History according to WikiAnswers
I’m going to rename my blog. I’m going to call it “Stupid things I’ve found on WikiAnswers”. They have a motto over there “There are no stupid questions”. I used to believe this… before I began looking around W/A. After reading a number of the answers I’ve given up on that faint hope. Now don’t [...]
Oh and we are off and running!
Someone wrote in and made a great suggestion. Vespa Virgins for the new Church of the Holy Vespa! We could have Vespers for the Vespa Virgins to attend. Oh this could get totally out of control. Wonder how much I could sell spots in the Vespa Virgins for? I could get the donators photo, airbrush [...]
Okay so I lied to you – here’s another silly answer
I stumbled across this tortured answer to a question about what the duties of a Medieval Nun were. Of course I had to share it with you. My agony is your agony. I added the paragraph breaks so it would be a bit easier to read. Everything else is exactly as the writer typed it: [...]
Twisting in the wind
Every once in a while I see an answer to a question that has me scratching my head in amazement. The question was an excellent one: How did people keep track of the year in Ancient times? Here’s the answer someone gave: Actually, they often didn’t. BC stands for Before Christ (AD stands for Anno [...]
The loveliest airmail stamps of all go to – Greece!
As readers of my little blog know, I collect all sorts of early aviation stuff. This spills over into stamp collecting. Yes, I confess, I am a geek in every way possible – I tinker with computers, I collect stamps, yada yada yada. But oh how I love airmail stamps. I have a modest collection [...]
Well this is embarassing!
I’ve been poking around the family tree a lot lately. I’m hot on the trail of my great, great grandfather who emigrated from England to Canada around 1844. Anyway I decided to type in the name to see if there was a “family” crest. You know, the whole heraldry thingy although I realise the crest [...]
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