Interesting Wikipedia articles?

[irocfan]

mrtwisty said:

Another quintessentially English eccentric, Alfred Wintle:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wintle

Alfred said:

I get down on my knees every night and thank God for making me an Englishman. It is the greatest honour He could bestow. After all, he might have made me a chimpanzee, or a flea, a Frenchman or a German!

The list of his quotes at the end of the article is fantastic.

an amazing character - though one one might imagine to be a bit of a handful if his exacting standards weren't met

[Usget]

irocfan said:

mrtwisty said:

Another quintessentially English eccentric, Alfred Wintle:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wintle

Alfred said:

I get down on my knees every night and thank God for making me an Englishman. It is the greatest honour He could bestow. After all, he might have made me a chimpanzee, or a flea, a Frenchman or a German!

The list of his quotes at the end of the article is fantastic.

an amazing character - though one one might imagine to be a bit of a handful if his exacting standards weren't met

I loved this, and the 19th century hoax link above. Fantastic stuff.

[mrtwisty]

cirian75 said:

Coincidence yikes!

Was not on purpose

I reading up on cases before the law lords and it mentioned this guy as a non law type winning, so I googled him

Ha, what a co-inkydink.

[mrtwisty]

I don't really know how to preface this one....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_boy_egg

[ZOLLAR]

mrtwisty said:

I don't really know how to preface this one....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_boy_egg

[FredClogs]

Democratic suicide of a small town...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca,_Nebraska

There is a Radio Lab podcast interviewing the people involved, a metaphor for the wider problems America seems to have?

[ZOLLAR]

FredClogs said:

Democratic suicide of a small town...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca,_Nebraska

There is a Radio Lab podcast interviewing the people involved, a metaphor for the wider problems America seems to have?

Looks so desolate on google maps

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@42.0411733,-100.831...

Love dropping the pin on random places around the world on google maps and seeing what the area is like!

[Jimmy Recard]

FFS. Just why would you want to eat the piss eggs?

[Issi]

I'm sure that the Chinese would ask the same about tripe or Stilton.

[eldar]

ZOLLAR said:

Looks so desolate on google maps

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@42.0411733,-100.831...

Love dropping the pin on random places around the world on google maps and seeing what the area is like!

I love the attraction there called 'Flip Licking'!

http://www.stableproranch.com/site/Contact_Info.ht...

[FredClogs]

A four line wikipedia entry for what is possibly the most important piece of software in existence, certainly the most valuable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(BlackRock)

[mrtwisty]

Another in our series of legendary British eccentric badasses of the WW2 era - Tommy MacPherson, or 'The Kilted Killer':

An excited young Frenchman said:

Chef, chef, there's a French officer and he's brought his wife!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Macpherson#French_Guerrilla_operations

[Dixie]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomer...

I'm sure many in the south is familiar with it but i had no idea about this wreck.

[TTwiggy]

Dixie said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomer...

I'm sure many in the south is familiar with it but i had no idea about this wreck.

When I had a boat on the Medway estuary one of my favourite day sails was out to the Montgomery. Even more fun if the 'crew' didn't know the history until we were close enough to see the marker buoys.

[anonymous-user]

I went kayaking off the coast of Kent earlier in the year. It's surprisingly easy to get close to, for such a dangerous wreck!

[TTwiggy]

OpulentBob said:

I went kayaking off the coast of Kent earlier in the year. It's surprisingly easy to get close to, for such a dangerous wreck!

My understanding is that if it were to 'go off', most of Thanet would go with it (some might say this would be beneficial). So you may as well get a front row seat!

[anonymous-user]

TTwiggy said:

OpulentBob said:

I went kayaking off the coast of Kent earlier in the year. It's surprisingly easy to get close to, for such a dangerous wreck!

My understanding is that if it were to 'go off', most of Thanet would go with it (some might say this would be beneficial). So you may as well get a front row seat!

My mother used to live on Sheppey (COUNCIL!!) and it was known that if it went up, you'd lose your windows, roof tiles and probably front door...

[mrtwisty]

I would imagine your hearing and undercrackers would both need some attention too.

[Jimmy Recard]

Issi said:

I'm sure that the Chinese would ask the same about tripe or Stilton.

So would I! Tripe, Stilton and eggs cooked in piss are not part of my diet

[lufbramatt]

TTwiggy said:

OpulentBob said:

I went kayaking off the coast of Kent earlier in the year. It's surprisingly easy to get close to, for such a dangerous wreck!

My understanding is that if it were to 'go off', most of Thanet would go with it (some might say this would be beneficial). So you may as well get a front row seat!

Think you mean Sheppey. Although that would be equally as beneficial.