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Started by Cain, January 25, 2013, 04:23:57 PM

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Cain

January 25, 2013, 04:23:57 PM
You have to admit, the man had style.

The Good Reverend Roger

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January 25, 2013, 04:25:42 PM
Quote from: Cain on January 25, 2013, 04:23:57 PM
You have to admit, the man had style.

He also had HUGE BRASS BALLS.

What he DIDN'T have:
1.  Any sense of self-preservation or concern for his troops.
2.  Frontal lobes.
3.  Artillery.

When Kitchener has to show up and show folks how it's done, ya done fucked up.
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Cain

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January 25, 2013, 05:46:24 PM
This is true.

However, he did stop the Darfur insurgency by riding into the enemy camp and giving them a stern talking to.

Also, his religious beliefs are amazing:

QuoteHe was an eccentric who believed among other things that the Earth was enclosed in a hollow sphere with God's throne directly above the altar of the Temple in Jerusalem, the Devil inhabiting the opposite point of the globe near Pitcairn Island in the Pacific. He also believed that the Garden of Eden was on the island of Praslin in the Seychelles.

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January 28, 2013, 12:58:27 PM
How did he come to those conclusions?
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Cain

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January 28, 2013, 01:12:21 PM
Upper class Victorian Army officer.  He doesn't need reasoning, he has eccentricity.

Nephew Twiddleton

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January 28, 2013, 02:42:19 PM
Ah eccentricity. The state of being wealthy enough that people cant bring themselves to call you the weird lunatic that you actually are. Its endearing and cute oddness.
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January 29, 2013, 05:22:05 AM
Fitting perhaps, that Charlton Heston played him in Khartoum.
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