Who was it who back then started about "Lebensraum"?
We live with 275 people on 1 square kilometre, they with 131 people.
ANNEXATION!!!
Lets not forget that it was very close or 'Broek in Waterland' (a town called Trousers in waterland, don't ask) would have been called Hose in Wasserland!
ANNEXATION!
What were they doing with us?
We were perfectly happy with the Brederode (castle) ruins, we didn't need the ruins of Rotterdam and Arnhem!
Don't we have good motives for annexation?
Thousands of Dutch farmers don't even have bad ground to work with!
ANNEXATION!!!
Because it is better to have a little front yard.
So the next Hitler won't suddenly stand in our hallway like in May 1940.
Are you afraid the next Hitler will be angry about that?
He's going to be angry with us anyway!
Afraid that we can't handle owning that big area?
Imagine if your great grandfather had thought like that back in 1625!
You know how it goes with bills!
Bill for the heirs Hitler for the damage done by you in 1940-45 of 18 billion guilders.
Ask again first of next month.
Promised to transfer payment.
Please return Monday
Sir wants to talk.
Because you can't pluck a frog, we'll have to take the meadow he's sitting on!
ANNEXATION!
ANNEXATION!!!
Or you should see your next tax bills!
Do you want your grandchildren to still sleep crooked?
(krom liggen, laying crooked is a Dutch phrase, perhaps better translated into breaking your back)
Your child will be born with Fl 2250 debt (roughly 13.000 Euros).
Our debts are their fault!
If the Germans don't want to come across the bridge (Dutch proverb) you'll have to keep using the ferry!
Right is right!
ANNEXATION!!!
There are just some dangerous birds that need to have their wings clipped now and then!
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A few days ago I complained about a Guardian article using a bad photo from a film in an article about Joan Clarke, a Bletchley Park code breaker, but... something much worse might have happened...
I don't think this photo they used is of Joan...
@TeaKayB pointed this out to me and I was stunned, surely not, that would be extraordinary sloppy.
So I looked into it, of course.
For starters the image they used is flipped, here's the full picture as it should look:
Time to look at another photo album in my collection, a tiny one this time with one picture on each page, showing us the adventures of some Dutch girl scouts in the early 1930s.
This Friday the game 'Manor Lord' is coming out, it's a medieval city builder that I've made a modest contribution to as a historical consultant and beta tester for.
I've been very excited about it for a long time and I'm not the only one, it's creating quite a buzz and has ended up on a lot of wishlists.
What I love about it most is that it tries to depict the middle ages in an accurate way, behind the scenes historians, experts & history addicts have been debating the tiniest details.
I think the result is one of the most historically accurate medieval games I've ever played.
#Manorlords
So let's have a sneak peek at it shall we?
First, here's an official video:
Before you start you set up your profile and design your own family crest, look familiar?
This bit alone is SUCH fun, you can fiddle and play with this editor for ages till you get exactly what you want and then you'll see it on the banners in the game!
SUCH FUN!
Sigh.
An account with half a million followers just tweeted that long debunked 'life in the 1500s' nonsense, 2.2 million people have seen it.
So here we go again...