So, this thing of ours, follows that?

Those things are so cool

Agreed. Not all companies are created equal. I really do hate lumping things into a convenient little box. My statement was more general, but thankfully, there are exceptions.

I must have misread it somewhere as to the ownership of the pig and the level of offense the British governor took [though, knowing the British style of governance, it shouldn't be a surprise they would threaten war on behalf of a subject like the had just done / were doing in the opium wars against China].

Ooh I hadn't even considered the transfer of sovereignty. I wonder if the transfer of the Guyana area to Britain affected Douglas' life or decision to move to the opposite side of the continent.

Oh! Woosh on me then

No worries. Figured you misread. And to your point, while he was born in a Dutch colony in South America, it became British shortly after.

Oh lol. Thanks for the correction.

For some reason I thought it was his pig, and that's why he got involved militarily.

The retort is a quote from M.A.S.H.

I need a bot that responds with Sir Patrick Stewart facts.

This is probably the link you really wanted.

Richard I’s brother John was the evil ruler in the story.

True, but I think the saying is meant to just say how absolutely horrific war is. Since hell is supposed to be the worst thing man can imagine.

But was it before it's time?

Yeah, but everyone in hell deserves to be there. Most victims of war are innocent.

Governor Douglas was not the farmer . . .

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas_(governor)

"From this day forth, all the toilets in this kingdom shall be known as.... Johns!"

Guano was the best fertilizer available for a long time, before potassium nitrate was discovered in the deserts of South America. Fertile land was a big problem, even up to Habers invention of making ammonia.

Douglas was from South America and not Ireland, I do believe. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essequibo_(colony)

I bet at least one historical "fact" was an inside joke that was lost to time.

My guess is Abraham Lincoln having a high pitched voice. I bet it was deep and booming but it was funny to say otherwise.

To be fair, a third of the continent looks like this. Not many natural boundaries to fight over, y'know?

That's a weird way of saying a product isn't viable.

Man look up what batteries looked like in the 60s and tell me this product would have been viable. Look up 70s batteries too before you say "well the tech would have evolved".

Ohh this does make thinks clearer. Thank you for your invite!

I think it's less the importance of Richard accession and more that Henry II reforms were the basis of English common law. I think it was just easier to point at his death as the beginning point rather than trying to work out specifically which reform began the English legal system.

I actually know of an island that would qualify, I found it on Lake Champlain not far from Burlington a couple decades ago when I was sailing. I don't remember the name, but it might as well have been called Bird Shit Island.