The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Library => Topic started by: Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons) on July 18, 2010, 06:53:45 PM
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1877> Inventor Thomas Edison records the human voice for the first time. 1872> The Ballot Act is passed in Great Britain, providing for secret election ballots. 1936> General Francisco Franco of Spain revolts against the Republican government, starting the Spanish Civil War. 1971> New Zealand and Australia announce they will pull their troops out of Vietnam.
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2010> Barman empties wine box.... cloud9:
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Pirate swills down 2 litres of red and cooks a chicken madras
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Miss C sees a crap film and drinks loads of collapso to dim the memory. whistle:
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Miss C sees a crap film and drinks loads of collapso to dim the memory. whistle:
Does it need dimming any more....? whistle:
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Miss C sees a crap film and drinks loads of collapso to dim the memory. whistle:
Does it need dimming any more....? whistle:
Quite.
That would be a dangerous move in my case. noooo:
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Miss C sees a crap film and drinks loads of collapso to dim the memory. whistle:
Does it need dimming any more....? whistle:
evil:
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1525> The Catholic princes of Germany form the Dessau League to fight against the Reformation. 1545> King Henry VIII of England watches his flagship, Mary Rose, capsize as it leaves to battle the French. 1848> The first Women’s Rights Convention convenes in Seneca Falls, NY, organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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rubschin: Somebody has a new book of facts
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1545> King Henry VIII of England watches his flagship, Mary Rose, capsize as it leaves to battle the French.
I bet heads rolled that day
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1545> King Henry VIII of England watches his flagship, Mary Rose, capsize as it leaves to battle the French.
I bet heads rolled that day
drumroll:
There's a museum in Stockholm, the Vasa Museum that houses a similar vessel but in superb condition. Unlike the Mary Rose it barely exited the harbour ... I think the King had a sort of Eddie Izzard moment prior to it's launch.
"No... we need more cannon, more guns, yes, pile them up, yes, and statues, colour the statues, paint them, more flags and Jam, lots of Jam... Look there's space there for more guns! Come on! Pile them up! Lovely! Ooooh beautiful.... Now let her go! Off she goes, marvellous! Doesn't she look wonderful? All those guns and stuff, flags waving... Hurrah...
Oh Bugger. She's capsized. redface:"
There she lay in the mud for centuries, but now amazingly beautifully restored.
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1525> The Catholic princes of Germany form the Dessau League to fight against the Reformation. 1545> King Henry VIII of England watches his flagship, Mary Rose, capsize as it leaves to battle the French. 1848> The first Women’s Rights Convention convenes in Seneca Falls, NY, organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
2010> Barman empties another wine box.... redface:
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Can you bring your own on Sunday, like? scared2:
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Can you bring your own on Sunday, like? scared2:
redface:
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... Lucretia Mott ....
rubschin:
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Can you bring your own on Sunday, like? scared2:
redface:
He'll prolly be hungover and smelling of baby food/vomit/poo combo.
Sit near an open window.
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The vomit smell is very difficult to get rid of. I am sure a pleasant time will be had by all providing BM is sitting down wind. whistle:
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1588> The Spanish Armada sets sail from Corunna. 1864> Confederate General John Bell Hood attacks Union forces under General William T. Sherman outside Atlanta. 1942> The U.S. Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) begins its first training class at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.1951> King Abdullah of Jordan is assassinated. 1969> Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon.
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This day: BM arrives in Epsom, goes "coochy coo" and instantly gets crapped and vomited on. LL apologises for her behaviour later noooo:
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happy001 happy001
Do you think he's nearly there yet?
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This day (well yesterday): Saw the baby - then went for fish & chips and thirty five pints of London Pride... cloud9:
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thirty five pints of London Pride... cloud9:
eeek:
Either you were very thirsty or you actually got a round in. ;)
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thirty five pints of London Pride... cloud9:
eeek:
Either you were very thirsty or you actually got a round in. ;)
Almost certainly not the latter, unless there was a blue moon last night.
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evil:
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1789> Thomas Jefferson becomes the first head of the U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs. 1881> The first volume of The War of the Rebellion: A compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, is published. 1894> The first automobile race takes place between Paris and Rouen, France. 1934> American gangster John Dillinger is shot dead by FBI officers outside a Chicago cinema.