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Happy Jules Verne’s Birthday, New Babbage

I was, of course, reminded of this momentus day by Google this morning.

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Do we have a monument to the man in town anywhere?

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5 Comments

  1. Bookworm Hienrichs Bookworm Hienrichs February 8, 2011

    The Google thing is interactive, too.  Be sure to pull the lever. *grin*

  2. Sheryl Skytower Sheryl Skytower February 8, 2011

    oh, like I haven’t heard that line before…

    XD

     

    we do need a statue or something. Maybe a large submarine in the Port?

  3. Orpheus Angkarn Orpheus Angkarn February 8, 2011

    Ummm…. doesn’t he have a freaking sea named after him? Thats quite a monument sort of… I mean, do any of YOU have an ocean named after you ;-)

  4. Sheryl Skytower Sheryl Skytower February 8, 2011

    Well, if you want to put it *that* way…

    XD

    … although I wouldn’t mind having a special cookie named after me.

     

    … with machine oil for da filling!

     

     

    • Orpheus Angkarn Orpheus Angkarn February 9, 2011

      *Hands Sheryl a fresh batch of “Sheryl chip cookies” in all their oily goodness”

      Hope you like these, they were a pain to bake. I kept burning down kitchens. Hope they taste better than they smell!

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