How did this thread start bashing America when it was praising Londoners?
From what I saw on the news, the people in London handled the disaster very well. I was impressed with the way things went. I thought it was pretty funny that, during the press conference the day of the attack, one of them men was saying (paraphrased) "If it wasn't for the areas attacked being a crime scene, we'd be able to open up those areas and start running again!"
poppies are also well known for the poem "In Flanders Field" ( <a href='http://www.greatwar.nl/' target='_blank'>clicky for more info</a> ) made by John McCrae a Canadian in Second battle of Ypres during WW1.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-PvtBones+Jul 10 2005, 08:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (PvtBones @ Jul 10 2005, 08:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->poppies are also well known for the poem "In Flanders Field" ( <a href='http://www.greatwar.nl/' target='_blank'>clicky for more info</a> ) made by John McCrae a Canadian in Second battle of Ypres during WW1.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
more info on John McCrae can be found
<a href='http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae' target='_blank'>here</a><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> This poem was used in part by The Guess Who in<i> Friends of Mine </i>from their Wheatfield Soul album. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-lolfighter+Jul 11 2005, 12:01 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (lolfighter @ Jul 11 2005, 12:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm not sure if China counts. Because the brits had China, but not really all that much. If we go by more loose figures, then the U.S. owns the moon - both more land than anyone else as well as the only extra-terrestrial land so far claimed by mankind. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> dont you love that? you own a piece of space? or so you think. nobody can claim rights to that.. its the moon for christ sakes... not a plot. its sad the way some think.
anyway stunning day, i can still hear the rumble of the lancaster in my head lovely sounding plane
How can you not know what poppies are!? Beautiful flowers, get fields full to the brim of them - completely red. Looks wonderful. For remembrance day we generally use plastic ones though. <img src='http://www.uklandscape.net/Frank-Blackburn/Poppy%20Field.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<!--QuoteBegin-Transmission+Jul 10 2005, 06:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Transmission @ Jul 10 2005, 06:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I think the phrase you're looking for is nolite te bastardes carborundorum (don't let the bastards grind you down). <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> One of those fake, cod–Latin things that phrase! “Don’t let the bastards grind you down” in Latin actually goes: “Noli arrogantium iniurias pati” <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
<!--QuoteBegin-Brave Ulysses+Jul 11 2005, 07:19 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Brave Ulysses @ Jul 11 2005, 07:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Transmission+Jul 10 2005, 06:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Transmission @ Jul 10 2005, 06:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I think the phrase you're looking for is nolite te bastardes carborundorum (don't let the bastards grind you down). <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> One of those fake, cod–Latin things that phrase! “Don’t let the bastards grind you down” in Latin actually goes: “Noli arrogantium iniurias pati” <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> . <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I've been lied to all these years. Damn you Margaret Atwood! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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From what I saw on the news, the people in London handled the disaster very well. I was impressed with the way things went. I thought it was pretty funny that, during the press conference the day of the attack, one of them men was saying (paraphrased) "If it wasn't for the areas attacked being a crime scene, we'd be able to open up those areas and start running again!"
<img src='http://www.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/3/34/Roman_empire.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><img src='http://xenohistorian.faithweb.com/worldhis/map27.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
the orginal version of the poem
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
more info on John McCrae can be found
<a href='http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae' target='_blank'>here</a>
the orginal version of the poem
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
more info on John McCrae can be found
<a href='http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae' target='_blank'>here</a><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This poem was used in part by The Guess Who in<i> Friends of Mine </i>from their Wheatfield Soul album. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
*shrug*
The hard cold facts.... our government SUCKS... it's corrupted to the core...
we need Harrison Ford as president >_>
*shrug*
G/J England! Don't let those commie / yellow / red / polka-dotted bastards get ya down!
dont you love that? you own a piece of space? or so you think. nobody can claim rights to that.. its the moon for christ sakes... not a plot. its sad the way some think.
anyway stunning day, i can still hear the rumble of the lancaster in my head lovely sounding plane
<img src='http://www.uklandscape.net/Frank-Blackburn/Poppy%20Field.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
One of those fake, cod–Latin things that phrase! “Don’t let the bastards grind you down” in Latin actually goes: “Noli arrogantium iniurias pati” <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
One of those fake, cod–Latin things that phrase! “Don’t let the bastards grind you down” in Latin actually goes: “Noli arrogantium iniurias pati” <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> . <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I've been lied to all these years. Damn you Margaret Atwood! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->