I noticed it. I should have posted first and then read your post.
Sorry I distracted uâŠ
To be fair, Eurovision has always been more about politics than about music. At least this time it lead to a positive outcome.
Weeell, the only Belgian song to ever top the US charts is this one, so it could be worse. Apologies to the world on behalf of my country.
It remains unclear if the double entendre is intentional or not (i.e. Dominique-nique-nique, âniqueâ meaning âf**kâ in French).
We do, however, occasionally produce good music.
My brain has been unhealthily attached to Epicus Doomicus Metallicus the last couple of days, so perhaps sharing will act as a form of exorcism. A little doom metal for you
Stumbled across this today and thought it was great on multiple levels.
Filmed in Kyiv and dedicated to Ukrainians
Florence playing âherselfâ and Bill Nighy playing Florenceâs âAnxietyâ
And as a side note, notice how Billâs fingers are curled into his palm?
This is because he has a common, but little talked about, condition called âDupuytrenâs Contractureâ which can cause one or more fingers to curl (contract), in toward your palm.
I have it - its actually a great excuse when I do badly at war - I just blame it on my bendy fingers
You are a Viking @Steve9999
How cool is that
Explains the âpirate bloodâ
In his 1963 book, the Australian hand surgeon John Hueston wrote, âDupuytrenâs contracture is virtually confined to people of European descentâ
I history
Oh! That takes me to another question! Were Vikings âpiratesâ - probably not! Iâll Wikipedia
Oh! That takes me to another question! Were Vikings âpiratesâ - probably not!
Piracy is an act of robbery, criminal violence of other war-like acts that are committed at the sea by private parties that are not affiliated with any government. This term does not describe the crimes that are for instance committed by passengers on one single ship, but it refers to the raids of organized criminal groups across the sea, shore, land and air. Piracy came into existence shortly after the creation of first organized naval trading in the early 2nd century BC, but it received major growth and public popularization after the discovery of the New World and trade routes to India. It is important to distinguish difference between pirates who operated in the search of money and riches, and privateers , who were government sanctioned parties that fought at sea against hostile countries.
By definition even you could be a pirate @Luna , all you need to do is mug somebody on the next canoe you come across and youâre both in legal trouble and a pirate! Congrats!
Scratch that, it appears you will need to take @Steve9999 and @Harlikwen with you so that you are a âgroupâ. Otherwise you would just be a âmuggerâ.
That is (I guess) the âofficialâ definitionâŠ
I wonder if that was the âmodernâ and âpoliticisedâ definition! Itâs just my personality @Yomagn-tho ! I just like questioning everything
Maybe, the first pirates were âfreeâ men who believed in âno authorityâ âno politicsâ and wanted âfree speechâ and were simply forced out of their countries
Questions questions
Yay
I AM a pirate
What do you think @Steve9999 and @Harlikwen
We would be a cracking team!!!
And by the way, @AncientPirate1 is also joining us
You watched the wikipedia song too! A lot of videos in this thread, took me a moment to remember where I heard the â20 yearsâ from
Wait, did you check all those boxes? It sounds like a lot of work.
Iâm fine with robbery, criminal violence and war-like acts, but the sheer logistics of committing all of it at sea turn me off big time.
Thatâs not quite âevidence-basedâ as one would hope! But thatâs the best we have - I guess!