I haz the dums today

[historian]

I'm hoping my Site Supporter status will allow me a pass on that one...

You know, I can't think of a single college course - undergrad or graduate level that wasn't useful... There's probably several engineering courses that were less useful than my history courses. And most courses were less useful than FS470, Wine Appreciation.

And you claim to be a Baptist!!!!!

 

[Liberty1916]

Well, that is an easier family tree than the Judeo-Claudian dynasty...

And much better than the Habsburg family tree (or circle)!

Little known fact - Jay Leno is a Habsburg.

 

[JettaKnight]

And you claim to be a Baptist!!!!!

...um.... yeah...

Would it help if I said the wine was paired with casserole in class?

Well, I'm Reformed Baptist, so...

Reformed Man Under Church Discipline For Drinking Light Beer
Calvinist Missionaries Provide Remote Village With Fresh, Clean Craft Beer Supply
Study: Calvinists Comprised Of 72% Craft Beer

 

[tetter]

...um.... yeah...

Would it help if I said the wine was paired with casserole in class?

Well, I'm Reformed Baptist, so...

Reformed Man Under Church Discipline For Drinking Light Beer
Calvinist Missionaries Provide Remote Village With Fresh, Clean Craft Beer Supply
Study: Calvinists Comprised Of 72% Craft Beer

Ha nothing like some Babylon Bee links to support your position.

 

[Liberty1916]

Ha nothing like some Babylon Bee links to support your position.

The one with the waterslide baptismal was a riot.

 

[Alpo]

Think of this- I have a BA in prelaw with a history minor....talk about useless. I sold cars for 3 years...which is about what that degree is good for. Oh, that and eventually going to law school, but when I got out of college, that was, by no means, a certainty.

Used car salesman to lawyer....

....is that an upward career path?

Amazing how many members with college degrees from propaganda mills have come out of the woodwork on this thread.

 

[spencer rifle]

Little known fact - Jay Leno is a Habsburg.

He has the Habsburg chin.

 

[JettaKnight]

The one with the waterslide baptismal was a riot.

IKR? It reminds me of when The Onion was funny.

 

[historian]

IKR? It reminds me of when The Onion was inaccurate.

FIFY

 

[Liberty1916]

Well, that is an easier family tree than the Judeo-Claudian dynasty...

And much better than the Habsburg family tree (or circle)!

Just curious. Are you familiar with Jeffrey Mass and his work?

 

[historian]

Just curious. Are you familiar with Jeffrey Mass and his work?

Only tangentially. I took a couple of Asian history classes, but they focused on all Asia, so I haven't read any of his works directly. I'm sure he was probably cited heavily in the books I did read for it!

 

[Liberty1916]

Only tangentially. I took a couple of Asian history classes, but they focused on all Asia, so I haven't read any of his works directly. I'm sure he was probably cited heavily in the books I did read for it!

I'm familiar with him through a Plantagenet connection via the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles Vol 56. Mass was an avid collector of English short cross pennies 1180-1247 during his time at Oxford. Admittedly though, I know little about his Japanese work.

 

[JettaKnight]

Used car salesman to lawyer....

....is that an upward career path?

Amazing how many members with college degrees from propaganda mills have come out of the woodwork on this thread.

Yeah, even after 4 years, I was still too smart, so I had to go back again a decade later to get a refresher indoctrination.



It's amazing I survived four years at that ultra-leftist school Purdue and didn't join the Communist party. Maybe it was the Christian organization and ROTC that saved me. Or perhaps it was and the fact I, and my wife, spent our time at College Republican meetings. Although I'm sure my French TA did spout of a bunch of propaganda ... or was that just French I didn't understand?

 

[IndyDave1776]

Welp, once Texkev sees this it will be nice to have known you JK.

I for one always appreciate our Texan overlords.

Now we know the real reason why MrJarrell got banned. He made a cottage industry out of slamming Texas!

Little known fact - Jay Leno is a Habsburg.

He has the Habsburg chin.

Leno DEFINITELY has the Habsburg capacity for being an ass!

 

[Kutnupe14]

What's all this hate on the Habsburg's? Maria-Theresa is still revered in both Austria and Hungary.

 

[IndyDave1776]

What's all this hate on the Habsburg's? Maria-Theresa is still revered in both Austria and Hungary.

I am going to say that it is an eastern European thing. They weren't that well regarded on our end of the continent and most of us think first of Marie 'let the eat cake' Antionette. Well, that, and if Leno is descended from that clan, that really doesn't speak well of the family.

 

[Liberty1916]

What's all this hate on the Habsburg's? Maria-Theresa is still revered in both Austria and Hungary.

So much so that the Austrian Mint restrikes her 1780 dated Thalers to this day and sells them as bullion coins all over the world. You seem like you are interested in history. Check out the history of the Maria Theresa Thaler as official money (and jewelry) in many African countries. Interesting stuff.

 

[JettaKnight]

We've gone from McCain to university history classes to Hapsburgs to African currency in less than a day.

 

[historian]

What's all this hate on the Habsburg's? Maria-Theresa is still revered in both Austria and Hungary.

I don't really hate them. I just find their genetics to be jacked up.

Check out this guy: Inbreeding & the downfall of the Spanish Hapsburgs - Gene Expression

 

[Alpo]

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