Countdown from 2000
I saw this on another forum and thought it was the silliest thing ever, but it seemed strangely fun as well (kind of like being drunk, I guess). Anyway, the idea is to just count down from 2000 to 1, one post at a time. The only rule, I suppose, is no double posting.
So –
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1346 AD-The French army included crossbow men. Their crossbows were fitted with cranks used to draw back the bowstrings. During the Battle of Crecy, Edward III of England lead his army against the French. The French were defeated when the previous day’s rain weakened their bowstrings which misfired or snapped completely during battle. The English had kept their bowstrings dry by putting them under their helmets during the rain. 😯
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I’ll see your 1350, and raise you a…
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Yeah… but then what’s next???? 😯 😆 😆
Treason Act 1351
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason_Act_1351
The Treason Act 1351 is an Act of the Parliament of England (25 Edw. III St. 5 c. 2) which attempted to codify all existing forms of treason. No new offences were created by the statute.[1] It is one of the earliest English statutes still in force, although it has been very significantly amended. It was extended to Ireland in 1495 and to Scotland in 1708. The Act was passed at Westminster in the Hilary term of 1351, in the 25th year of the reign of Edward III and was entitled “A Declaration which Offences shall be adjudged Treason”. It was passed to clarify precisely what was treason, as the definition under common law had been expanded rapidly by the courts until its scope was controversially wide. The Act was last used to prosecute William Joyce in 1945 for collaborating with Germany in World War II.
The Act distinguishes two varieties of treason: high treason and petty treason, the first being disloyalty to the Sovereign, and the second being disloyalty to a subject. The practical distinction was the consequence of being convicted: for a high treason, the penalty was death by hanging, drawing and quartering (for a man) or drawing and burning (for a woman), and the traitor’s property would escheat to the Crown; in the case of a petty treason the penalty was drawing and hanging without quartering, or burning without drawing; and property escheated only to the traitor’s immediate lord.
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😆 😆 😆
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This is like jacking off because your bored. You do it because you can… 😕
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