I can’t stand it

I’m going to run away. Somewhere that has no internet connection. That way I won’t keep stumbling across such gems as this: What is one school that Mary 1 Queen of England attended? She didn’t attend schools. She was taught by monks. Most of her early life was spent in exile away from court because [...]

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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 [...]

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Banging my forehead on the keyboard for fun & entertainment

Trolling through WikiAnswers again and having a field day with the incoherence of both the questions and answers. I landed there by accident today (for a change) while looking for something else. This caught my eye: What is the culture of Canada? Intriqued, I clicked on the link. Here’s the answer: Canadian people mostly eat [...]

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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: [...]

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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 [...]

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