One of those odd things that turn up while mooching around t'interwebz - Wojtk the Polish Army Brown Bear
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)[^] Whilst reflecting on the day and all that it represents, I was link hopping around wikipedia and found the above link....long story short - Polish army adopt an orphaned brown bear, put him to work moving ammunition at Monte Cassino, fed him beer and fags, teach him to salute and event draft him as an official private so he could board a British transport ship....
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)[^] Whilst reflecting on the day and all that it represents, I was link hopping around wikipedia and found the above link....long story short - Polish army adopt an orphaned brown bear, put him to work moving ammunition at Monte Cassino, fed him beer and fags, teach him to salute and event draft him as an official private so he could board a British transport ship....
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
King Neptune[^] A pig, born the same year. Raised over $200 million (in today's money) to build battleships. I don't really understand how that works, but it seems they kept auctioning off bits of him, but nobody ever got the bit they bought. An officer in the US Navy he was buried with full military honours.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)[^] Whilst reflecting on the day and all that it represents, I was link hopping around wikipedia and found the above link....long story short - Polish army adopt an orphaned brown bear, put him to work moving ammunition at Monte Cassino, fed him beer and fags, teach him to salute and event draft him as an official private so he could board a British transport ship....
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
The Colonel-inchief of the Norwegian Royal Guard is stationed in Edinburgh[^].
========================================================= I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka. =========================================================
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)[^] Whilst reflecting on the day and all that it represents, I was link hopping around wikipedia and found the above link....long story short - Polish army adopt an orphaned brown bear, put him to work moving ammunition at Monte Cassino, fed him beer and fags, teach him to salute and event draft him as an official private so he could board a British transport ship....
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
Busy Much?
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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Busy Much?
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
It's your fault for the remembrance post. :)
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The Colonel-inchief of the Norwegian Royal Guard is stationed in Edinburgh[^].
========================================================= I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka. =========================================================
The worrying bit is: "He is the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian army" It's the "...in the Norwegian army" bit - it implies that Norway is in the habit of knighting penguins. :omg:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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The worrying bit is: "He is the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian army" It's the "...in the Norwegian army" bit - it implies that Norway is in the habit of knighting penguins. :omg:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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The worrying bit is: "He is the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian army" It's the "...in the Norwegian army" bit - it implies that Norway is in the habit of knighting penguins. :omg:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
Or they penguin in the army? :-D
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"Penguin" isn't the first word that spring to mind, no... :laugh:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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"Penguin" isn't the first word that spring to mind, no... :laugh:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
:sigh:
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No self-respecting penguin would wear that hat, but the dress is quite fetching.
Will Rogers never met me.
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No self-respecting penguin would wear that hat, but the dress is quite fetching.
Will Rogers never met me.
Well, it cept you warm but thats about it. On cold days, the hat was a nightmare. And I think I must be in several hundred different photo albums around the world.:~
