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What's your favourite amusingly named historical event?

The Parliament of Bats
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5%
The Diet of Worms
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22%
The Defenestrations of Prague
14
9%
The Boston Tea Party
6
4%
The Great Molasses Flood
13
8%
The War of Jenkins' Ear
32
21%
Other (please elaborate)
9
6%
I protest that this poll is anglocentric and culturally imperialist
28
18%
I agree with the Archregimancy
10
7%
 
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Postby Laerod » Wed May 18, 2011 5:08 am

But we are threadjacking Archy's thread, so I shall present the Fort Pillow Massacre. The first time I heard of it, the image of injured enemy soldiers being smothered in their hospital beds came to mind.
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Wed May 18, 2011 5:16 am

This my Joyous Entry to this thread :)
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Postby Risottia » Wed May 18, 2011 5:38 am

The Archregimancy wrote:...A century later, that would take Europe into the Thirty Years War, so, yes, I suppose you're essentially correct.
You were trying to be funny? Don't you realise there's no room for humour in an NSG history thread?


There's even more humour when one's also historically correct! :D

Anyway: there's not just the Battle of the Bulge. There's also the Beaver War. And let's not forget the Peach War.
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Postby Mahdah » Wed May 18, 2011 5:38 am

Night of the long knives...Nuff said
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Postby Bears Armed » Wed May 18, 2011 5:42 am

What about the Cadaver Synod?

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Postby Syvorji » Wed May 18, 2011 5:50 am

The most amusingly named event in history is the Fatherland Liberation War. Why? It is freedom vs. imperialists, get it? :p
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Postby Ifreann » Wed May 18, 2011 5:51 am

I remember learning about the Diet of Worms when I was about 12. Great amusement was had.
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Postby Risottia » Wed May 18, 2011 5:54 am

Bears Armed wrote:What about the Cadaver Synod?

^_^

Not very amusing... quite a plain description.
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Postby Baltenstein » Wed May 18, 2011 5:57 am

I nominate the Donner party for extra morbidity!
O'er the hills and o'er the main.
Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain.
King George commands and we obey.
Over the hills and far away.

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Postby Ifreann » Wed May 18, 2011 5:58 am

Mahdah wrote:Night of the long knives...Nuff said

That doesn't sound funny at all....:(
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Postby New Hayesalia » Wed May 18, 2011 6:00 am

Invasion of Yorkie's Knob.

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Postby Baltenstein » Wed May 18, 2011 6:01 am

Ifreann wrote:
Mahdah wrote:Night of the long knives...Nuff said

That doesn't sound funny at all....:(


It becomes funny when you imagine the events with Yakety sax running in the background.
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Postby Ifreann » Wed May 18, 2011 6:03 am

Baltenstein wrote:
Ifreann wrote:That doesn't sound funny at all....:(


It becomes funny when you imagine the events with Yakety sax running in the background.

Everything is funny when you set it to Yakety Sax, that doesn't count.
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Postby Lordieth » Wed May 18, 2011 6:05 am

The battle of bouvines.
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Postby Ifreann » Wed May 18, 2011 6:07 am

Lordieth wrote:The battle of bouvines.

I'm picturing this.
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Postby Lordieth » Wed May 18, 2011 6:12 am

Ifreann wrote:
Lordieth wrote:The battle of bouvines.

I'm picturing this.


I'm really trying to refrain from any 'slaughter' jokes.
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Postby Ifreann » Wed May 18, 2011 6:13 am

Lordieth wrote:
Ifreann wrote:I'm picturing this.


I'm really trying to refrain from any 'slaughter' jokes.

It was nothing short of butchery.
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Postby Lordieth » Wed May 18, 2011 6:19 am

Ifreann wrote:
Lordieth wrote:
I'm really trying to refrain from any 'slaughter' jokes.

It was nothing short of butchery.


It was Offal.
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Postby Risottia » Wed May 18, 2011 6:25 am

Baltenstein wrote:I nominate the Donner party for extra morbidity!

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Postby Daistallia 2104 » Wed May 18, 2011 7:26 am

Meowfoundland wrote:I always liked the Pig War.


That was one that came to my mind almost imediately as well. :)
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Postby Farnhamia » Wed May 18, 2011 7:39 am

The Archregimancy wrote:
Offenheim wrote:Also, War of Jenkin's Ear is by far the most amusing name for a historical event.


Damn... I had that one on the tip of my tongue, and had enough space on the poll to include it; just slipped my mind.

I agree that it's certainly a strong candidate, and should have been listed in the OP. My apologies.

The War of Jenkins' Ear is right at the top of my list. And invariably someone goes, "That's just part of the War of the Austrian Succession."
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Postby Offenheim » Wed May 18, 2011 2:16 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
The Archregimancy wrote:
Damn... I had that one on the tip of my tongue, and had enough space on the poll to include it; just slipped my mind.

I agree that it's certainly a strong candidate, and should have been listed in the OP. My apologies.

The War of Jenkins' Ear is right at the top of my list. And invariably someone goes, "That's just part of the War of the Austrian Succession."

Who cares, I say? It's not like the War of Austria Succession wasn't made up of a bunch of other events.
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Postby Lacadaemon » Wed May 18, 2011 2:34 pm

Little Bighorn is mildly amusing.
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Postby Tiami » Wed May 18, 2011 3:20 pm

I say the War of Jenkin's Ear is amusing. ;)
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Postby Imsogone » Wed May 18, 2011 5:59 pm

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