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Luftwaffe “just wanted to see St Paul’s Cathedral”
Hermann Göring, commander-in-chief of the German air force, has denied responsibility for the devastating London blitz, insisting that his pilots “just wanted to see St Paul’s Cathedral”.
Göring explained, “We were all sitting in the mess hall talking about English Baroque architecture, and the subject of St Paul’s Cathedral came up.“Hans was saying how he loved how the lower storey of the portico extends to the full width of the aisles, while the upper section defines the nave that lies behind it.
“And Fritz said that he loved the balustraded balcony ornamented with alternating pilasters and rectangular windows which are set just below the cornice, creating a sense of lightness.
“And it turned out that every single member of the Luftwaffe was a massive fan of St Paul’s Cathedral.
“So I said, ‘Why don’t you all go on a nice sightseeing trip?’
“They were very excited by this idea, so they all got into their aeroplanes, which just happened to be Heinkel He 111 medium bombers, armed to the teeth with high explosive and incendiary bombs, and flew a 700 mile round trip across the English Channel to take a closer look.
“Wow, those Corinthian columns.
“Though they were quite hard to see amongst all the smoke and flames that happened to be there for some reason.
“And Hans tells me that St Paul’s Cathedral is 111m tall. Not as tall as Salisbury Cathedral, but still tall.
“Ja, in the Luftwaffe we are all big fans of Sir Christopher Robin. I mean Wren.”
Luftwaffe “just wanted to see St Paul’s Cathedral”
Hermann Göring, commander-in-chief of the German air force, has denied responsibility for the devastating London blitz, insisting that his pilots “just wanted to see St Paul’s Cathedral…
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I knew this would be posted here! It's awesome.
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@no-quarter be scary enough just walking on that road, let alone being driven by someone else!
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@No-Quarter fuck that for a joke. Nope, nope, nope!!
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@machpants said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
No way I'd be driven in that. Just fkn walk!
I was driven on a road that looked very, very similar to that... I was wondering if it was the same one (return trip after walking Tiger Leaping Gorge)... but the names, text on truck - don't look Chinese.
Some bits, I swear - were thinner than the thinnest bits in that video... having had landslides overnight. For those pieces - I did get out and walk. I was just looking at the "road" that was left, compared to the width of vehicle...and was, as the kids put it, "all like, nah, fuck that".
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@kruse said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@machpants said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
No way I'd be driven in that. Just fkn walk!
I was driven on a road that looked very, very similar to that... I was wondering if it was the same one (return trip after walking Tiger Leaping Gorge)... but the names, text on truck - don't look Chinese.
Some bits, I swear - were thinner than the thinnest bits in that video... having had landslides overnight. For those pieces - I did get out and walk. I was just looking at the "road" that was left, compared to the width of vehicle...and was, as the kids put it, "all like, nah, fuck that".
I did a downhill mountain bike trek in Bolivia on the worlds most dangerous road. At one place we stopped they called it Italian corner. Because some girl didn't realise they were stopping crashed and slid over the edge. Guide said they lose one or two every year. He seemed to think it was the cost of doing business.
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@mooshld said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@kruse said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@machpants said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
No way I'd be driven in that. Just fkn walk!
I was driven on a road that looked very, very similar to that... I was wondering if it was the same one (return trip after walking Tiger Leaping Gorge)... but the names, text on truck - don't look Chinese.
Some bits, I swear - were thinner than the thinnest bits in that video... having had landslides overnight. For those pieces - I did get out and walk. I was just looking at the "road" that was left, compared to the width of vehicle...and was, as the kids put it, "all like, nah, fuck that".
I did a downhill mountain bike trek in Bolivia on the worlds most dangerous road. At one place we stopped they called it Italian corner. Because some girl didn't realise they were stopping crashed and slid over the edge. Guide said they lose one or two every year. He seemed to think it was the cost of doing business.
Yeah - I did Death Road also... everybody I've met who has ever done it was always told about "the girl last month who went over the edge".
I figured it was the typical anecdote they use to make people be a little less gung-ho.
But then you see the wrecks of minibuses and shit down at the bottom of the ravine, and start wondering... and then I was literally inches from being one of those statistics. Thought I'd be a fancy fluffybunny and slide sideways to a stop at one of the rest breaks... slid a lot further than I'd expected, and stopped right on the edge, literally tottering over the edge. No more being a flash fluffybunny. (Well, not much). -
@kruse said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@mooshld said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@kruse said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@machpants said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
No way I'd be driven in that. Just fkn walk!
I was driven on a road that looked very, very similar to that... I was wondering if it was the same one (return trip after walking Tiger Leaping Gorge)... but the names, text on truck - don't look Chinese.
Some bits, I swear - were thinner than the thinnest bits in that video... having had landslides overnight. For those pieces - I did get out and walk. I was just looking at the "road" that was left, compared to the width of vehicle...and was, as the kids put it, "all like, nah, fuck that".
I did a downhill mountain bike trek in Bolivia on the worlds most dangerous road. At one place we stopped they called it Italian corner. Because some girl didn't realise they were stopping crashed and slid over the edge. Guide said they lose one or two every year. He seemed to think it was the cost of doing business.
Yeah - I did Death Road also... everybody I've met who has ever done it was always told about "the girl last month who went over the edge".
I figured it was the typical anecdote they use to make people be a little less gung-ho.
But then you see the wrecks of minibuses and shit down at the bottom of the ravine, and start wondering... and then I was literally inches from being one of those statistics. Thought I'd be a fancy fluffybunny and slide sideways to a stop at one of the rest breaks... slid a lot further than I'd expected, and stopped right on the edge, literally tottering over the edge. No more being a flash fluffybunny. (Well, not much).My wife has the cool story to tell about how she crashed on death road. They do the brakes the other way round to what she was used to; also she had never ridden hydraulic disc. So she was hammering down a fast section and thought woo a bit too fast pulled the brake flipped the bike. She was a bit shook up after that and took it pretty easy afterwards.
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to add to the fuck that files...
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@kirwan said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
So much trust in that equipment. Mad.
My main fear would be the strength of that yellow cord connecting me to the carabineers. Before I started I would want the equiv of three or four of me hanging off it to test!
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I've posted this here before...
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@hooroo said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@kirwan said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
So much trust in that equipment. Mad.
My main fear would be the strength of that yellow cord connecting me to the carabineers. Before I started I would want the equiv of three or four of me hanging off it to test!
And those ladder steps concreted into the rock, fuck trusting that!
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