Cough. The Normans weren't French. They were migratory Vikings (North-men) [wikipedia.org]. The Frankish king did a deal with them [wikipedia.org], allowing Rollo to be the first Duke of Normandy (the area that is now known as...Normandy, is what is currently France). It is true that they adopted the Frankish language and a lot of its culture, but Normandy was separate to the Frankish kingdom (it was eventually conquered by the French in 1204 [wikipedia.org]), and the Normans went on to conquer coastal areas around all the Mediterranean.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 24 2022, @07:58AM
(2 children)
by Anonymous Coward
on Saturday December 24 2022, @07:58AM (#1283819)
MY name is JOHN! John Mastedon. Or Mastadon. I am here, to chew bubblegum, and kick twitter ass, and, I am all out of bubblegum. Now is the time to ask yourself, who do you love? Them? Or Us? Step away from the khallow lottery queue. There will be no clean end to this. Crassus died in such a fashion, as did Manius Aquilius [wikipedia.org], a partisan of Marius, as I am sure our own Sulla can attest to. Having the molten gold poured down your throat no doubt makes one wonder if it was really the metal that one desired in the first place, or merely it's exchange value, or the power of its luster upon the souls of lesser men, like khallow. Just the reflection of the Golden Letters, spelling out T-R-U-M=P-F, that is enough to get khallow, and I believe, janrinok? all stiff in the morning. But recall, it is better to die a free man, albeit poor, than to have all the gold in the world poured down your gullet without respite. Historically proven. Greeks proved this. Never forget.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 26 2022, @05:51AM
(1 child)
by Anonymous Coward
on Monday December 26 2022, @05:51AM (#1283995)
Was not John Mastadon killed by the Elon Musk? Did he not harvest his soul, and render his bunions? I am so confused. What happened to FatPhil, and Chromas?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07 2023, @07:05AM
by Anonymous Coward
on Saturday January 07 2023, @07:05AM (#1285629)
What Soylent UID does John Mastadon have? I am curious. They can ban him on Twitter, but that would never happen on such a bastion of frozen peaches as SoylentNews. Amirite?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by pTamok on Sunday December 11 2022, @09:10PM (3 children)
Cough. The Normans weren't French. They were migratory Vikings (North-men) [wikipedia.org]. The Frankish king did a deal with them [wikipedia.org], allowing Rollo to be the first Duke of Normandy (the area that is now known as...Normandy, is what is currently France). It is true that they adopted the Frankish language and a lot of its culture, but Normandy was separate to the Frankish kingdom (it was eventually conquered by the French in 1204 [wikipedia.org]), and the Normans went on to conquer coastal areas around all the Mediterranean.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 24 2022, @07:58AM (2 children)
MY name is JOHN! John Mastedon. Or Mastadon. I am here, to chew bubblegum, and kick twitter ass, and, I am all out of bubblegum. Now is the time to ask yourself, who do you love? Them? Or Us? Step away from the khallow lottery queue. There will be no clean end to this. Crassus died in such a fashion, as did Manius Aquilius [wikipedia.org], a partisan of Marius, as I am sure our own Sulla can attest to. Having the molten gold poured down your throat no doubt makes one wonder if it was really the metal that one desired in the first place, or merely it's exchange value, or the power of its luster upon the souls of lesser men, like khallow. Just the reflection of the Golden Letters, spelling out T-R-U-M=P-F, that is enough to get khallow, and I believe, janrinok? all stiff in the morning. But recall, it is better to die a free man, albeit poor, than to have all the gold in the world poured down your gullet without respite. Historically proven. Greeks proved this. Never forget.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 26 2022, @05:51AM (1 child)
Was not John Mastadon killed by the Elon Musk? Did he not harvest his soul, and render his bunions? I am so confused. What happened to FatPhil, and Chromas?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07 2023, @07:05AM
What Soylent UID does John Mastadon have? I am curious. They can ban him on Twitter, but that would never happen on such a bastion of frozen peaches as SoylentNews. Amirite?