A touch off topic, but since it's my thread....
A Brief History Lesson...
3050 B.C. - A Sumerian invents the wheel. Within the week, the idea is stolen and duplicated by other Sumerians, thereby establishing the business ethic for all times.
525 B.C. - The first Olympics are held, and prove similar to the modern games, except that the Russians don't try to enter a six-footer with a moustache in the women's shot put.
214 B.C. - Tens of thousands of Chinese labor for a generation to build the 1,500 mile long Great Wall of China. And after all that, it still doesn't keep the neighbor's dog out.
1 B.C. - Calendar manufacturers find themselves in total disagreement over what to call next year.
432 - St. Patrick introduces Christianity to Ireland, thereby giving the natives something interesting to fight about for the rest of their recorded history.
1297- The world's first stock exchange opens, but no one has the foresight to buy IBM or Xerox.
1456 - An English judge reviews Joan of Arc's case and cancels her death sentence. Unfortunately for her, she was put to death in 1431.
1607 - The Indians laugh themselves silly as the first European tourist to visit Virginia tries to register as "John Smith".
1755 - Samuel Johnson issues the first English Dictionary, at last providing young children with a book they can look up dirty words in.
1770 - The shooting of three people in the Boston Massacre touches off the Revolution. 200 Years later, 3 shootings in Boston will be considered just about average for a Sat. Night.
1805 - Robert Fulton invents the torpedo.
1807 - Robert Fulton invents the steamship so he has something to blow up with his torpedo.
1865 - Union Soldiers face their greatest challenge of the war: getting General Grant sober enough to accept Lee's surrender.
1912 - People with Reservations for the voyage of the Titanic get their money back.
1934 - As if the Great Depression weren't giving business enough headaches, Ralph Nader is born.
There you go. My History teacher would be proud.
Crosswind technique: "Using your peripheral vision, react to body movements, gasps, groans, and shouts from the other side of the cockpit, and always remember that it's better to be lucky than good."
Room 101
by RICoder » Feb 22, 2002 @ 6:34pm 
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