RE: George Washington named Britan's Greatest Ever Foe
April 15, 2012 at 8:36 pm
(This post was last modified: April 15, 2012 at 8:37 pm by Cyberman.)
I find these sort of things so annoying. Every so often we get a "Nation's Favourite..." contest, usually involving sitcoms, soaps, and Delboy Moments (if you don't know what that means, I envy you). So it wasn't "Britain's Greatest Ever Foe" but "Britain's Greatest Foe From A List Of Twenty Chosen Arbitrarily So As To Comply With Unnecessarily Strict Boundary Conditions". Even then, Washington only managed less than 2% of the online poll and only managed 45% overall after a closed vote. This is why we end up with lousy Prime Ministers.
However, I too am surprised old Bony didn't rate higher. As a battlefield foe he was a real force to be reckoned with. Also, unlike Washington, he didn't have a face like a slapped arse. I suspect that most of the voters looked at the candidates they were allowed to choose from, had no idea who most of them were, and just picked the ones they'd heard of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn9dDaJjjE4?rel=0
However, I too am surprised old Bony didn't rate higher. As a battlefield foe he was a real force to be reckoned with. Also, unlike Washington, he didn't have a face like a slapped arse. I suspect that most of the voters looked at the candidates they were allowed to choose from, had no idea who most of them were, and just picked the ones they'd heard of.
(April 15, 2012 at 8:25 pm)Minimalist Wrote: If it wasn't for Blucher's Prussians you guys would be speaking French!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn9dDaJjjE4?rel=0
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
