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W3MIV
10-10-2011, 06:21 AM
...a holiday celebrating one of the worst people ever to visit new lands. The damned eye-ties might have pushed harder and gotten a federal holiday set aside for Mussolini. Or, perhaps, the Spaniards might have bullied Congress to create a Conquistador Day.

All Columbus ever did was decimate native populations with diseases and enslave them for his masters in Europe.

:rant:
NQ6U
10-10-2011, 09:50 AM
Better watch out, Albi. You might wake up with a horse's head in your bed tomorrow.
suddenseer
10-10-2011, 10:44 AM
Left by a gentleman with "the" as his middle name?
NQ6U
10-10-2011, 10:47 AM
Left by a gentleman with "the" as his middle name?

Vinnie "The Ham" Sanfilipo: Leave the mic, take the canoli.
suddenseer
10-10-2011, 11:01 AM
Only in Amurika would we honor a white guy who was lost, who 'found' people who were not lost. I understand the male ego thing about not admitting being lost while traveling. Today, we should honor our founding fathers.

http://cherokeeartist.net/Images/11x14 18x24/Founding Fathers (Small).jpg
suddenseer
10-10-2011, 11:05 AM
Vinnie "The Ham" Sanfilipo: Leave the mic, take the canoli. I admire people who are guided by their priorities :yum:
N7YA
10-10-2011, 08:55 PM
I truly and most sincerely mean this from the top to the bottom of my heart...


Fuck Christopher Columbus. Fuck him with all the native weaponry all the early nations could muster. Fuck him with all the previous history that was here LONG before his treacherous ass arrived...both native AND european...oh, AND polynesian/asian, etc...just plain fuck that guy, and his scoundrel crew.


He was not the first european, that is a well known fact since 1960. And above all else, he was nothing more than a white devil in a land only new to him...so what im trying to say is this.

Im not happy that my bank is closed today because of this asshole, my paycheck still hasnt cleared. Thanks, you fluffy-pantaloon wearing dick.


Ok gents, thanks for that podium...back to you. :)
K7SGJ
10-10-2011, 09:02 PM
I truly and most sincerely mean this from the top to the bottom of my heart...


Fuck Christopher Columbus. Fuck him with all the native weaponry all the early nations could muster. Fuck him with all the previous history that was here LONG before his treacherous ass arrived...both native AND european...oh, AND polynesian/asian, etc...just plain fuck that guy, and his scoundrel crew.


He was not the first european, that is a well known fact since 1960. And above all else, he was nothing more than a white devil in a land only new to him...so what im trying to say is this.

Im not happy that my bank is closed today because of this asshole, my paycheck still hasnt cleared. Thanks, you fluffy-pantaloon wearing dick.


Ok gents, thanks for that podium...back to you. :)


I wouldn't hold my breath for an invite to join the Knights of Columbus if I were you.
N7YA
10-10-2011, 09:03 PM
:lol: Its ok, im 95% decended from the other seriously treacherous race...the English.
K7SGJ
10-10-2011, 09:06 PM
Holy shit, you're doomed. The gods will probably strand you in LV till the end of eternity.
NA4BH
10-10-2011, 09:07 PM
I wouldn't hold my breath for an invite to join the Knights of Columbus if I were you.

Disregard the application in the mail.
N7YA
10-10-2011, 09:08 PM
Holy shit, you're doomed. The gods will probably strand you in LV till the end of eternity.


:shock: !!


IRISH!! I meant im Irish!
K7SGJ
10-10-2011, 09:20 PM
Blarney. You and them little leprechauns are still in deep green shit.
N7YA
10-11-2011, 12:21 AM
Thats fine, as long as i can get the hell out of this dump eventually! :yes:
kc7jty
10-11-2011, 12:56 AM
You people are sick. Columbus brought the knowledge of their creator to millions of unwashed savages. Not his fault they didn't all embrace him.
W4GPL
10-11-2011, 01:05 AM
It's an all but dead holiday. If Wall St isn't closed, it ain't a holiday. ;) Most people seem to recognize Columbus for what he actually was..
NQ6U
10-11-2011, 01:08 AM
Most people seem to recognize Columbus for what he actually was..

A confused guinea who never even knew what he'd stumbled upon. But, hell, that could describe a large portion of my own family.
n2ize
10-11-2011, 01:51 AM
But if it wasn't for Columbus we would have never found out the earth was round. And if it wasn't for Columbus America would never have been discovered and wouldn't be attacking the whole world today. Let's hear it for Columbus.
NQ6U
10-11-2011, 01:57 AM
Who says the world is round? Looks flat to me and if it were round, all the Chinese would fall off.
n2ize
10-11-2011, 09:00 AM
Just remember, Columbus is a fellow paesan.
W3MIV
10-11-2011, 09:05 AM
Just remember, Columbus is a fellow paesan.

One presumes you mean "paisano," which is Spanish, not Italian. Ergo, Columbus was no paisano.
n2ize
10-11-2011, 09:51 AM
One presumes you mean "paisano," which is Spanish, not Italian. Ergo, Columbus was no paisano.

I believe it stems from the word "paesano" which in Italian means a person of a :"country" or "town" or "village"
KG4CGC
10-11-2011, 10:50 AM
Who says the world is round? Looks flat to me and if it were round, all the Chinese would fall off.
She's a round lika my head! POW!
She's a flat lika you head.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD6Solpy4aQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD6Solpy4aQ
W3MIV
10-11-2011, 10:56 AM
I believe it stems from the word "paesano" which in Italian means a person of a :"country" or "town" or "village"

It is actually from Latin, "pagus." The same corruption passed through French into Spanish, Portuguese, Italian.
NQ6U
10-11-2011, 11:02 AM
pai·sa·no (phttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/imacr.gif-zähttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/prime.gifnhttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/omacr.gif) also pai·san (-zänhttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/prime.gif)n. pl. pai·sa·nos also pai·sans

1. A countryman; a compatriot.
2. Slang A friend; a pal.



peasant; see peasant.]

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Also used by Spanish speakers, BTW; Italian and Spanish have many similarities.
W3MIV
10-11-2011, 11:05 AM
The Romance tongues all stem from Latin. English stems mostly from German. Says something about us.
NQ6U
10-11-2011, 11:14 AM
The Romance tongues all stem from Latin. English stems mostly from German. Says something about us.

RR on all counts, Albi, although Italian and Spanish are more closely related to each other than either one of them is to French. While I'm not fluent in any of them, I know a little Italian, a bit more Spanish and I studied French (pretty much against my will) when I was in middle school.
K7SGJ
10-11-2011, 11:28 AM
RR on all counts, Albi, although Italian and Spanish are more closely related to each other than either one of them is to French. While I'm not fluent in any of them, I know a little Italian, a bit more Spanish and I studied French (pretty much against my will) when I was in middle school.

por quoi
W1GUH
10-11-2011, 12:00 PM
In Fourteen-ninety-two.
Columbus sailed the blue.
He hit a rock
And split his cock
And pissed all over the crew.

Anon. 3rd grade verse.
W3MIV
10-11-2011, 12:02 PM
por quoi

Say whut?
K7SGJ
10-11-2011, 12:20 PM
Say whut?

Hey, it's all the French I know; and I've only been able to use it twice in over 50 years.
KG4CGC
10-11-2011, 12:30 PM
http://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/a000db49bf43e9fd186fd1d998e26452?ref=nf
kc7jty
10-11-2011, 02:05 PM
Say whut?
por que in Spanish
with ? = why
without ? = because

Anyone who is fluent in correct Spanish can pretty well understand written Italian & Portuguese if given time to ponder it, as well as take some decent jabs at French.
KG4CGC
10-11-2011, 02:16 PM
In el espanol, inanimate objects take on masculine or feminine nounular traits.
W3MIV
10-11-2011, 02:17 PM
por que in Spanish
with ? = why
without ? = because

Anyone who is fluent in correct Spanish can pretty well understand written Italian & Portuguese if given time to ponder it, as well as take some decent jabs at French.

The comment I made was in reference to a post that was half Spanish and half French. Take another look.
NQ6U
10-11-2011, 02:22 PM
In el espanol, inanimate objects take on masculine or feminine nounular traits.

En Español (as well as French, Italian, Portuguese and probably some other Latin language I'm forgetting) all nouns are either masculine or feminine.
kc7jty
10-11-2011, 02:27 PM
Ese tren = that train (masculine)
Esa casa = that house (feminine)
Eso es correcto = than is correct (neuter)
KG4CGC
10-11-2011, 02:27 PM
En Español (as well as French, Italian, Portuguese and probably some other Latin language I'm forgetting) all nouns are either masculine or feminine.
Yeah. And?
kc7jty
10-11-2011, 02:32 PM
The comment I made was in reference to a post that was half Spanish and half French. Take another look.
my assumption it was French got me into trouble.
KG4CGC
10-11-2011, 02:40 PM
my assumption it was French got me into trouble.
Did you say, French?


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/967e5d99.jpg
W3WN
10-11-2011, 02:41 PM
Who says the world is round? Looks flat to me and if it were round, all the Chinese would fall off.It's OK. They're speaking Chinese.
N7YA
10-11-2011, 03:28 PM
I believe it stems from the word "paesano" which in Italian means a person of a :"country" or "town" or "village"

You're taking on Albi in this matter? Are you nuts?
W1GUH
10-11-2011, 05:01 PM
En Español (as well as French, Italian, Portuguese and probably some other Latin language I'm forgetting) all nouns are either masculine or feminine.

There's at least one African language (forget which one) that has the same characteristic.
KC2UGV
10-21-2011, 11:13 AM
Ese tren = that train (masculine)
Esa casa = that house (feminine)
Eso es correcto = than is correct (neuter)

You mean el or la, right? Ese and Esa are "is" in various conjugates.
kc7jty
10-21-2011, 01:59 PM
You mean el or la, right? Ese and Esa are "is" in various conjugates.
NON!
W3MIV
10-21-2011, 02:01 PM
NON!

Ah, the dialogue of Marcel Marceau in Silent Movie. A great line!
N7YA
10-21-2011, 05:17 PM
Or Teller, from Penn and Teller, of course. Talkative feller that Teller.