1988th One to Post Wins: The Killing Joke! (998th person to post in second thread)

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. In the United States and the United Kingdom he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence. His surrender in 1781 to a combined American and French force at the Siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America. He also served as a civil and military governor in Ireland and India; in both places he brought about significant changes, including the Act of Union in Ireland and the Cornwallis Code, including the Permanent Settlement, in India.

Born into an aristocratic family and educated at Eton and Cambridge, Cornwallis joined the army in 1757, seeing action in the Seven Years' War. Upon his father's death in 1762 he became Earl Cornwallis and entered the House of Lords. Promoted to colonel in 1766, he next saw military action in 1776 in the American War of Independence. Active in the advance forces of many campaigns, in 1780 he inflicted an embarrassing defeat on the American army at the Battle of Camden, though he surrendered his army at Yorktown in October 1781 after an extended campaign through the Southern states which was marked by disagreements between him and his superior, General Sir Henry Clinton, which became public knowledge after the war.

Despite this defeat, Cornwallis retained the confidence of successive British governments and continued to enjoy an active career. Knighted in 1786, he was in that year appointed to be Governor General and commander-in-chief in India. There he enacted numerous significant reforms within the East India Company and its territories, including the Cornwallis Code, part of which implemented important land taxation reforms known as the Permanent Settlement. From 1789 to 1792 he led British and Company forces in the Third Anglo-Mysore War to defeat the Mysorean ruler Tipu Sultan.

Returning to England in 1794, Cornwallis was given the post of Master-General of the Ordnance. In 1798 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant and Commander-in-chief of Ireland, where he oversaw the response to the 1798 Irish Rebellion, including a French invasion of Ireland, and was instrumental in bringing about the Union of Great Britain and Ireland. Following his Irish service Cornwallis was the chief British signatory to the 1802 Treaty of Amiens, and was reappointed to India in 1805. He died in India not long after his arrival.

Bobabounty wrote:

*Le snip*

There... Much better...

I like to read wikipedia articles about social isolation and avoidant personality disorder. They feel so applicable to me.

Uly recording his album in the studio.

Have any of you ever played the Crash Bandicoot or Spyro games before?

Burkman wrote:

Jetbounty wrote:

Have any of you ever played the Crash Bandicoot or Spyro games before?

Of course. I still have them as well as my PSX. Fun times.

They are probably the most nostalgic games ever.

I remember Spyro... :P

Scott wrote:

I remember Spyro... :P

I just downloaded the second one on the PS1 yesterday. I. Love. It. I had the PS2 games when I was littler, but these are arguably better.

Callin... despite the dagger of your distrust in my heart... I feel I must ask you...

DID YOU EVER KNOW THAT YOU'RE MY HEEEEERRRROOOOOO

AND EVERYTHING IIIII WOULD LIKE TTOOOOOOO BBEEEEEEE

Callin wrote:

Legend of Zelda. Very Nostalgic


youngins these days... sheesh

Legend of Zelda is memorable too. But the atmosphere isn't nearly as easy to tell apart.

I'm sick with a cold and a fever, but I managed to masturbate twice today, probably shouldn't have. 136.

The Mortonator wrote:

Jetbounty wrote:

Scott wrote:

I remember Spyro... :P

I just downloaded the second one on the PS1 yesterday. I. Love. It. I had the PS2 games when I was littler, but these are arguably better.

Screw PS2. I have an original PS with all three of the original Spyros made by and a Madcatz controller because those were the boss.

Do u haz CTR? :D

Scott wrote:

The Mortonator wrote:

Jetbounty wrote:

I just downloaded the second one on the PS1 yesterday. I. Love. It. I had the PS2 games when I was littler, but these are arguably better.

Screw PS2. I have an original PS with all three of the original Spyros made by and a Madcatz controller because those were the boss.

Do u haz CTR? :D

Derp for a second I thought you said CRT...... nvm then....

Randomacts is dead. DEAD!

So clearly you are not him, but a figment of my imagination.

The Mortonator wrote:

Scott wrote:

The Mortonator wrote:

Jetbounty wrote:

I just downloaded the second one on the PS1 yesterday. I. Love. It. I had the PS2 games when I was littler, but these are arguably better.

Screw PS2. I have an original PS with all three of the original Spyros made by Insomniac Games and a Madcatz controller because those were the boss.

Do u haz CTR? :D

I know I never got the full game, but I think I had a demo.

D: That was like THE game I played on the original PS...

Ulyaoth wrote:

Randomacts is dead. DEAD!

So clearly you are not him, but a figment of my imagination.

Then you need to lay off the drugs.

Randomacts wrote:

Ulyaoth wrote:

Randomacts is dead. DEAD!

So clearly you are not him, but a figment of my imagination.

Then you need to lay off the drugs.

Dafaq are you?