I bought the Book of General Ignorance last week. It is awesome. But! I get to use something from it, that is tigers can't abide the smell of alcohol. It makes them a bit nuts.
I am learning useless crap! It is one of my favorite things to do. It is well worth it. I'm slightly pissed off at their assertion America was named after a fucking Welshman though. All lies!
The first Briton to set foot upon the Americas was a member of my family: Armigel Waad (Wade), the best and most kind of parents, a descendant of an ancient Yorkshire family, Secretary of the Privy Council of Henry VIII. and Edward VI., and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, who, proficient in very many of the most important arts, excellently versed in civil jurisprudence, very familiar with many languages. discharged divers most honorable embassies and was the first English explorer of the Indies of America
As a member of the discoverers family, I hereby ask that the current inhabitants leave the Americans forthwith, and, moreover, leave it in the state we found it.
Nope, according to them, if America was really named after Amerigo, it would have been Vespuccia. The book says it was named after a Welshman called Richard Ameryk. Wikipedia says otherwise though. But then, I think I trust this book more than Wikipedia.
Still, I SAY LIES. Italians are much better than the Welsh.
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I bought the Book of General Ignorance last week. It is awesome. But! I get to use something from it, that is tigers can't abide the smell of alcohol. It makes them a bit nuts.
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Blimey Tiff, you're dead knowledgable!
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Strange but true
Armigel Waad (Wade), the best and most kind of parents, a descendant of an ancient Yorkshire family, Secretary of the Privy Council of Henry VIII. and Edward VI., and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, who, proficient in very many of the most important arts, excellently versed in civil jurisprudence, very familiar with many languages. discharged divers most honorable embassies and was the first English explorer of the Indies of America
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STEPHEN. FRY.
JmC
The Chuck Norris of the brain world
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Still, I SAY LIES. Italians are much better than the Welsh.
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JmC
Provided the tigers don't get shot at the end
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