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Laihendi
So much anger in such a little man.
Just like Napoleon.
He must be French too.
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Sagramor
Commie fascist Nazi redcoat.
There's so many opposites in that sentence it kind of makes sense.
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184848
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Sagramor
So much anger in such a little man.
Just like Napoleon.
He must be French too.
Napoleon was 6'1"?
Not the "small" they were referring to.
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Laihendi
Dear Jaye:
We made short work out of finding your answer with a search on "napoleon height." Here's how the tall tale of Napoleon's short stature got started...
After the famous general and emperor died in 1821, his body was autopsied in France, and his height was noted as 5 foot 2 inches. This measurement was in French feet (pieds de roi) and was never correctly converted to standard English measure. In English feet, Napoleon stood 5 foot 6.5 inches tall. So the poor guy was shorted a full 4.5 inches in height.
In his day, 5'6.5" was a perfectly respectable, nothing-to-be-ashamed-of height for a man. In fact, Napoleon was actually slightly taller than the average Frenchman of 1800.
So the diminutive size the emperor is so noted for was, in fact, a mere miscalculation. And as one observer points out, "It is also probable that the men of his Imperial Guard, with whom he 'hung out,' were very tall, creating the illusion that Napoleon was short."
The man himself said it best -- "History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon."
http://ask.yahoo.com/20030724.html
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184848
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Sagramor
Not the "small" they were referring to.
You're just trying to make me tell you how big it is, aren't you?
I never said anything. They were talking about Napoleon, and I just cleared it up, don't get mad at me.
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Laihendi
Sag... what you said on vent made Laihendi laugh. Then he cried.
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184848
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Sagramor
Sag... what you said on vent made Laihendi laugh. Then he cried.
Now you know.I never said anything. They were talking about Napoleon, and I just cleared it up, don't get mad at me.
Yeah, whatever you say.
Also, you're the one that assumed what I was explaining, maybe you didn't understand the explaining, maybe you're the problem!
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I'm sorry Ivokk, I'm just trying to procrastinate on sleeping.
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Dhazy
LOL.
OLOL.
LOLOL.
Post by
Laihendi
LOL.
OLOL.
LOLOL.
NO MORE CAPS YOU ADDICT
YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO POSTING WITH CAPS LOCK ON
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Laihendi
It's true.
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Laihendi
Laihendi is alone in vent again :(
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