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homegirl

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3. WW 1

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 03:37 PM

Yesterday

The Germans laughed, but not for long, they said the British were so desperate they were sending the women to war. What they were facing was Scots in kilts.
The Romans built Hadrian's Wall to keep the barbaric Scots on the other side of it.

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At the laundromat today, not really paying much attention to what was on the t.v. [View all] mwmisses4289 Yesterday OP

Bagpipes Turbineguy Yesterday #1

Well, they were originally used by the Scots during battle to scare the bejeebers out of their enemies. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #2

WW 1 homegirl Yesterday #3

Maybe not so barbarous.. justaprogressive 23 hrs ago #4

The Romans never bothered trying to tame the Irish -- also Celts, separate island... Hekate 22 hrs ago #15

Nobody ?? What about Arminius ? eppur_se_muova 14 hrs ago #17

bagpipes r supposed to channel the voices of the dead. mopinko 22 hrs ago #11

Thanks for sharing that, makes sense. mwmisses4289 22 hrs ago #12

Thank you homegirl 5 hrs ago #18

It started at 1pm and it's still on at 4:04pm. Ray Bruns 23 hrs ago #5

Are they selling concessions there? newdeal2 23 hrs ago #8

Sounds like you scored a safety. multigraincracker 23 hrs ago #6

😄 mwmisses4289 22 hrs ago #13

Bag pipe joke. spike jones 23 hrs ago #7

So bad that it made me laugh out loud! calimary 23 hrs ago #9

It made me chuckle, thanks! 😄 mwmisses4289 22 hrs ago #14

I love it a great joke. N/T. I'm airplaneman 1 hr ago #19

LOL leftstreet 1 hr ago #20

Football wins! Clouds Passing 23 hrs ago #10

The "Charlie Kirk Post" . . . AverageOldGuy 22 hrs ago #16