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KITE HORROR Baby among six people sliced to death by ‘glass-encrusted’ strings during blood-drenched ‘kite fighting’ festival
The Sun ^
| 01/18/23
Posted on 01/18/2023 2:38:15 PM PST by BusterDog
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To: EvilCapitalist
I’m going big this year, 550+.
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posted on
01/18/2023 5:13:49 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: HartleyMBaldwin
I read “Innocents Abroad” every few years.
“Is he dead?”
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posted on
01/18/2023 5:13:57 PM PST
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: EEGator
Now we just have to remember our bets.
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posted on
01/18/2023 5:17:30 PM PST
by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
To: Delta 21
I really do think that our cultures may be slightly different. Undoubtedly.
For example I have heard any number of American children reminisce about shooting other children with BB Guns in a game of tag. Certainly not something I would have thought of doing. Shooting at anything alive was reserved for situations when your life was in danger.
Makes trying to saw through someone's kite string seem positively benign.
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posted on
01/18/2023 5:18:47 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
To: griffin
Its there to cut other kites’ lines.
To: EvilCapitalist
My nickname at another job was Rain Man for my numerical memorization skills.
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posted on
01/18/2023 5:26:43 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: ought-six
Yes, there are quite a few, and all good reads. Fraser managed to put Flashman into just about every historical situation you can think of from around 1840 until the early 1900s. I’ll always be disappointed that Fraser died before publishing an account of Flashman’s exploits during the American Civil War, though.
To: Free Louie
Where’s the videos? This has tremendous potential!
Hire OJ as the MC for next year’s event.
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posted on
01/18/2023 5:27:21 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Let's go Brandon!)
To: HartleyMBaldwin
Does he have him at Isandlwana? Or Rorke’s Drift?
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posted on
01/18/2023 5:33:36 PM PST
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: BusterDog
Among the many stupid ways to die this one is right up there.
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posted on
01/18/2023 5:38:22 PM PST
by
JPG
(MAGA)
To: ought-six
Yes, in the story Flashman and the Tiger, in the book of the same name.
To: ought-six
[No; I haven’t. Thanks for the head’s up. I’ll have to check it out. I know of Fraser, though. There was a whole series of Flashman books, right?]
I recommend Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe series for a look at the wars of the Napoleonic era, including a stint covering the British expeditions against the various Indian kingdoms and principalities that fought instead of accepting generous stipends from the Crown in exchange for their submission.
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posted on
01/18/2023 6:15:55 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
To: EEGator
I’ve been told I should be an accountant for my ability to do simple math in my head. I would go bonkers sitting behind a desk.
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posted on
01/18/2023 6:22:37 PM PST
by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
To: Zhang Fei
I read a couple Cornwell books a few years ago, but they were not of the Sharpe series and what I read was out of sequence.
This past year I have been on a Ken Follett binge. When I finish that, I’ll get into some of Cornwell’s series (if my local library has them).
Thanks for the tip!
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posted on
01/18/2023 6:51:05 PM PST
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: ought-six
[I read a couple Cornwell books a few years ago, but they were not of the Sharpe series and what I read was out of sequence.
This past year I have been on a Ken Follett binge. When I finish that, I’ll get into some of Cornwell’s series (if my local library has them).
Thanks for the tip!]
Welcome. There’s also the Saxon stories series, if you’re interested in a fictional treatment of how England came to be a unified political entity. The incorporation of Ireland, Scotland and Wales into Great Britain was to come later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saxon_Stories
It covers both human sacrifice and slavery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Britain#Before_1066
Human sacrifice was a continuation of Druidic traditions among the pagan natives, but also imported by Norse and Danish raiders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%B3t#Denmark
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posted on
01/18/2023 7:30:41 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
To: CivilWarBrewing
Ever play drone-hole? It’s a blast.
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posted on
01/18/2023 7:52:54 PM PST
by
bigfootbob
(Arm Up and Carry On!)
To: BusterDog
Yeah, but all cultures are equal, right?
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posted on
01/18/2023 8:55:31 PM PST
by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: EEGator
We had a teen in our church youth group that could recite Pi to 100 digits.
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posted on
01/18/2023 10:28:09 PM PST
by
Rennes Templar
(Come back, President Trump.)
To: griffin
I was thinking the same...
Great Scene!
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posted on
01/19/2023 9:21:29 AM PST
by
mowowie
To: ought-six
Weird customs there in the subcontinent.Yeah, but while they're at it, more sacred cows spectating at celebrations with kite battles needed.
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posted on
01/19/2023 10:46:46 PM PST
by
Ahithophel
(Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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