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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 09:55 AM
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What if the Internet existed in 1066?
The Bayeux Tapestry would have been completely different, no?

NORMAN7: King Harold is teh sux0r!!1 He got a arroe in the EYE! LOL!
SAXON_RULZ: U R full of sh!t William is teh gay!
NORMAN7: Oui, mais tu francais parle maintenant! LOLO!!1
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 10:46 AM
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1. Where do they get the electricity for it?
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 10:57 AM
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3. Serfs
serfs would supply the electricity.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 10:57 AM
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4. On treadmills
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 02:14 PM
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9. No
burning them. The energy released by a burning serf is much greater than the energy an overworked malnourished serf could ever generate on a treadmill. They use oxen to turn the treadmills.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 10:47 AM
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2. ...
:rofl:
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 02:13 PM
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8. oops wrong place
Edited on Tue Sep-27-05 02:14 PM by miss_kitty
delete
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 11:22 AM
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5. luk at my sig leyen
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 11:53 AM
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6. Victorian Internet..
Edited on Tue Sep-27-05 11:55 AM by SoCalDem
These are hysterical..

http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/victorian/


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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 12:12 PM
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7. What if Julius Ceaser had a piper cub?
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historian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 02:37 PM
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10. an interesting quetions
William the Conqueror would have gone to the celtic porn sites and would have decided invading once he saw the local women of the times (and the severe lack of hygience present at the times). History would have taken a completely different turn - wonder how?
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One_Life_To_Give Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 03:02 PM
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11. Download the London Census
Neat. I could see who my relatives were in the London census of that year.
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