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Their naked, mutilated bodies were strung up on the nearby public gibbet, while the Orangist mob ate their roasted livers in a cannibalistic frenzy. Throughout it all, a remarkable discipline was maintained by the mob, according to contemporary observers
The discipline was remarkable. First, they at least cooked the liver first. None of that barbaric raw stuff. Second, they limited themselves to livers. No bitter gall bladders. Reduced the risk of prion diseases by avoiding the brain. That's outstanding discipline!
How dare you call us deranged savages! We are civilized savages. Now get me the presidents leg bone I wish to make it into a boneware set.
Jesus christ
To shreds you say?
Today I learned the Dutch had a Republic throughout the 17th century. Sure, the House of Orange held a huge amount of positions and power, but still. A European republic before France (other than the brief period for Britain I suppose)
Venice was also still around.
Fair
Does Iceland count? They've had a parliament since 930 CE.
Ate his liver, you say?
Tsk tsk tsk. And how's his brother holding up?
Ate his liver, you say?
"On December 17, 1967, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming in rough conditions at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria. Holt was accompanied by four friends when he went for a quick swim before lunch, but was never seen again."
A quick swim that lasts the rest of your life isn't very quick and if you die then your swim wasn't really before lunch. Edit: maybe if your friends don't skip lunch
Shortly after this, the Guide was taken over by Mega-dodo Publications of Ursa Minor Beta, thus putting the whole thing on a very sound financial footing, and allowing the fourth editor, Lig Lury Jr, to embark on lunch-breaks of such breathtaking scope that even the efforts of recent editors, who have started undertaking sponsored lunch-breaks for charity, seem like mere sandwiches in comparison.
In fact, Lig never formally resigned his editorship – he merely left his office late one morning and has never since returned. Though well over a century has now passed, many members of the Guide staff still retain the romantic notion that he has simply popped out for a ham croissant, and will yet return to put in a solid afternoon’s work.
On 17 November, Fujimori traveled from Brunei to Tokyo, where he submitted his presidential resignation via fax. Congress refused to accept his resignation, instead voting 62–9 to remove Fujimori from office on the grounds that he was "permanently morally disabled."
We decide when you leave, not you.
I was only 13 when he became the leader of Peru and I was really confused as a stupid American kid how a Japanese guy could run Peru.