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The Most Amusing Thing Today....

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Lisa
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Post by Lisa » Fri August 29th, 2014, 3:41 pm

Some of these are pretty funny:

44 Medieval Beasts That Cannot Even Handle It Right Now

(warning: there's a smattering of strong language)

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Post by DianeL » Sat August 30th, 2014, 12:48 am

LadyB, I'm going to have to get back to you with my giggles, because - I can't. I just can not, right now ...

Yeah, sorry y'all. ;)
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Post by Nefret » Sat October 18th, 2014, 8:44 am

Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}

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Post by Lisa » Sat March 21st, 2015, 10:19 pm

This is hilarious.

https://twitter.com/MedievalReacts

ETA warning some offensive language/references.

ETA again: ahh they added some really crude stuff, it was funnier before in the older entries :(
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Post by Lisa » Fri March 27th, 2015, 9:43 pm

I found a great blooper at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (spot the obvious mistake):
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Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Sat March 28th, 2015, 12:16 am

Oops! I can sympathize with bloopers, though. I prepared a book of my mother's old pictures for her 90th b-day, and on the front, a labeled photo of her grammar 'scool'. That thing is in the hands of every relative with my name as the author. :mad:

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Post by Lisa » Sat March 28th, 2015, 11:54 am

[quote=""MLE (Emily Cotton)""]Oops! I can sympathize with bloopers, though. I prepared a book of my mother's old pictures for her 90th b-day, and on the front, a labeled photo of her grammar 'scool'. That thing is in the hands of every relative with my name as the author. :mad: [/quote]

I know that feeling, I read over my Masters dissertation so many times before handing it in, and looking back now, the content is fine. But then I put the wrong year on the front cover!

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Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Wed April 1st, 2015, 3:18 am

I didn't know whether to put this here, or in the Richard III discussion.
A little mangled Shakespeare in the service of trade :D .
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Post by DianeL » Sun April 26th, 2015, 7:42 pm

MLE, fantastic!

The Simnel bit seems like it's GOT to be an intentional joke ...
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Re: The Most Amusing Thing Today....

Post by DianeL » Thu September 10th, 2015, 12:26 am

This is one that could go in the Annoying thread, but I have to laugh instead. Within 15 minutes of saying to someone, "Oh thank goodness - today has been so busy I forgot about that headache I've been fighting for two days" - the storm front lurched forward, and damn if I didn't have a throbbing sinus headache all the way home. And since.

I was SICK with this headache yesterday, though. So today I am choosing just to be amused, eat a good supper, have a good ale, and go to bed soon.
"To be the queen, she agreed to be the widow!"

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The pre-modern world was willing to attribute charisma to women well before it was willing to attribute sustained rationality to them.
---Medieval Kingship, Henry A. Myers

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http://dianelmajor.blogspot.com/
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