim Bowen.

[everild.livejournal.com]

I think I may go live in France for that year... or better yet Germany.

Or instead you spend the year talking very loudly about how people bang on about the Battle of Agincourt all the time, but oddly enough never mention the Battle of Castillon in 1453. Nothing to do with the fact that this time the English were comprehensively beaten by the French I'm sure...

[vin_petrol]

the Battle of Castillon

Never heard of it :-P Clearly, an insignificant skirmish.

[steer.livejournal.com]

Does the Battle of Hastings count?

[vin_petrol]

Well, not so much, as the Normans were really Vikings who had settled that area of France [*proper* Vikings, with horns on their helmets what fought Dragons, not the wimpy, post-modern 'Scandanavians' that childeric is always going on about, that farmed and drank tea and knitted jumpers.]