Nelson!
Harlesburg
23-03-2006, 14:01
Yeah i know have NELSON 100 times over!
One Eye, One Arm, One Arsehole!
AKA
One Eye, One Arm and a Leg from the mistaken belief that Nelson only had one leg after losing one in battle(And rumour has it it was replaced with a Cannon)
11,100
Nelson is very special in Cricket for the superstition that one must keep their feet off the ground or hop on one foot when the score is on 111 or any multipe there of.
So discuss Nelson whether it is the Admiral, The City/ies or whatever!-Or don't.
http://nolantravels2.home.att.net/3engpic22.jpg
Unified Home
23-03-2006, 14:16
Came in at Ninth place as greatest ever Britons and even had a class of ship named after him.
The Top Ten Great Britons were:
* Winston Churchill - 456,498 votes (28.1%)
* Isambard Kingdom Brunel - 398,526 votes (24.6%)
* Diana, Princess of Wales - 225,584 votes (13.9%)
* Charles Darwin - 112,496 votes (6.9%)
* William Shakespeare - 109,919 votes (6.8%)
* Isaac Newton - 84,628 votes (5.2%)
* Queen Elizabeth I - 71,928 votes (4.4%)
* John Lennon - 68,445 votes (4.2%)
* Horatio Nelson - 49,171 votes (3%)
* Oliver Cromwell - 45,053 (2.8%)
His ship is the oldest commissioned ship in the world HMS Victory.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Nelson_Victory_now.jpg
Cannot think of a name
23-03-2006, 14:24
Nelson is very special in Cricket for the superstition that one must keep their feet off the ground or hop on one foot when the score is on 111 or any multipe there of.
Sometimes I get the impression that Cricket is really just European Calvin Ball...
Demented Hamsters
23-03-2006, 14:28
Sometimes I get the impression that Cricket is really just European Calvin Ball...
Oh no! He's stumbled into the perimeter of wisdom! run!
Sometimes I get the impression that Cricket is really just European Calvin Ball...
Truth. :D
DrunkenDove
23-03-2006, 14:47
The Top Ten Great Britons were:
* Winston Churchill - 456,498 votes (28.1%)
* Isambard Kingdom Brunel - 398,526 votes (24.6%)
* Diana, Princess of Wales - 225,584 votes (13.9%)
* Charles Darwin - 112,496 votes (6.9%)
* William Shakespeare - 109,919 votes (6.8%)
* Isaac Newton - 84,628 votes (5.2%)
* Queen Elizabeth I - 71,928 votes (4.4%)
* John Lennon - 68,445 votes (4.2%)
* Horatio Nelson - 49,171 votes (3%)
* Oliver Cromwell - 45,053 (2.8%)
This disturbs me.
This disturbs me.
The Diana thing disturbs me, but why Cromwell?
Kahanistan
23-03-2006, 15:02
The Top Ten Great Britons were:
* Winston Churchill - 456,498 votes (28.1%)
* Isambard Kingdom Brunel - 398,526 votes (24.6%)
* Diana, Princess of Wales - 225,584 votes (13.9%)
* Charles Darwin - 112,496 votes (6.9%)
* William Shakespeare - 109,919 votes (6.8%)
* Isaac Newton - 84,628 votes (5.2%)
* Queen Elizabeth I - 71,928 votes (4.4%)
* John Lennon - 68,445 votes (4.2%)
* Horatio Nelson - 49,171 votes (3%)
* Oliver Cromwell - 45,053 (2.8%)
Where's Jordan?!
Psychotic Mongooses
23-03-2006, 15:08
The Diana thing disturbs me, but why Cromwell?
Oh, you know. The whole slaughtering thing across the sea. Don't worry, its all forgotten about now..........
The Bruce
23-03-2006, 16:09
Came in at Ninth place as greatest ever Britons and even had a class of ship named after him.
The Top Ten Great Britons were:
* Winston Churchill - 456,498 votes (28.1%)
* Isambard Kingdom Brunel - 398,526 votes (24.6%)
* Diana, Princess of Wales - 225,584 votes (13.9%)
* Charles Darwin - 112,496 votes (6.9%)
* William Shakespeare - 109,919 votes (6.8%)
* Isaac Newton - 84,628 votes (5.2%)
* Queen Elizabeth I - 71,928 votes (4.4%)
* John Lennon - 68,445 votes (4.2%)
* Horatio Nelson - 49,171 votes (3%)
* Oliver Cromwell - 45,053 (2.8%)
His ship is the oldest commissioned ship in the world HMS Victory.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Nelson_Victory_now.jpg
I’m actually disappointed that not one soccer star was on this list and that someone didn’t include Scary Spice or someone like that. What kind of knee jerk pop culture opinion poll is this anyways? Nelson and Shakespeare really got shafted on this one.
Devilles
23-03-2006, 16:22
Yay for nelson!!!
http://images.art.com/images/products/regular/11749000/11749619.jpg
Franberry
23-03-2006, 16:36
The Top Ten Great Britons were:
* Winston Churchill - 456,498 votes (28.1%)
* Isambard Kingdom Brunel - 398,526 votes (24.6%) <--- Who?
* Diana, Princess of Wales - 225,584 votes (13.9%) ??????
How did all these guys score less than Diana?? Its sickening
* Charles Darwin - 112,496 votes (6.9%)
* William Shakespeare - 109,919 votes (6.8%)
* Isaac Newton - 84,628 votes (5.2%)
* Queen Elizabeth I - 71,928 votes (4.4%)
* John Lennon - 68,445 votes (4.2%)
* Horatio Nelson - 49,171 votes (3%)
* Oliver Cromwell - 45,053 (2.8%)
Nelson was awesome!
Franberry
23-03-2006, 16:37
Yay for nelson!!!
http://images.art.com/images/products/regular/11749000/11749619.jpg
"haw-haw"
British persons
23-03-2006, 17:12
Im sure HMS Victory was well used during the WW2 or the Falklands!
Harlesburg
24-03-2006, 13:43
The Top Ten Great Britons were:
* Winston Churchill - 456,498 votes (28.1%)
* Isambard Kingdom Brunel - 398,526 votes (24.6%) <--- Who?
* Diana, Princess of Wales - 225,584 votes (13.9%) ??????
How did all these guys score less than Diana?? Its sickening
* Charles Darwin - 112,496 votes (6.9%)
* William Shakespeare - 109,919 votes (6.8%)
* Isaac Newton - 84,628 votes (5.2%)
* Queen Elizabeth I - 71,928 votes (4.4%)
* John Lennon - 68,445 votes (4.2%)
* Horatio Nelson - 49,171 votes (3%)
* Oliver Cromwell - 45,053 (2.8%)
Nelson was awesome!
Isambard was a kick arse Engineer/Ship builder/Desgneer/Trainman who worked with Steam Engines and built the worlds biggest ship and then another bigger one and then another one.
19th Century.
Named after Mandela, though:
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/2355/nelsondonkeredit2502mr.jpg
Harlesburg
24-03-2006, 14:14
Named after Mandela, though:
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/2355/nelsondonkeredit2502mr.jpg
A Cat...
IL Ruffino
24-03-2006, 14:36
Who the hell is Nelson?
The Gate Builders
24-03-2006, 14:39
Who the hell is Nelson?
:eek:
Keruvalia
24-03-2006, 15:02
Who the hell is Nelson?
Crappy "rock" band from the 90s. Twin sons of Rick Nelson.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002858ZW.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Yes ... they actually did enough work to constitute a "best of" album.
Peacekeeper Command
24-03-2006, 15:04
This disturbs me.
Me too!
Anglo-Utopia
24-03-2006, 15:06
Came in at Ninth place as greatest ever Britons and even had a class of ship named after him.
The Top Ten Great Britons were:
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* Diana, Princess of Wales - 225,584 votes (13.9%)
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* John Lennon - 68,445 votes (4.2%)
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What the hell are those 2 on it for? Someone actually voted for them? hahahaha! What a crock of shit.
Peacekeeper Command
24-03-2006, 15:08
What the hell are those 2 on it for? Someone actually voted for them? hahahaha! What a crock of shit.
I can partially understand Lennon. Only partially, and I don't agree with it. Dianna just boggles the mind though. I am glad that it wasn't entirely populated by football stars and 15-minutes-of-fame singers though. I have hope for Britain yet!
Anglo-Utopia
24-03-2006, 15:15
I can partially understand Lennon. Only partially, and I don't agree with it. Dianna just boggles the mind though. I am glad that it wasn't entirely populated by football stars and 15-minutes-of-fame singers though. I have hope for Britain yet! Thats true. I mean, when you get the general public involved with such things, and lets face it, most people are ignorant idiots anyway, I guess the list didn't turn out as bad as it could have.
But to see Diana there, and at number 3 no less, just because she slammed into a wall in france is really annoying. Lets remember, even the day before her death she was on the front pages being accused and made fun of becuase she would do anything to get her face in any photo opportunity she could...lets not forget spitting image, people LOL
Keruvalia
24-03-2006, 15:21
lets not forget spitting image, people LOL
"spitting image"?
Di and I have the same birthday. The French media doesn't care.
Philosopy
24-03-2006, 15:22
"spitting image"?
It was a satirical puppet tv programme.
Keruvalia
24-03-2006, 15:22
It was a satirical puppet tv programme.
Ooooh. Neat!
Harlesburg
24-03-2006, 15:23
Im sure HMS Victory was well used during the WW2 or the Falklands!
Now it lurks underwater.:eek:
Peacekeeper Command
24-03-2006, 15:25
Ooooh. Neat!
It wasn't just 'neat', it was 'awesome'. And quite scary to children, too, as I recall.
Keruvalia
24-03-2006, 15:30
It wasn't just 'neat', it was 'awesome'. And quite scary to children, too, as I recall.
I'm all for anything that scares children.
Harlesburg
24-03-2006, 15:31
Crappy "rock" band from the 90s. Twin sons of Rick Nelson.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002858ZW.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Yes ... they actually did enough work to constitute a "best of" album.
Does Willy Nelson have sons?
Keruvalia
24-03-2006, 15:38
Does Willy Nelson have sons?
Yes, Lukas (b. 1989) and Jacob (b.1990).
He also has four daughters: Lana (b. 1953), Susie (b. 1956), Paula (b. 1969), and Amy (b. 1973).
The Top Ten Great Britons were:
* Winston Churchill - 456,498 votes (28.1%)
* Isambard Kingdom Brunel - 398,526 votes (24.6%) <--- Who?
* Diana, Princess of Wales - 225,584 votes (13.9%) ??????
How did all these guys score less than Diana?? Its sickening
* Charles Darwin - 112,496 votes (6.9%)
* William Shakespeare - 109,919 votes (6.8%)
* Isaac Newton - 84,628 votes (5.2%)
* Queen Elizabeth I - 71,928 votes (4.4%)
* John Lennon - 68,445 votes (4.2%)
* Horatio Nelson - 49,171 votes (3%)
* Oliver Cromwell - 45,053 (2.8%)
Nelson was awesome!
They scored less because people still remember/care about when she was alive. Wait 50 years, no one will give a shit about Diana.
Yes, Lukas (b. 1989) and Jacob (b.1990).
He also has four daughters: Lana (b. 1953), Susie (b. 1956), Paula (b. 1969), and Amy (b. 1973).
There's enough of an age gap there for his daughters to have kids the same age as his sons.
Harlesburg
24-03-2006, 15:58
Yes, Lukas (b. 1989) and Jacob (b.1990).
He also has four daughters: Lana (b. 1953), Susie (b. 1956), Paula (b. 1969), and Amy (b. 1973).
Odd how there is a difference in DOB's...
Keruvalia
24-03-2006, 16:01
Odd how there is a difference in DOB's...
Yes, well ... Willie doesn't have twins. Rick Nelson had twins. No relation to Willie.
Keruvalia
24-03-2006, 16:02
There's enough of an age gap there for his daughters to have kids the same age as his sons.
I think they do. Wouldn't that be weird? Imagine having a neice older than you.
Anglo-Utopia
24-03-2006, 16:04
I'm all for anything that scares children.
Even Michael Jackson? LOL
Keruvalia
24-03-2006, 16:07
Even Michael Jackson? LOL
I said scares them, not fucks them. :p
IL Ruffino
24-03-2006, 16:30
wakko jakko is sexy.
Oh, you know. The whole slaughtering thing across the sea. Don't worry, its all forgotten about now..........
I thought his finest moment was when he attempted to ban the celebration of Christmas and Easter because he thought they smacked of popery.
Harlesburg
25-03-2006, 04:48
There's enough of an age gap there for his daughters to have kids the same age as his sons.
He He He was that a subtle hint implying Incest?