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Graham 24-03-2006 13:35

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Only 6 and 7 left to go...

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Originally Posted by Angua
19 The Modern Stellar Spectral Classification Scheme :google:

Alas, too late

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Originally Posted by pedantic
14) none ?

whats left ?

Nope and it's already gone

Only 6 and 7 to go

Nugget 24-03-2006 13:36

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7) Sir Robert Watson-Watt (google)

Graham 24-03-2006 13:36

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Originally Posted by Nugget
7) Sir Robert Watson-Watt (google)

Correct. Another one I am surprised took so long :)

pedantic 24-03-2006 13:37

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7) james maxwell ?

Graham 24-03-2006 13:37

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Originally Posted by pedantic
7) james maxwell ?

Nope and it's just gone

pedantic 24-03-2006 13:37

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Nugget
7) Sir Robert Watson-Watt (google)

Git ! :knock:

Nugget 24-03-2006 13:38

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Originally Posted by Graham
Correct. Another one I am surprised took so long :)

Doesn't help that I managed to spell RADAR wrong 3 times :disturbd:

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Originally Posted by pedantic
Git ! :knock:

But a clever one ;)

Well, clever in that I could type into Google quite quickly :D

pedantic 24-03-2006 13:38

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6) "The sons of the Prophet were valiant and bold, and quite unaccustomed to fear. And of all them the most reckless, or so I am told was..." A Queer ?

Oops ! scrap that

Nugget 24-03-2006 13:39

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6) Abdul Abulbul Amir (gooooooooooooooogle king today :D )

Graham 24-03-2006 13:39

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Originally Posted by pedantic
6) "The sons of the Prophet were valiant and bold, and quite unaccustomed to fear. And of all them the most reckless, or so I am told was..." A Queer ?

Oops ! scrap that

You'd better...!!! :Yikes:

pedantic 24-03-2006 13:40

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Where's the rope ? :dig:

Nugget 24-03-2006 13:41

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Originally Posted by pedantic
Where's the rope ? :dig:

Probably around your neck as we speak ;)

Graham 24-03-2006 13:41

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Nugget
6) Abdul Abulbul Amir (gooooooooooooooogle king today :D )

Correctamundo!! :D

And here's the full version (well, one of the full versions, some of them are a bit ruder!) whilst I collate the results...

The sons of the Prophet were valiant and bold,
And quite unaccustomed to fear.
And of all them the most reckless, or so I am told,
Was Abdul Abulbul Amir.

If you wanted a man to encourage the van,
Or harass the foe from the rear,
Storm fort or redoubt, you had only to shout
For Abdul Abulbul Amir.

Now the heroes were plenty and well known to fame
In the troops that were led by the Czar,
And the bravest of these was a man by the name
Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

One day this bold Russian, he shouldered his gun
And donned his most truculent sneer,
Downtown he did go where he trod on the toe
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.

Young man, quote Abdul, has life grown so dull
That you wish to end your career?
Vile infidel know, you have trod on the toe
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.

So take your last look at the sunshine and brook
And send your regrets to the Czar
For by this I imply, you are going to die,
Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

Then this bold Mameluke drew his trusty skibouk,
Singing, "Allah! Il Allah! Al-lah!"
And with murderous intent he ferociously went
For Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

They parried and thrust, they side-stepped and cussed,
Of blood they spilled a great part;
The philologist blokes, who seldom crack jokes,
Say that hash was first made on the spot.

They fought all that night †˜neath the pale yellow moon;
The din, it was heard from afar,
And huge multitudes came, so great was the fame,
Of Abdul and Ivan Skavar.

As Abdul's long knife was extracting the life,
In fact he was shouting, "Huzzah!"
He felt himself struck by that wily Calmuck,
Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

The Sultan drove by in his red-breasted fly,
Expecting the victor to cheer,
But he only drew nigh to hear the last sigh,
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.

There's a tomb rises up where the Blue Danube rolls,
And †˜graved there in characters clear,
Is, "Stranger, when passing, oh pray for the soul
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir."

A splash in the Black Sea one dark moonless night
Caused ripples to spread wide and far,
It was made by a sack fitting close to the back,
Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

A Muscovite maiden her lone vigil keeps,
'Neath the light of the cold northern star,
And the name that she murmurs in vain as she weeps,
Is Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

pedantic 24-03-2006 13:42

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Originally Posted by Nugget
Probably around your neck as we speak ;)

:cry:

Nugget 24-03-2006 13:42

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Originally Posted by Graham
Correctamundo!! :D

And here's the full version (well, one of the full versions, some of them are a bit ruder!) whilst I collate the results...

Ever get one of those sinking feelings?

:disturbd:


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