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Those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it, or alternatively, to make all sorts of nonsensical comments about it which are guaranteed to provide the rest of the world with endless amusement. If you come across any such comments, let the world know by posting them in this category.

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"Churchill wasn't really very pro-German, was he?"
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 13 Aug 2014. + (0) - (0) Permalink

"Who would of thought that an ancient culture could have even thought of the pyramid shape"
    (From http://wideshut.co.uk/bosnian-pyramids/ )
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 5 Nov 2011. + (1) - (0) Permalink
Was just about to add this one!
    Posted by JT on 5 Nov 2011.

"I'd rather be street-wise than know the capital of Rome."
    Posted by JT on 9 Oct 2011. + (2) - (0) Permalink

"Should i buy 2 unsigned 18th century guilt framed paintings?

2 x Paintings that where restored by William Redmore Bigg & Sons between 1853 and 56. However they are unsigned.

1is of a victorian street scene with people greeting each other and the other is of someone fishing on a river bank, both are 8 x 10" and in very old gilt frames."
    Posted by JT on 5 Mar 2011. + (0) - (0) Permalink
18th C paintings that depict Victorian scenes? These are important artifacts! They prove once and for all that 18th C artists were able to travel into the future!
    Posted by JT on 5 Mar 2011.
I have to wonder what a guilt frame looks like.

Or feels like.
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 6 Mar 2011.

History teacher, "In Egyptian society, which group of people shaved off their hair every week?" Student, "Boyzone!"
    Posted by Ghost on 23 Jan 2010. + (3) - (2) Permalink

"Who did England fight in the English Civil War?"
    Posted by JT on 11 Jan 2010. + (9) - (0) Permalink
Poles and Pakistanis, obviously :)
    Posted by Moosh on 11 Jan 2010.

"Why did William Shakespeare move to England?"
    Posted by JT on 11 Jan 2010. + (4) - (0) Permalink
Because of the lovely weather.
    Posted by Necropaxx on 13 Jan 2010.

"Can anyone tell me what the ship is called in The Mutiny on the Bounty?"
    Posted by JT on 9 Jan 2010. + (3) - (0) Permalink

"Experts agree Al Qaeda leader is dead or alive" (CNN)
    Posted by JT on 3 Jan 2010. + (6) - (0) Permalink
And that one, too :)
    Posted by Moosh on 3 Jan 2010.

News: "Diana was still alive just hours before she died."
    Posted by JT on 3 Jan 2010. + (7) - (0) Permalink