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Post by lumpy on Jan 3, 2008 12:32:43 GMT -5
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Post by Saucy on Jan 3, 2008 13:12:52 GMT -5
am i the only one that got this one? Pretty cool article.
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Post by lumpy on Jan 3, 2008 13:17:51 GMT -5
am i the only one that got this one? Pretty cool article. The title itself is made of win.
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Post by goods on Jan 3, 2008 13:31:57 GMT -5
Bummer The Onion is blocked at work.
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Post by lumpy on Jan 3, 2008 13:34:58 GMT -5
Bummer The Onion is blocked at work. Franz Ferdinand Frontman Shot By Gavrilo Princip Bassist March 17, 2006 | Issue 42•12 GLASGOW, SCOTLAND—Lead singer and guitarist for pop band Franz Ferdinand, Alexander Kapranos, is in critical condition today after being shot by a man identified as the bassist for rock group Gavrilo Princip. "We ask fans to cooperate with Interpol to find the assailant, and call upon British Sea Power, Snow Patrol, and The Postal Service for help," drummer Paul Thompson told music magazine NME Monday. "The suspect had links to The Decemberists and The Libertines, and we are following up on all leads." It is unclear whether the shooting was linked to The Polyphonic Spree's invasion of Belgium earlier this week.
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Post by goods on Jan 3, 2008 13:40:23 GMT -5
thanks! OK so I am big enough to admit it: I like FF but I don't get the references, so for me the humour is lost.
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Post by J (Hot Mess) on Jan 3, 2008 13:44:51 GMT -5
Bummer The Onion is blocked at work. Love The Onion!
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Post by lumpy on Jan 3, 2008 13:46:07 GMT -5
thanks! OK so I am big enough to admit it: I like FF but I don't get the references, so for me the humour is lost. It's a World War I joke... On June 28, 1914, at approximately 11:00 am, Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina, by Gavrilo Princip, a member of Young Bosnia and one of several (seven) assassins organized by The Black Hand. The event, known as the Assassination in Sarajevo, triggered World War I. Franz and Sophie had previously been attacked when a bomb was thrown at their car. It missed them, but many civilians were injured. Franz and Sophie both insisted on going to see all those injured at the hospital. As a result of this, Princip saw them and shot Sophie in the abdomen. Franz was shot in the jugular and was still alive when witnesses arrived to his aid. The assassinations, along with the arms race, nationalism, and the alliance system all contributed to the beginning of World War I, which began less than two months after Franz Ferdinand's death, with Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. Cut and pasted from Wiki.
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Post by goods on Jan 3, 2008 13:49:04 GMT -5
AHHH well crap of course I know who the Arch-Duke is... just not his attackers. That knowledge was lost to time.
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