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Napoleon Bonaparte
Ultimate Pheer:
I happen to like the guy.
He did a LOT of work, and conquered quite a bit. We can learn much from his example. Like "Don't invade Russia in the winter" and "Don't sell a single country most of a continent" and that taking over the world is totally cool, until you lose. And then there was the time he stood in front of the entire french army after returning from exile, dared them to shoot him, and they all promptly joined him.
RedRoach:
Oh, and BTW, he isn't as short as people think he is.
Napoleon's height in English meters is 5" 2, but French meters at the time were slightly larger, marking Napoleon as 5" 7, which by today's standards is somewhat short. At the time though, 5" 7 was slightly above average.
Of course, with France conquering all of Europe, England was all "LOL is such tiny" and kept the joke running for a long time.
Tanya Phenole:
--- Quote from: Ultimate Pheer on November 19, 2014, 05:54:59 pm ---I happen to like the guy.
He did a LOT of work, and conquered quite a bit. We can learn much from his example. Like "Don't invade Russia in the winter" and "Don't sell a single country most of a continent" and that taking over the world is totally cool, until you lose. And then there was the time he stood in front of the entire french army after returning from exile, dared them to shoot him, and they all promptly joined him.
--- End quote ---
History just says "Don't invade Russia, unless you're coming from Asian side"
Schwalbe:
*Cough* *Cough* year 1610.
Indreams:
Year 1610... um... Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter? Jamestown, Virginia?
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