Mongol Hordes Gave up on Conquering Europe Due to Wet Weather

New Scientist ^ | 26 May 2016 | Conor Gearin

[dsc]

Unfortunately, I don’t speak Hungarian.

[Oratam]

Te Deum Laudamus!

[SunkenCiv]

They were too busy hiding out after the ass-kickings.

[Velveeta]

I’m Hungarian as well. My parents came to the US in 1956, during the revolution.

[SkyDancer]

Cool. A couple of relatives came over back then as well.

Én vagyok egy messiási zsidó és repülni üzleti sugárhajtású repülőgép a megélhetésért.

[Fiji Hill]

Unfortunately, I don’t speak Hungarian.

Here it is in German:

Einsamer Sonntag--The Spree-Revelers (1936)

And English:

Gloomy Sunday--Hal Kemp (1936)

[Fiji Hill]

Tomorrow will likely be a gloomy Sunday out here—at least in the AM.

[SkyDancer]

Having rain and winds here now.

[dsc]

Thanks. I love that kind of stuff.

[minnesota_bound]

Proof that the hordes made it to Hungary.......

Penny: Okay, just tell me, is it too soon to join a quest to the Black Castle?
Sheldon: You were invited on a quest to the Black Castle?

Penny: Yeah, yeah, by some guys in Budapest, I’m just not sure it’s the right move for my character.
Sheldon: Of course it’s not, you’re only a level 25, the Hungarians are just using you for dragon fodder.

Penny: Really? Boy, you’d think you could trust a horde of Hungarian barbarians.

The Big Bang Theory - Danger! Danger!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epHpXuPjy8c

[dsc]

People are still playing Dungeons and Dragons?

[lepton]

My exact thought as well, considering his past and current takes.

[OddLane]

Mann is beneath contempt.

[gleeaikin]

I had read that upon the father’s death, his 4 sons became less able to coordinate an effective policy. It must have been even harder for grandsons. In addition to marshy land in Hungary, isn’t there a fairly large marsh called the Pripit Marsh in Poland? If they had to retreat to decide on a new ruler, perhaps the fact the Kublai Khan another relative was ruler in China may have made moving back there more sensible.

[rrrod]

I thought it was bad food and hairy women that made them turn around.....

[RedWulf]

The mongols left because they couldn't take Hungary’s walled cities. About 20 years later the mongols tried again. They where trashed by the Hungarians and never returned.

[RedWulf]

Most Hungarians are immigrants brought in to repopulate the country after the mongols killed 2/3s the population.

[Velveeta]

Az nagyon érdekes! Én ápolónő vagyok.

[SkyDancer]

Nővér orvos?

[Velveeta]

Registered Nurse. :-)