[blam]

GGG Ping.

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Don't mean to be crass but a McBoadicea burger would be sure to bring out the independence minded in all of us.

[308MBR]

So what. This is just another example of how long grumpy, violent and hard headed Celtic women have been around.

It also helps explain the existence of the same characteristics in the males of this ethnic group. It's not so much from genetics, but due to having to live with these women.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I saw an interesting feature on her on cable, it might have been the History Channel.

[USNBandit]

Her 200,000 soldiers were annihilated by just 10,000 legionaries, ending the British rebellion.

Whoa! Not exactly a tactical genius.

[PzLdr]

Bouddica's revolt consisted of a large scale raid, the slaughter of large numbers of civilians, the destruction of a part of the IXth Legion "Hispania", her mistaken belief that her rather large band of thugs was an army, her arrogance believing that they could beat a Roman Army,and her stupidity in letting the Romans pick the battlefield. And, oh yeah, the result was delivering Britain to Rome on a plate for the next three centuries.

[Mike Darancette]

Archaeologists believe they may have found the final battle site for the warrior queen Boadicea

Crazy old white lady ping.

[Centurion2000]

The Queen of the Iceni tribe, the ancient native Britons, had a final showdown with Governor General Suetonius Paulinus in 61 AD. Her 200,000 soldiers were annihilated by just 10,000 legionaries, ending the British rebellion.

Joan of Arc would have wiped the floor with this lady.

[SunkenCiv]

"murdering and raping her family", but not in that order.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[BenLurkin]

She had 200,000 "warriors" but they were defeated by 10,000 Romans?

No wonder she decided to kill herself.

Now, the factual grounds for this author's assertions are quite thin -- and of course this battle covered a lot more ground than one measly McD's. But he can't resist a silly reference to the fast food business as some kind of evil empire. Where do all these dweezly reporters come from?

On thew other hand. If people are going to believe that their franchise is associated with this Celtic heroine, McD's should take full advantage of it and commercialize the association

Maybe have a plastic statue of her sitting next to the one of Ronald McD!

[kalee]

ping

[Psycho_Bunny]

Why isn't it legal to punch headline writers?

[zeaal]

Interesting.