Social Meme Thread v102: Fat Chicks in Party Hats

[Yorick the Wiser]

Same here. Lmao over here.

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

 

[GearSolidMetal]

WIth every passing year she's looking more and more like her father.

Spoiler

It ain't Bill.

 

[SakurabasEar]

Watching society circle the drain is both sad and wildly entertaining

 

[Steve-French]

LOL... Bat-Thing.

 

[Steve-French]

 

[KnightTemplar]

I debunked this a few months ago, and @KnightTemplar participated in the conversation, and is now pretending that it didn't happen. Edit: Discussion in July

(1) The Romans conquered what is now Scotland.
(2) They did not proceed to occupy the country north of Edinburgh/Glasgow because it wasn't worth it (poor agricultural land and low population).
(3) Yes, Edinburgh/Glasgow, that's the Antonine Wall, which is north of southern Scotland.
(4) Hadrian's Wall is south of part of England but this is never mentioned by the kind of person who repeats these myths.
(5) There were lots of places the Romans didn't conquer. Ireland, for example. No one mentions those either.

(6) Most of the ancestors of the Scottish people came after the Romans left (conquering, in time, those who were already there).
(6) The 'The Ninth Legion disappeared in Scotland due to those crazy 'Scots'!' theory has been debunked.
(7) Note that the Scots were only one of the ethnic groups who went on to form the Scottish people today, and to call the Scottish people 'Scots' is wrong.
(8) Here are some excerpts from Wikipedia's page on the Battle of Mons Graupius, at which the combined army of the areas of Scotland not yet conquered was totally defeated, never again to face the Roman Army in open battle:

Spoiler

Estimates for the size of the Roman army range from 17,000 to 30,000... The Caledonian army... was said to be over 30,000 strong.

After a brief exchange of missiles, Agricola ordered auxiliaries to launch a frontal attack on the enemy. These were based around four cohorts of Batavians and two cohorts of Tungri swordsmen. The Caledonians were cut down and trampled on the lower slopes of the hill. Those at the top attempted an outflanking movement but were themselves outflanked by Roman cavalry. The Caledonians were then comprehensively routed and fled for the shelter of nearby woodland, but were relentlessly pursued by well-organised Roman units.

According to Tacitus, 10,000 Caledonian people died at a cost of only 360 auxiliary troops. 20,000 Caledonians retreated into the woods, where they fared considerably better against pursuing forces. Roman scouts were unable to locate the remaining Caledonian forces the next morning.

Edit: Meme:

The fate of the Ninth remains a topic of debate among historians to this day. No definitive answer has been found. Partly because the Romans preferred not to leave written records of their defeats, while the Picts didn't write down anything.

Mons Graupius was a crushing defeat for the Scots. But in the end, it was as irrelevant as the US defeating the NVA and VC during the Tet Offensive; they were still unable to deal with the guerilla warfare that followed, and eventually gave up.

Roman Legions were the best infantry in the world - as long as you allowed them to fight on their terms. Forced to fight in small groups, or on ground that limited their ability to manouver, and they had a very bad day at the office.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

WIth every passing year she's looking more and more like her father.

Spoiler

It ain't Bill.

You had me there for a second. I was like "what?" and then I clicked on the spoiler button and then I was like "oh."

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

Spoiler

Scotland was conquered by the Romans and it was conquered by the English as well. It would be better if you could just accept it and move forward but if you can't, well, you can't.

They didn't just wait though while the Romans were there, they did a bit of guerrilla warfare here and there. In those days, with the low population and technology, you can imagine it would be annoying to find food for tens of thousands of men and horses, with no fridges either to store it and only horses and carts to transport it, and march them around at 10-20 miles a day or whatever through rough terrain with rivers, lakes and hills everywhere with the enemy just running away, it would cost a fortune and the territory wouldn't come close to justifying the cost, there was very little to tax or take.

I'm afraid I'm out of memes, at least for the Overton Window on this site.

What you described isn't them being conquered though but anyway the point of the joke wasn't thag the Scots were badass and unbeatable but more so savage and stupid that the Romans thought fuck it and didn't do the civilising part.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

You had me there for a second. I was like "what?" and then I clicked on the spoiler button and then I was like "oh."

Webb Hubbell: 'No comment' on fathering Chelsea Clinton​

Webb Hubbell: 'No comment' on fathering Chelsea Clinton

NEW YORK – Is Chelsea Clinton not the daughter of Bill Clinton? That's been a rumor swirling in the dark underworld of Clinton family speculation for years. But a new book by Roger Stone and Robert Morrow, “The Clintons' War on Women,” takes the story to a new level – naming the actual...

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"Hubbell began the practice of law with the Rose Law Firm in 1973, where in February 1977 Hillary Clinton joined him as a law partner."

Webster Hubbell - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[KnightTemplar]

What you described isn't them being conquered though but anyway the point of the joke wasn't thag the Scots were badass and unbeatable but more so savage and stupid that the Romans thought fuck it and didn't do the civilising part.

That is a vile accuracy, sir! We resemble your remarks! <Lmaoo> <45>

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

That is a vile accuracy, sir! We resemble your remarks! <Lmaoo> <45>

To be fair I think it was frankie boyle buy I haven't been able to find it again to confirm

 

[KnightTemplar]

To be fair I think it was frankie boyle buy I haven't been able to find it again to confirm

It was, mate, I watched the show he told that joke on.

Boyle also famously said of the failed Glasgow Airport terror attack,

"How dare Al-Qaeda try to bring relgious violence to Scotland - you're 400 years too late, boys, and you don't even have your own football team!"

 

[Horse Style]

 

[KnightTemplar]

How do you know a Russian is lying to you?

His lips move.

 

[Kingz]

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

It was, mate, I watched the show he told that joke on.

Boyle also famously said of the failed Glasgow Airport terror attack,

"How dare Al-Qaeda try to bring relgious violence to Scotland - you're 400 years too late, boys, and you don't even have your own football team!"

I think that one is actually Billy Connolly