Waste Not, Lest You In Turn...
I was just over at Q&O, and in checking my recollection of the history of Charles Martel, I realised something:
In the time since the American War of Independence - since when the United States has had a single, continuous government (setting aside that unpleasantness in the 19th century, which didn't really represent a break in that continuity anyway); in the time since Australia was settled by the British - since when Australia has moved peacefully from being a colony under a British-appointed governor to being an independent, democratic nation; in just over two hundred years France has burned its way through two kingdoms, two empires, an occupation government, and four republics. Seems wasteful to me.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 02:04 AM
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Or more creative.
Posted by: RP at August 04, 2004 04:59 AM (LlPKh)
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You've forgotten a Consulate, a Directorate, the original Ancien Regime, a Commune, and the odd period of chaos and indeterminacy.
But hey, at least before that, they had a thousand years of rule by the inbred alleged descendants of a Jewish prostitute-turned-religious-groupie.
But hey, at least before that, they had a thousand years of rule by the inbred alleged descendants of a Jewish prostitute-turned-religious-groupie.
Posted by: Mitch H. at August 04, 2004 05:28 AM (5Z3BH)
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In related news, France surrenders
Posted by: SpaceMonkey at August 13, 2004 05:08 AM (DN55C)
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