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Thomas Jefferson
1801 --- 1st US president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
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Mary Kies
1809 --- 1st woman to be issued a US patent. She was granted a patent for the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread to make bonnets.Comment
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Top 10 scenes from Conan The Barbarian:
(in no particular order)
- When Thulsa Doom asks a young lady standing on a rock face to "come to me, my child". She does. Splat.Comment
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Charles Blondin
1824 --- 1st man to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope, 160 feet above the waterfall.Comment
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Conan (con't)
- The making of Conan's father's sword during the opening credits ... anyone else notice his mom was a total babe.Comment
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Edward Smith
1831 --- 1st indicted bank robber in the US. He was sentenced to five years hard labor on the rock pile at Sing Sing Prison.Comment
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Conan (con't)
- "Let's talk over there, where the others cannot see ..." Conan leads a gay priest to an elbow to the solar-plexus and forearm to upper back. One robe to go, please.Comment
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Devon Loch perhaps?Originally posted by Kevsh
and the leader by 15 lengths is ....
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Mary Lyon
1837 --- founded 1st woman's college in US, Mt. Holyoke College.Comment
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Conan (con't)
- A drunk Conan slugs a camel who happened to be in his way.
Disclaimer: No camels were seriously hurt during the filming of this movie.Comment
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I see normal serviceComment
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has been resumedComment
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in terms of speedComment
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this is a lot betterComment
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Tim Hyer
1841 --- 1st recognized boxing (fisticuffs) champion.Comment
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Antoinette de Correvont
1843 --- 1st professional woman photographer. In 1843 she opened a Daguerreotype studio in Munich.Comment
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Conan (con't)
- Grieving the death of his slain lover, Valeria, Conan lights a torch to cremate her. The wizard asks Conan's companion, Subotai why he is crying.
"He is Conan, Sumerian. He will not cry, so I cry for him."Comment
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I used to be indecisiveComment
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but now I'm not so sureComment
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The old ones are the best onesComment
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Elizabeth Blackwell
1849 --- 1st woman to receive medical degree in US. (from the Medical Institution of Geneva, N.Y.)Comment
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don't you think?Comment
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Antoinette Brown Blackwell
1853 --- 1st American woman ordained a minister by a recognized denomination (Congregational.)Comment
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I doComment
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think that isComment
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Well thats enough of that for now.Comment
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Still a little lsow on my endComment
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Conan (con't)
Spoiler Alert: If you haven't seen the movie yet , do not read this .post
- In the climax, Conan confronts Thulsa Doom who tries brainwashing the warrior. Conan appears to be buying the dog-and-pony show until he suddenly draws his sword and hacks his nemesis' head off ... well, after 3 tries he does.
(that's gotta be a painful way to go)Comment
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enough is enoughComment
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is enoughComment
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amazing the crapComment
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slowComment
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Conan (con't)
- "And he also came to know the pleasures of women when he was bred to the finest stock".
(those of you who have seen the movie will know what I mean)Comment
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those are some very interesting facts!Comment
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Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet)
1859 --- 1st person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope.Comment
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that gets postedComment
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ules Leotard
1859 --- world's 1st flying trapeze circus act. Performed at the Cirque Napoleon in Paris, without safety nets.Comment
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in these threadsComment
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Jules Leotard
1859 --- world's 1st flying trapeze circus act. Performed at the Cirque Napoleon in Paris, without safety nets.Comment
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Yep crap is right
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Conan (con't)
- "There is warmth in fire. Do you not wish to warm yourself by my fire?"
Lucky Conan is wandering the country and runs into a long-legged Asian goddess who just happens to live alone ... and is extremely polite towards strangers.
After she tells him of his prophecy ("they said you would come ... a man of great strength") they get busy and she apparently isn't enamoured with the big boy's technique ... she turns into a ferocious pms'ing vampire.Comment
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741 posts is a pile of crapComment
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William Carney
1863 --- 1st black to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor (on July 18,1863 at Fort Wagner, S.C.)Comment
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the lavatory was invented by Thomas CrapperComment
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hence the expression 'going for a crap'Comment
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