Yes, I can. It is not funny, unless you are a Jew.Thor Kaufman wrote: Can someone explain the funny to me? D:
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There are no 'knowns'. There are thing we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. So when we do the best we can and we pull all this information together, and we then say well that's basically what we see as the situation, that is really only the known knowns and the known unknowns. And each year, we discover a few more of those unknown unknowns.
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Ali G was funny when nobody had a clue who he was. (ie. early british interviews).
He allso pulled off Ali G in america quite well since the majority of people there
did not know how exactly they were supposed to react to an idiotic jewish hip-hopper,
austrian queer and khazakstani journalist with a heart of rural gold.
The interview with Andy Roonie (sp? 60 minutes) will
forever be funne however...
He allso pulled off Ali G in america quite well since the majority of people there
did not know how exactly they were supposed to react to an idiotic jewish hip-hopper,
austrian queer and khazakstani journalist with a heart of rural gold.
The interview with Andy Roonie (sp? 60 minutes) will
forever be funne however...
The U.S.S. Constitution, as a combat vessel carried 48,600 gallons (184,000 l) of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (fresh water distillers). However, let it be noted that according to her log, "On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons (184,000 l) of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600 pounds (5,250 kg) of black powder and 79,400 gallons (300,500 l) of rum."Superhaze wrote:Such a day; rum all out. Our company somewhat sober; a damned confusion amongst us!
Rogues a plotting. Talk of separation. So I looked sharp for a prize and took one with a great
deal of liquor aboard. So kept the company hot, damned hot, then all things went well again.
-Edward Teach
Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping."
Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of rum. Then she headed for the Azores, arriving there 12 November. She provisioned with 550 pounds (250 kg) of beef and 64,300 gallons (243,400 l) of Portuguese wine. On 18 November, she set sail for England. In the ensuing days she defeated five British men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12 English merchantmen, salvaging only the rum aboard each.
By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, and though unarmed, she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Her landing party captured a whiskey distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons (151,400 l) of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn.
The U.S.S. Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799, with no cannon shot, no food, no powder, NO rum, NO wine, NO whiskey and 38,600 gallons (146,100 l) of stagnant water.
Probably not true, but hey.
