Well, if its a sparkling trebuchet you want, you should join the Eleventh Legion of Gayus Aurelius! Bold experiments in fabrics and colors! Cutting edge of ballistic design!
Can we call it a bayonet if it isn’t from Bayonne? “Pointy thing on the end of my gun” doesn’t have the same ring.
In both cases, similar to champagne, the restriction only holds in France. If you do invade France, make sure your troops are trained in the proper nomenclature, to avoid additional war crime charges if you lose.
Nah, just pronounce the “t”, and it’s all good.
What makes you think that I was not already in my room when I made that post? Or, in fact, that I even would want to come out?
Ahh, then the French will assume it’s a mini-catapult… a “trebuchette”. While they’re snickering, you take them by* surprise:* BAM! Chunk that punkin’!
GASP
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Just like atoms of liberty and particles of independence. We simply cast them to the winds and let them do their global thing.
That’s terrible. Obviously, he should have said:
True story: when I was visiting the US I didn’t bring any toiletries with me but was happy to find my usual brand of deodorant at a CVS. The only difference (aside from no French on the packaging) was that in Canada it’s branded “Fresher than Nature” but in the States, it’s “Fresher than Freedom”. Dafuq? I guess freedom is getting a little stale there but still…
… “a tarp was hung over the ship’s name ahead of the president’s trip… and sailors were directed to remove any coverings from the ship that bore its name,” the (Wall Street) Journal reports. “After the tarp was taken down, a barge was moved closer to the ship, obscuring its name. Sailors on the ship, who typically wear caps bearing its name, were given the day off during Mr. Trump’s visit, people familiar with the matter said.”
Too soon for an I like warships that DON’T get damaged in collisions joke?
Yeah, we all do. Idiot.
When I was in grade school, and my only exposure to trebuchets was D&D manuals, I thought it was pronounced like “tree-bucket”. I think I was in college when a friend who’d studied French gave me all kinds of shit about that.
Trump thinks the courts will not allow him to be impeached:
That moron must think “high crimes” outrank even felonies. God what a fucking moron. Wait 'til he finds out what the burden of proof for high crimes is.
All the cool kids called them ‘trebs’ anyway.
Real question: What is the difference between a high crime and a felony? And if misdemeanors are impeachable crimes, can a president be impeached for possessing a joint?
I believe that the minimum bar is “Smiling on a cloudy day.”
Real answer (pulled out of my ass): “high crimes and misdemeanors” are not legal terms found in any code. They may have historical meaning and context, but in practice: they’re whatever the House of Representatives thinks they are.
I rather like “tree bucket” and i may just go with that from now on.
also a nice nod to “keeping up appearances”; “run! it’s that bucket woman!”