Behshad wrote:RedWingFan wrote:I voted for Saint John. Below is one of his funniest posts. Someone at work actually asked me if I was okay because I was crying.This was way before Tito's time.
Thanks to Maro for being the unsuspecting folly! Enjoy!
Saint John wrote:Maro wrote:For your information, here are couple of info on Croats...
Most important contributions from Croats to western civilization:
- the greatest influence on modern civilization made Croatian born Serb Nikola Tesla with his many inventions who are directly responsible for stellar development of technology in 20th century... you won't have a computer or internet now without his inventions...
- neckties (first came from Croatian mercenaries in service of french king Louis XIII)
- parachutes (inventor Faust Vrancic made a sketch of first parachute in 1595 and first known test of parachute in 1617)
- speedometer (inventor Josip Belusic invented it in 1888) - important part of cars...
- pencils (Croatian resident Slavoljub Eduard Penkala in 1906 and 1907)
With the exception of Mili Matijevic from Steelheart, I am COMPLETELY unimpressed. The pencil? Big fuckin' deal. The parachute? Whoa, can't live without that. You should stand on a chair, wrap a necktie firmly around your neck, jam a pencil through your left eye, step off the chair, pull open your parachute, and use a speedometer to gauge your speed. Tell us how that works out for you.
I remember that one!!! Thats one of the funniest things ,not only on MR, but anywhere online,,,,
I will never forget that post. Amazing.