View Poll Results: Should the people who decide on making war, fight in the same war?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Amled View Post
    Spot on!
    He was at Waterloo...hemoroids and all!

    Nothing to do with this but I've always wanted to see the Oresund bridge. It looks beautiful from the pictures I've seen of it.
    "Of all the manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most." - Thucydides

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    Quote Originally Posted by chankya View Post
    Nothing to do with this but I've always wanted to see the Oresund bridge. It looks beautiful from the pictures I've seen of it.
    It is mate!
    Last year some friends an I, had a late evening BQ on the beach, and with the lit up bridge in the background and in the light of the late dusk, it was reminiscent of the “Bifrost” bridge in the Nordic myths which spans from Valhalla to our own Earth.
    When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. - Anais Nin

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    Quote Originally Posted by Amled View Post
    It is mate!
    Last year some friends an I, had a late evening BQ on the beach, and with the lit up bridge in the background and in the light of the late dusk, it was reminiscent of the “Bifrost” bridge in the Nordic myths which spans from Valhalla to our own Earth.
    Any valkyries around?
    "Of all the manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most." - Thucydides

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    Quote Originally Posted by chankya View Post
    Any valkyries around?
    After chasing down a good steak with X number of Elephants (strong Danish Beer!) there just might have been... hmmm... can't seem to remember!
    When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. - Anais Nin

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