http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=world-war-2 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:02:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24176#post-65727 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:27:16 +0000 Pinhead 65727@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Which ever way, it'll always be grim oop north. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24176#post-65723 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:46:33 +0000 Danny 65723@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Does it also mean that Australians will have to change their opinion on whether Australia is the greatest country in the world?? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=24176#post-65668 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:16:07 +0000 anthoad 65668@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A team of scientists from the University of Queensland in Australia has made the startling discovery that almost all of the world’s maps have been read upside-down for centuries, prompting inquiries into how such a mistake could have been allowed to become so widespread. Dr Jeremy Marks, head of the University’s School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, recalls the moment that his team made the discovery: “When we realised that the world has actually been looking at the world the wrong way up for all these years, I had to sit down and pour myself a Fosters. This has been going on for centuries”. The team has urged people across the world to turn their atlases upside-down with the South Pole at the top of the map in order to correct the error.</p> <p>The accidental inversion has now been blamed for historical mishaps including Germany’s 1939 invasion of Poland (who later corrected their error by invading France the following year) and Columbus’ discovery of the ‘West Indies’, among others. The blunder is also responsible for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, originally intended for North Korea, which explains the absence of any weapons of mass destruction. A spokesman for the Bush administration stated that: “Having turned the Pentagon’s maps upside down, it’s now obvious that we should have sent our troops 7,000 miles to the right, instead of sending them 7,000 miles to the left”. Barack Obama yesterday issued a personal apology to the government of the late Saddam Hussein, but called it ‘an easy mistake to make’. Australia’s popular nickname of ‘down under’ is now a source of embarrassment to the country, with groups pressing the Australian government to officially change the misnomer to ‘up over’. Owners of globes worldwide are said to be disappointed that they are unable to correct the error without the globes falling over. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=5308#post-14533 Sat, 29 May 2010 18:51:15 +0000 Greenianman 14533@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Flowers have been laid and candles lit on the pavement outside Broadcasting House today to mark the solemn moment when, on this day 30 years ago, senior broadcasters first mapped out the schedule for increasing the rate at which they would mark wartime anniversaries.</p> <p>With a calm fortitude, an uncharacteristically sober and meditative journalist said, "I'm here to remember one of my closest friends who was at that meeting. So few of the original participants are still alive — it's important we mark this day before it passes completely out of living memory."</p> <p>Anniversary Day gained a new momentum when, in 2005, the German Ambassador said, "The British behave as if they had conquered Hitler's hordes single-handedly. And they continue to see us as Nazis, as if they have to refight the battles every evening."</p> <p>When confronted with this quotation, an enthusiastically patriotic Englishman simply said, "1966 - 4-1. What more can I say?" </p>