In 1814, the British Government recognized Shrapnel's contribution by awarding him £1,200 (£82,600 in 2025) a year for life.[5] Bureaucracy, however, prevented him from receiving the full benefit of this award
Didn't even get rich off it like alfred nobel, just did it for his love of killing Frenchmen.
That was a different guy, Lt. Colonel Arsehole, who invented the Anus. Until then, all humans were full of shit, not like the enlightened humans of the 21st century.
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human@slrpnk.net · 58 pts · 121d
Sounds like a dick
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 119d
That’s what they said about another inventor, John Dildo.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 31 pts · 121d
I'm reminded of an old army joke:
"Hey sarge, what should I do if I step on a landmine?"
"That's easy, private-- jump in the air and scatter yourself in to a hundred pieces."
AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 30 pts · 121d
Helluva family legacy you've created there, Henry.
Fuck this guy.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 121d
Yes! Fuck that guy!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 121d
And the bobsled was invented by Robert S. Ledd. He was roomates in college with James Nasium.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 121d
Good ol Jim!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 120d
He always had the smoothest floors.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 121d
And the French Tickler was invented by Jacques Littledick.
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 120d
Jaques Petitcoq was his name you anglo-sized it.
zedgeist@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 120d
How big is an anglo?
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 120d
Depends on if it is SAE or Imperial.
halfapage@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 121d
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 121d
I'm sure someone was bound to come up with it eventually anyway, but fuck that guy.
Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 120d
Didn't even get rich off it like alfred nobel, just did it for his love of killing Frenchmen.
Wutchilli@feddit.org · 12 pts · 121d
This is some warhammer 40k naming convention shit
Agent641@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 120d
Is Henry Shrapnel related to John Sucking Chest Wound?
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 120d
I think he's closer to his great aunt's side, you know the Fragmentations?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 121d
Henry Shrapnel, who was good friends with John Grenade.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 120d
You mean Hans Grenade, and they were on opposite sides of the trenches.
BehindetheClouds@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 120d
He changed his name after the war to sound less German.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 121d
Arsehole.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 120d
That was a different guy, Lt. Colonel Arsehole, who invented the Anus. Until then, all humans were full of shit, not like the enlightened humans of the 21st century.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 120d
He settled in Athol, NY, which used to be near the town of Dildo, but they moved it to Newfoundland.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 120d
Alfred Nobel created dynamite along with many other deadly explosives
On his death bed he created the Nobel peace prize.