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January 28, 2005 Some crucial bits of history A little, much needed, humour today from The Guardian. Seemingly, according to the Conservative Party, the study of history is crucial to a nation's survival - Ah, you say, but which history (or, indeed, which nation)?... ANYway.. Guardian journalist Tanya Gold suggests some important facts for inclusion in the curriculum - Britain in Brief* It's worth reading in chronological order but I'll pick out some of my own favourites - 410 Romans go home. The Dark Ages begin; Saxons, Angles, Danes, Vikings, etc arrive (see The Vikings, starring Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis). -------------------- 1265 First House of Commons sits, then gets up, citing boredom. -------------------- June 23 1348 A Gascon merchant ship docks in Weymouth Bay, bringing the Pestilence, also known as the Great Mortality and, later, the Black Death. A third of the population of England and Wales die. King Philip VI of France asks the priests for an explanation. They explain that God is angry. God is re-angered in 1361, 1368, 1374, 1379 and 1390. -------------------- 1546 Syphillis epidemic. Henry VIII implicated. -------------------- 1652 Coffee arrives, at last. -------------------- 1649-1660 Commonwealth and the Protectorate. Everyone wears black and pretends to believe in God. Great swathes of the population die of boredom. -------------------- 1848 Karl Marx writes The Communist Manifesto in the British Library's Reading Room, while eating sandwiches and drinking coffee. -------------------- 1963 Sexual intercourse begins, according to the poet Philip Larkin. -------------------- 2002 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the last Empress of India, dies. Gin sales slump; vodka sales soar.
Very good! ;)
Posted by: maca I notice the conspicuous absence of any mention in regards to relations with a certain neighboring "emerald" isle...
Posted by: Emily Didn't you read the footnote, Emily?
Posted by: peteb BTW, Emily... 1783 British lose America.
Posted by: peteb Judging from most of the commentary pages in the Guardian, the author probably considers this a good thing.
Posted by: Emily a separate section of the paper, Emily...
Posted by: peteb Emily, [humour, Mr D., humour. - peteb]
Posted by: The Devil Devil Why else would any writer try to construct a piece of humour if not for entertainment purposes? ;)
Posted by: maca Devil,
Posted by: Emily Damn censorship, Ban all censors... :-)
Posted by: The Devil Emily, Glad after all your efforts on Slugger that you managed to get somthin' right. "Texas is not an Island" but Texas is alas also not a "neighbouring emerald isle"
Posted by: The Devil peteb, i was going to let you into my place when your finished in this world..... NOT ANY MORE... you can go to the other place with the censors and do-gooders and get bored for eternity. oh and the frocks.....................
Posted by: The Devil You should be used to censorship by now, Mr D.
Posted by: peteb and what's wrong with frocks..
Posted by: peteb Devil,
Posted by: Emily Texas isn't an island. Of course not. Why would somone want to put an island in the midwest? Silly people.
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