Fidget Strikes Back, Roanoake-style
The following is an excerpt from Fidget's diary, dated August 9, 2006:Dear Diary,
Today was an amazing day. I actually won a bet!
Now, Diary, I know that you might be a little dubious right now. I mean, I never win bets, right? (I'm sure you remember the tears I cried over a recent bet involving Sylvester Stallone [See Blog Entry July 6, 2006].)
Well, today I won a bet! And it feels great!!!
I'm sure that you are wondering what the bet was about. Well, here it is:
I was in the back seat talking to Mumbles (who is total dreamboat, by the way). He and I were talking about Jamestown, which was one of first colonies. I mentioned to Mumbles that I had read about some other colony, whose people, like, totally disappeared without a trace. Mumbles said that he thought it was Roanoake. That sounded right to me, so I said, "yeah, that sounds right to me."
Sparky, who was driving, disagreed. He said that it was Jamestown. He offered to bet me over it. I was pretty nervous, but I knew deep in my heart that the lost colony wasn't Jamestown. So I did bet him (a cup of coffee).
Well, I checked Wikipedia when I got home, and the "Lost Colony" was Roanoake!!!! I'm, like, totally stoked!
Anyway, Diary, if you are interested in the very intriguing story of the "Lost Colony" of Roanoake, check this out.
That's all for now, Diary.
Fidget
[Photo by Schnittke]
posted by Ryan @ 7:40 PM
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3 Comments:
Around 9:30 this evening, Sparky picked up his high school history book (which happens to be sitting next to the sofa with the dictionary) and admitted to me that he always gets Jamestown and Jonestown mixed up (that didn't come up today in carpool, of which I was privileged to join for the day, when he confidently interjected answers in Mumbles and Fidget's conversation). Anyway, he discovered he'd been wrong about Jamestown, and that Roanoake WAS the colony that disappeared. [And, he just muttered that it wasn't off Georgia or North Carolina as he boldly stated in "pool" today, but off ...wait...he's studying the map in the front of the history book as we speak...errr, I mean as I type...oh, his second claim today was correct afterall...quoting the book..."in what is now North Carolina." Knowing of his defeat, he's already set up coffee for the morning, and I may just offer up my last two dollars to help him pay up in the morning.
koolaid anyone?
yeah sparky, i hear ya'. I'm always confusing Roanoke and Reykjavik. Sigh.
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