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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:57 pm Post subject: Hi Everyone!!
I see everyone else has started here, and what better place to become accustomed to each other than the Trojan, so i thought i would take this time to give you all the heads up on me.
I am [WOT]{C}Confused_Johnny, i live in Wales, in the UK, but i am online all the time! Seriously, i got insomnia so i can play game till 3/4am and still be up by 7am. I have four little Warriors( ) so most of my game time is when they are in bed, generally from 7pm onwards. The only online game i play at the moment is RTW, but that will soon include ETW as well!!
My name is chosen because of how much time i get to think about nonsensical things (..the insomnia..), i will be posting these thoughts here so as you can see how i tick and hopefully help "un confuse" me!!
Maybe then i can be Enlightened_Johnny!!
Oh yeah, i am like a sponge for useless information, that will be posted here as well!! Hopefully we can create a bond through drinking and laughing, which surely rank high on all Warriors fave things to do!!
To my knowledge i am going to tell you how "marmalade" got its name!
Marmalade is a fruit preserve, made from oranges, that is spread on things like toast, cakes etc. Anyone familier with Paddington Bear will know the little fella couldnt get enough of marmalade sandwiches!
Mary, Queen of Scots, used to suffer regularly from illness, and when she was suffering she would ask for her "orange preserve". Historians believe it was to cure a cold/flu, as oranges are rich in vitamin C which is used to combat the symptoms. Her maids, who were French, would run from the kitchen to the Queen shouting "Ma'am, e'h ma'lade", which i think translates as "Ma'am is unwell". Now all the local Brits, seeing them with this preserve and saying "marmalade" thought that was its name, and it has stuck throughout history!!!
Talking of Mary Queen of Scots, all you golf fans might like to know that she also invented the term "caddie", along with the first basic principles of the game. This was because she used to use young boy soldiers, from the cadets to carry her clubs, these were called "la ca'det" and it was pronounced Caddie after a few hundred years!!
Well, i must go!! I have drunk all my money, and have no means of paying my tab!!
Just thought whilst enjoying the ale, i would share these with you.
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too.
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny a clpuoe fo plepoe can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
I dunno if its the ale or me but that makes perfect sense!
Also, these are just some of the things that have been troubling me lately,
What's the difference between a novel and a book?
How old are you before it can be said you died of old age?
If nobody buys a ticket to a movie do they still show it?
If someone owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the center of the earth?
Well, i must leave for now! But have a drink on me great Warriors!
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:14 am Post subject: Hey Johnny! AEWOMSE FCTAS!
Hail Warriors of Troy!!!
Hey Johnny
How are you going mate? Hope you're not drinking too much of that fine Trojan ale
An Emperor drinks his fair share of Trojan ale throughout the days so its natural for everything to be tipsy turvy
Wow I really like that story about marmalade!! it was probably because the French ladies didn't know how to speak English well
But personally I absolutely LOVE jam, marmalade or whatever you want to call it Seeming my family is European we use jam in everything wooo!
2nd one is marvellous. The human mind is indeed an instrument of quality and I must say that it is very intuitive as well. I think the words we recognise is because how we were taught the words when we were younger and then we realise what it is even if it is jumbled up.
If you think about it for too long, for example reading slower it can be misunderstood so yes.
Anyways great work Johnny I like these facts
By the Way if the Trojan asks you to pay your tab and you got no more money then just say put it on the Emperor's tab and I get it for free so phhh
All the best, and keep on alert Warriors of Troy for anything that might be brewing that would undermine Honour, Respect, Chivalry, Compassion, Bravery and Skill.
Ok, to my knowledge, im going to tell you the world oldest joke.
The world's oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC and suggests toilet humor was as popular with the ancients as it is today.
It is a saying of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq and goes: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."
It heads the world's oldest top 10 joke list published by the University of Wolverhampton.
A 1600 BC gag about a pharaoh, said to be King Snofru, comes second -- "How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish."
The oldest British joke dates back to the 10th Century and reveals the bawdy face of the Anglo-Saxons -- "What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that it's often poked before? Answer: A key."
WOW, stand up in ancient times really aint that different to now!!
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) so most of my game time is when they are in bed, generally from 7pm onwards. The only online game i play at the moment is RTW, but that will soon include ETW as well!!
Seeming my family is European we use jam in everything wooo!
