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........ Well basically I'm sitting here listening to Fireworks go off. I don't like the damn things. They scare me. It stems back to a childhood fright involving fireworks.
....If that Guy Fawkes had just planned his gunpowder plot a bit better or not bothered at all we wouldn't have to endure this every year. Although I guess we would have come up with another reason to set fire to explosives with glitter in. So maybe it wouldn't have changed anything much.
So what other famous incidents in History, if they had gone the other way, would mean life would be so different for us today. How do you think it would have turned out?
Keep it light hearted please this is only meant as a bit of fun.
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my mum and dad getting jiggy with it 9 months before i was born... this post wouldnt be here for starters
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I like fireworks, but I hate the effect it has on animals.
... if Burberry never started as a company, what would chavs wear instead?
Willy - is bad for your health...
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what if... the dinosaurs had not been wiped out
...or the sandwich was never invented...
...or computers!
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if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.
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what if chris columbus actually found india and not america
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Written by: Lemonkey
... if Burberry never started as a company, what would chavs wear instead?
they'd find something
I AM NOT A GAY MAN!
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What if the assassins of franz ferdinand (duke guy not band)missed - wud we never have had WW1 and in fact WW2
(my bf says SAVE THE JEWS)
(as i am jewish)
EDITED_BY: NicolaClaire (1131190065)
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what is the british hadn't decided to colonize the world? and just stayed home with their tea?
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As any Blackadder fan would know, if the battle of Waterloo had gone the other way, all us Brits would be French...
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lol i think most of us are part french anyway
what if JK rowling had never written HP - i wouldnt have a deep hate of daniel radcliff
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Written by: linden rathen
what if JK rowling had never written HP - i wouldnt have a deep hate of daniel radcliff
If my little boy makes me watch those films any more, I do think I'll snap and go on a rampage!
I want Daniel Radcliffe's head on a spike in my front garden...
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but he's hot in the 3rd film......
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Imagine what a different place the world would have been if the US government hadnt funded Alexander Shulgin's work!
I cant imagine that parties would be the way they are now!
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Written by: NicolaClaire
What if the assassins of franz ferdinand (duke guy not band)missed - wud we never have had WW1 and in fact WW2
I don't think so. An assasination attempt is an assasination attempt. I'd get pretty pissy if I got shot at.
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The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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maybe not quite as puissy
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Lousy typo.
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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what is the british hadn't decided to colonize the world? and just stayed home with their tea?
If they hadn't been greedy bar stewards they probably wouldn't have had tea to stay at home with.
What if Henry VIII hadn't have been a womanizing wierdo?
What if Ghandi had had a nasty violent streak?
What if the Pope wasn't catholic?
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what if Hailey Joel Osmitt hadnt seen dead people?
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
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what if humans hadn't discovered fire
what would we do on wekends
A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.
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what if the wheel was never invented????
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What if the Romans had succeeded in conquering the entire world? Would we all still be speaking Latin?
What if the Aztec civilisation hadn't been wiped out by the Spanish?
What about if the Aliens had hung around after building the pyramids?
What if the dinosaurs had never been wiped out? Would they have eventually achieved sentience?
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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What if Malcolm had woke up and thought
"Hmmm - shall I start a poi company, or a lettuce growing company"
Home of Lettuce just wouldn't be as cool
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Durbs do you think he would have had to put up a slug barrier on the forums?
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Not sure... the FAQ's would be different, newbies coming in
Q - "What's your favourite music to grow lettuce to?"
A - "Do a search"
Q - "How do you make coloured lettuce?"
A - "Do a search"
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what if things such as poi and staff had never been made. what would we all play with?
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Our balls?
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
I invented the decaffinated coffee table.
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What if Sufferage hadn't worked, and women never got the vote, or equal(ish) rights?
What if we never invented the microchip? No modern washing machines, valve television, no microwaves, no VCRs and DVDs, no video survellance....
What if we'd never discovered what crude oil could be used for? no plastic - bottles, syringes, drips, heart monitors, synthetic fibres, detergents, steam powered everything, no kerosine or petrol etc., no vaseline.....
And we're running out of it!!!
What if sponges didn't grow in the sea? How much deeper would the oceans be??!
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what if the Dutch decided Australia was worth it after-all?
or go further back and what if the Chinese had thought that!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
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my mum and dad getting jiggy with it 9 months before i was born... this post wouldnt be here for starters
Eww. My parents never "got jiggy."
I'm an imacculate conception.
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what about if the bible didnt exist and if god had made men child bearers instead?
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