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David conquering Goliath. 
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if we're going to discuss falsified stories i'm going to say SG vs The Rebel Goa'uld group led by Hastor. now THAT was a battle that they tipped the right wayOriginally posted by SlowwHand
David conquering Goliath.
"I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. We have to leave this place, I am almost happy here."
- Ender, from Ender's Game by Orson Scott CardComment
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Without making comment on your observation,
I'll counter with the assault on Helm's Deep.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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The Borg vs The Federation.
"I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie AllenComment
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Luke Skywalker taking out the Death Star.
Annakin Skywalker taking out the Trade Federation command post."Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy CarterComment
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New England Patriots beating St Louis Rams in Superbowl XXXVII.
New York Jets beating Baltimore Colts in Superbowl III.
Tenessee Titans beating Buffalo Bills in 99 Playoffs.
Buffalo Bills beating Houston Oilers in 92 Playoffs.
UC Berkeley beating Stanford in 1982.Comment
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On a more serious note, Englands destruction of the Spanish Armada via Drake.Originally posted by Chris 62
For more Napoleonic hijinx, Trafalgar, Nelson leads his numerically inferior fleet to victory over the Franco-Spanish, and confirms Britian's rule of the sea for another century."Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy CarterComment
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True, it was more than the supidity of the French and the fact that they had no unified command that cost French defeat. They never should've attacked across a freshly plowed field in the first place.Originally posted by Trip
Agincourt was won by wits?
Okay, maybe the lack of by the French... charging down a narrow mud covered channel in the rain in heavy armor on horses while English longbowmen have a party and the peon soldiers sit in front of the longbowmen and laugh at the knights...
Scratch AgincourtLast edited by Ned; January 2, 2003, 17:46.http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/JOrbisPlayer.php?path=John+Williams+The+Imperial+M arch+from+The+Empire+Strikes+Back.ogg&wiki=enComment
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Lazarus, now this really sounds impressive. Could you povide more details on the battle, including the name the Roman commander?Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
Rourke's Drift.
Followed by the Roman defeat of Boudicca (outnumbered 10 to 1, facing an army that had already annihilated the 9th Legion).Last edited by Ned; January 2, 2003, 19:57.http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/JOrbisPlayer.php?path=John+Williams+The+Imperial+M arch+from+The+Empire+Strikes+Back.ogg&wiki=enComment
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It took place in 60AD, at Mancetter. The Roman commander was Suetonius, heading the 14th Legion and other auxiliaries. Tacitus lists the British dead at 80,000, the Roman dead at 400.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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My point is that it was by no means a battle won against great odds through a miracle.Originally posted by Ned
True, it was more than the supidity of the French and the fact that they had no unified command that cost French defeat. They never should've attacked across a freshly plowed field in the first place.
Scratch Agincourt
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Were they playing chess or was it shuffleboard?Originally posted by Lord Merciless
UC Berkeley beating Stanford in 1982.
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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When I went to school at UCSB our women's volleyball team was the national champions. I used to love going to watch their games; all those tall athletic girls, all those tight skimpy outfits, all that jumping, giggling and bouncing.
Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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How accurate are some of these reports on ancient battles? Thermopylae has been so romanticized I find it hard to believe (the literal version anyway).Comment
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WOW!!@@# THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT THAT BATTLE WAS LIKE, WASN'T IT?!?@! THANK YOU FOR YOUR VALUABLE INPUT AND TIME, WHERE MAY I EXPLORE THE GIFTS OF YOUR EDUCATED POSTS NEXT??!@??Originally posted by Vesayen
Thats like cheating in Civ2 or 3, getting stealth bombers on turn 1, then wiping out enemy cities-nothing surprising
HOL-Y KAMOLIEZZ!!!!@
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