Meme Thread... no politics

Knurled. said:

Stampie said:

Knurled. said:

 

 MAYBE I had a great-great-(?)-great-grandcousin-thrice-removed who was a German mercenary hired by what would become the US.   

Sorry this bugged me. The Hessians were mercenaries for the British not the Americans. 

It was somebody, okay?  It was a long, long time ago, in a galaxy like 800 miles away or something.  The part of the continent where I was born and live now was colonial France at that time anyway.  Pretty sure, at least.  (I can legally become a French citizen!)   Nobody's cared about the French monarchy since the 1700s but for entirely other reasons.  Anyway, I qut smoking and putting adjectives after the nouns frightens me, so the point is moot I guess.

 

Somehow I recalled that the US hired German officers to train their soldiers to do the soldiery things they needed to do, and this was part of how the US almost did have an official language.  German.

I remember learning about a Baron von Somebody who helped train the Continental army at Valley Forge.

Edit: just asked my wife - Baron Fredrick Von Steuben, he was Prussian.

BlueInGreen - Jon said:

Knurled. said:

Stampie said:

Knurled. said:

 

 MAYBE I had a great-great-(?)-great-grandcousin-thrice-removed who was a German mercenary hired by what would become the US.   

Sorry this bugged me. The Hessians were mercenaries for the British not the Americans. 

It was somebody, okay?  It was a long, long time ago, in a galaxy like 800 miles away or something.  The part of the continent where I was born and live now was colonial France at that time anyway.  Pretty sure, at least.  (I can legally become a French citizen!)   Nobody's cared about the French monarchy since the 1700s but for entirely other reasons.  Anyway, I qut smoking and putting adjectives after the nouns frightens me, so the point is moot I guess.

 

Somehow I recalled that the US hired German officers to train their soldiers to do the soldiery things they needed to do, and this was part of how the US almost did have an official language.  German.

I remember learning about a Baron von Somebody who helped train the Continental army at Valley Forge.

Steuben?

Knurled. said:

Stampie said:

Knurled. said:

 

 MAYBE I had a great-great-(?)-great-grandcousin-thrice-removed who was a German mercenary hired by what would become the US.   

Sorry this bugged me. The Hessians were mercenaries for the British not the Americans. 

It was somebody, okay?  It was a long, long time ago, in a galaxy like 800 miles away or something.  The part of the continent where I was born and live now was colonial France at that time anyway.  Pretty sure, at least.  (I can legally become a French citizen!)   Nobody's cared about the French monarchy since the 1700s but for entirely other reasons.  Anyway, I qut smoking and putting adjectives after the nouns frightens me, so the point is moot I guess.

 

Somehow I recalled that the US hired German officers to train their soldiers to do the soldiery things they needed to do, and this was part of how the US almost did have an official language.  German.

Well the French were on the American side if that helps. Not that they really cared about us, they mainly did it too try and berk over the British. 

Safety first. Always use an anti-fall harness

In reply to ultraclyde :

Meh.  If the drop is too short it won't break his neck (Hangman's drops for a clean break are in the 6-9' range) and if the knot is tied securely he won't get strangled either.  It would just be very, very uncomfortable.

Since people whine about me commenting about non-meme memes in the meme thread without posting memes, I produce Xzibit A:

In reply to ultraclyde :

HaHa.  You so phunny.  That's not a Glock, it's a Beretta.

Knurled. said:

Antivaxxers know no political ideology.  You'll find them all over the political spectrum.

Would have been so much funnier without the second "political"

914Driver said:

My Dad warned me about that.  God bless that man!

AngryCorvair said:

Knurled. said:

Antivaxxers know no political ideology.  You'll find them all over the political spectrum.

Would have been so much funnier without the second "political"

Quoting this, since it's the funniest thing in this whole thread!

AT LEAST EXCEPT IS A REAL WORD

barefootskater said:

I like scheduling work meetings at 23:00 for people in the first three categories.