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Jace:
I could probably punch someone in the clavicle and break it. I could also probably break arms, it doesn't take that much pressure to break someone's arm. Its more about speed.
bainidhe_dub:
I've learned that Google is kind of shit at paying contractors. It has been a week and a half and we could really use that check anytime now.
Iron_Fist:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 23 Jan 2009, 10:57 ---
--- Quote from: Emaline on 23 Jan 2009, 10:11 ---Bag pipes and accordians are seriously under apperciated instruments.
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I totally want bagpipes at my funeral because their sound is stirring and majestic. Only nothing about me is Scottish so it would probably be pretty weird.
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I hate to be a pedantic shit, but I'm pretty sure the Irish invented the bagpipes as most people know them.
Today I learned that my cat is a nutjob.
pwhodges:
The bagpipe is first known from Hittite carvings of around 1000 BCE, and there are also signs of it in ancient Chinese civilisation. It appears to have reached Britain with the Romans (a Roman bronze figure at Richborough is evidence of this), and spread through England (13th and 14th century ecclesiastical carvings) before there is any sign of it in Scotland (early 15th century - James I of Scotland was a noted performer) or Ireland (14th century - there were "war pipes" in the Irish contingent at the battle of Crécy). The English word "bagpipe" was first used (to our knowledge) by Chaucer.
Just saying...
Iron_Fist:
Cool, I guess I just learned that.
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