Toast 16,140 Posted October 19, 2020 55 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: King John got bad press. The monks who wrote the histories were pissed at him because he got the whole country excommunicated. He also took the flak for his brother's expensive Wars whilst he was regent. At least he lived in the country. Richard the Lionheart spent less than a year of his ten year reign in England Oh please! I think you mean "pissed off with him". 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted October 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, Toast said: Oh please! I think you mean "pissed off with him". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted October 19, 2020 It's not so much the grammar, but the Americanism. As adjectives, "pissed" has a different meaning from "pissed off", and I would prefer to keep the distinction. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted October 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, Toast said: It's not so much the grammar, but the Americanism. As adjectives, "pissed" has a different meaning from "pissed off", and I would prefer to keep the distinction. My only excuse is I was typing on a phone out of doors and was aiming for haste. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted October 19, 2020 End of the travels for Jonathan Swift on this day 275 years ago, aged 77. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Cornholio 902 Posted October 20, 2020 Herbert Hoover died 56 years ago aged 90 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted October 20, 2020 German born actress Annette Carrell, well known from various ITC programmes took her own life on this day in 1967 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Carell Lady Isobel Barnett died in a similar manner forty years ago today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobel_Barnett 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted October 20, 2020 Final song for Shirley Horn on this day 15 years ago, aged 71. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted October 21, 2020 Grimmy called time for Gough Whitlam 6 years ago today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Cornholio 902 Posted October 21, 2020 Horatio Nelson, from Nelson's column, died at the battle of Trafalgar 215 years ago Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted October 21, 2020 Maxene Andrews, of The Andrews Sisters, ended her singing on this day 25 years ago, aged 79. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Cornholio 902 Posted October 22, 2020 Pretty Boy Floyd, 20's gangster, wasnt such a pretty boy after the FBI shot him up at age 30 86 years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted October 22, 2020 American football player and coach, Frank Sinkwich, died on this day 30 years ago, aged 70. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted October 23, 2020 Once described by Billy Connolly as the funniest man he'd ever met, Tony Capstick died aged 59, 17 years ago today, after years of excessive alcohol consumption. A folk singer, comedian (1983 Channel 4 series), sometime actor (LotSW, Corrie, Emmerdale), radio presenter, he's most well-known nationally for his number 3 hit of 1981, Capstick Comes Home, performed with the Frickley Carlton Main Colliery Band. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted October 23, 2020 Marco Simoncelli died during the Sepang MotoGP 2011. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted October 23, 2020 End of the game for W. G. Grace on this day 105 years ago, aged 67. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted October 23, 2020 46 minutes ago, The Ashes Urn said: End of the game for W. G. Grace on this day 105 years ago, aged 67. I have a handwritten letter from him. (Not written to me, before you ask) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted October 24, 2020 Rosa Parks died on this day 15 years ago, aged 92. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted October 25, 2020 Irish actor Richard Harris's Sporting Life came to end 18 years today. Twice nominated for an Academy Award (for This Sporting Life and The Field), he was also the original Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films. He liked to sing a bit too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,744 Posted October 25, 2020 Jack Bruce was Creamed on this day 6 years ago, aged 71. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted October 25, 2020 George II of Great Britain died on this day 260 years ago, aged 76. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Cornholio 902 Posted October 26, 2020 Al Baghdadi, from ISIS, died 1 year ago today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted October 26, 2020 Keith Parkinson died on this day 15 years ago, aged 47. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted October 27, 2020 Writer Rex Stout died on this day 45 years ago, aged 88. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Cornholio 902 Posted October 28, 2020 John Wallis, from maths and founder of the ∞ symbol, died 317 years ago aged 86 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
