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This is, as you say, remarkable. Or nothing at all. We could do with more.

I've got a parcel full of these.

I think perhaps I have been unclear as to what it is that I am arguing. I am arguing that these patterns exist. That's really it. What the patterns mean then is a secondary exercise in reason.

Does ...

That's just it. They didn't. This is a one-off pattern native only to the 18th century. And it happens twice.
Twice is not a pattern.

Twice is a pattern when a double-told tale is itself a pattern ...

I've done the same with my glasses. :-)

The wall plug?

Indeed it depends on everything being kosher except the Pepys Diary.

Well everything ain't kosher.

It has long been my ambition to go back to the books and begin breaking down the patterns for everyone here in our group. I've just not been able to divert my attention to that project with all my fre ...

You have entered a hall of mirrors. If you assume a period of history didn't exist then you are committed to the proposition that all evidence from that period is either fake or kosher-but-misinterpre ...

This is completely new to me and I thought I was pretty clued up on British history. But I'll take your word for it. All the Hanoverians rowed father-to-son so, yes, you have a pattern there.

That' ...

Pitt the Elder became prime minister de facto in 1756 and de jure in 1766.

I erred with respect to Pitt the Elder. My memory led me astray.

Nevertheless, I believe you are missing the larger ca ...

Well, sort of

Don't worry. You reached this conclusion on a stronger basis. I wouldn't dare challenge your precedence.

I merely inferred it from my deconstruction of that period of history. I w ...

Long before.

I'll leave your theories for future generations to sort out.

1788. King George goes mad. Oddly, this is the year immediately prior to the French Revolution, in the course of which which King Louis ...

Les Miserables has, I suppose, some chance of being World No 1 in the literary canon...

I read it. Enjoyed it. But can't remember it. Only the singing.

Why don't they make square sausages, then you could just turn them over through ninety degrees rather than chasing them all round the pan trying to get them to sit correctly and ending up with half co ...

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Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Forum: British History Posted: 2:51 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	This is, as you say, remarkable. Or nothing at all. We could do with more. I've got a parcel full of these.
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Forum: British History Posted: 1:03 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	I think perhaps I have been unclear as to what it is that I am arguing. I am arguing that these patterns exist. That's really it. What the patterns mean then is a secondary exercise in reason. Does ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Forum: British History Posted: 1:01 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	That's just it. They didn't. This is a one-off pattern native only to the 18th century. And it happens twice. Twice is not a pattern. Twice is a pattern when a double-told tale is itself a pattern ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Ishmael Replies: 2329 Views: 387613	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 7:53 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Ishmael Replies: 2329 Views: 387613	I've done the same with my glasses. :-)
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Ishmael Replies: 2329 Views: 387613	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:36 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Ishmael Replies: 2329 Views: 387613	The wall plug?
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Forum: British History Posted: 5:33 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Indeed it depends on everything being kosher except the Pepys Diary. Well everything ain't kosher.
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Forum: British History Posted: 5:31 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	It has long been my ambition to go back to the books and begin breaking down the patterns for everyone here in our group. I've just not been able to divert my attention to that project with all my fre ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Forum: British History Posted: 5:30 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	You have entered a hall of mirrors. If you assume a period of history didn't exist then you are committed to the proposition that all evidence from that period is either fake or kosher-but-misinterpre ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Forum: British History Posted: 5:27 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	This is completely new to me and I thought I was pretty clued up on British history. But I'll take your word for it. All the Hanoverians rowed father-to-son so, yes, you have a pattern there. That' ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Forum: British History Posted: 5:06 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Pitt the Elder became prime minister de facto in 1756 and de jure in 1766. I erred with respect to Pitt the Elder. My memory led me astray. Nevertheless, I believe you are missing the larger ca ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Forum: British History Posted: 4:59 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Well, sort of Don't worry. You reached this conclusion on a stronger basis. I wouldn't dare challenge your precedence. I merely inferred it from my deconstruction of that period of history. I w ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Forum: British History Posted: 6:44 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Long before.
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	Forum: British History Posted: 5:52 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Ishmael Replies: 2615 Views: 506763	I'll leave your theories for future generations to sort out. 1788. King George goes mad. Oddly, this is the year immediately prior to the French Revolution, in the course of which which King Louis ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Ishmael Replies: 43 Views: 2062	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:30 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Ishmael Replies: 43 Views: 2062	Les Miserables has, I suppose, some chance of being World No 1 in the literary canon... I read it. Enjoyed it. But can't remember it. Only the singing.
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Ishmael Replies: 2329 Views: 387613	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:28 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Ishmael Replies: 2329 Views: 387613	Why don't they make square sausages, then you could just turn them over through ninety degrees rather than chasing them all round the pan trying to get them to sit correctly and ending up with half co ...