Dissensus Rivalries and Blood Feuds

IdleRich

IdleRich
Cross-thread IQ vs Third feuding is an unexpected treat for an otherwise quiet Tuesday. Not sure I even understand what half of the insults are on about but then again, as luka says, I'm thick.
Allegedly croissants were invented to celebrate the victory over the Muslims in Vienna, their shape represented the Ottoman crescent which they happily devoured with some coffee.
 
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IdleRich

IdleRich
They certainly do in Portugal, they sell things here that look like croissants but they just haven't mastered that flakey light pastry.
Anyway, Portugal have very little in the way of victories to celebrate over the moslem forces. One of the main squares is called Martim Moniz and that is named after a guy who, according to legend, sacrificed himself in some way to help the Portuguese recapture Lisbon. I think maybe he put himself in the gate so that although he was crushed to death it remained open and meant that the soldiers could still enter and rout the moor... or perhaps he wedged it shut, one of those two.
But half the country still has names that bear witness to the occupation... Almada, Alcochete, Alamaeda, Alcantara.... the Algarve as a whole in fact and so on and so forth.
 
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IdleRich

IdleRich
I was right the first time

According to the legend, Martim Moniz was a knight participating in the Christian invasion force, led by king Afonso I of Portugal, in the Siege of Lisbon, during the Reconquest. At one point in the siege of São Jorge Castle, he saw the Moors closing the castle doors. He led an attack on the doors, and sacrificed himself by lodging his own body in the doorway, preventing the defenders from fully closing the door.

This heroic act allowed time for his fellow soldiers to arrive and secure the door, leading to the eventual capture of the castle. Martim Moniz was killed in the incident. In his honor, the entrance was dubbed Porta de Martim Moniz (Gate of Martim Moniz).

I wonder would anyone here do that... Luka bravely give up his life so that the lads could finally and decisively defeat the dudes? Stupid question really when you think about it, we can crush them easily with one hand tied behind our back, no sacrifice required.
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
French croissants from boulangeries in, say, small towns in the department of Aude taste like heaven.
Yeah, that is why something that looks like a croissant and which is sold as a croissant but which ultimately is nothing like one other than that it is vaguely crescent shaped is so disappointing.
One thing I always find strange though, did you know that the French don't have their own word for baguette?
 
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