Phrenology

I have been scouring the internet for information on phrenology, but can't really find anything outside the old phrenological journals. I have a phrenologist's head (the plaster one, not the head of an actual phrenologist) and have wanted to measure my friends' heads for some time, but I'm afraid of giving them a bad diagnosis that would not be in line with the science of phrenology.

Anyone wanna give me some help?

Being Celtic, I'm brachycephalic.  It tends to make me a noted cheeseparer.

The only true celts come from County Kerry. Like-a-me! If you're one of those Frenchies who claim to be Celtic, I'll skewer your face with Visigoth historical context. *waves Visigoth in the air*

Actually, it does make sense. We Celts do like our cheese...

The only true celts come from County Kerry. Like-a-me! If you're one of those Frenchies who claim to be Celtic, I'll skewer your face with Visigoth historical context. *waves Visigoth in the air*

Actually, it does make sense. We Celts do like our cheese...

Okay, I will admit to a soupçon of French ancestry, but they were from Nantes and therefore Gaulish.  The rest of me is Caledonii.  The upshot of all that is I do not look as well in a hat as someone who is dolichocephalic.  And they cut their cheese thicker. 

*cough* Gauls pushed into Spain by Visigoths. *cough* Romanized long before. *cough* French aren't Celts *cough*

Oh dear, I need to get that cough taken care of.

I like this quote from the 1907 Phrenelogical journal:

"And those women who are known to have a protruding cerebellum are frequenters of houses of ill repute and are more likely to beat and malnurish their children. Any who have such characteristics should be prevented the social benefit of breeding."

Paraphrased because I don't have the copy of the journal with me. Big foreheads mean no eggs and lots of prostitution.

Celts are entirely fictional, a romanticised version of the ancient Britons.

LIES! EVIL LIES! HOW DARE YOU BESMIRCH MY PROUD IRISH HERITAGE WITH YOUR BRITISH IMPERIALISM!? A THOUSAND YEARS OF SLAVERY OVERTHROWN IN A GLORIOUS REVOLUTION AND SUFFERABLE CIVIL WAR FOR THIS?

(My tribute to Eric, who finally left)

Actually, the Britons were one group of Celts. Celts existed all over the British Isles, France, parts of Spain and Germany, and even Northern Italy. The Franks (pre-Gothic), Scots, Picts, Angles, Welsh, Irish, and Britons are all Celts. But not all Celts are Britons. This is like saying all Greeks are Attic, when in fact, not every Greek is born in Athens.

LIES! EVIL LIES! HOW DARE YOU BESMIRCH MY PROUD IRISH HERITAGE WITH YOUR BRITISH IMPERIALISM!? A THOUSAND YEARS OF SLAVERY OVERTHROWN IN A GLORIOUS REVOLUTION AND SUFFERABLE CIVIL WAR FOR THIS?

(My tribute to Eric, who finally left)

Actually, the Britons were one group of Celts. Celts existed all over the British Isles, France, parts of Spain and Germany, and even Northern Italy. The Franks (pre-Gothic), Scots, Picts, Angles, Welsh, Irish, and Britons are all Celts. But not all Celts are Britons. This is like saying all Greeks are Attic, when in fact, not every Greek is born in Athens.

Hey unless you were born in Ireland I'm probably as Irish as you are.

I paint myself blue every time I go into combat. It's all that remains of my Pictish heritage.

I paint myself blue every time I go into combat. It's all that remains of my Pictish heritage.

Or Smurf

Celts = Badass.
French = Girly-men.

Celts = Badass.
French = Girly-men.

Ass's and girly-men... this can only end badly...

Quote from: Beeper on May 08, 2008, 08:22:29 AM

Celts = Badass.
French = Girly-men.

Ass's and girly-men... this can only end badly...

Thus explaining the state of france.

French = cheese eating surrender monkeys

French = cheese eating surrender monkeys

Oh, how could you?

Go apologize to every monkey you see within a fifty mile radius for such an awful analogy. 

Sorry

The french tanks have 4 gears:

3 reverse and 1 to go forwards incase the enemy attacks from behind.

Celts = Badass.
French = Girly-men.

Interesting fact about the british, they were driven there out of france by the current french. Then taken over by a french king.

And they claim they aren't pussies.

Interestingly enough, when you type in "French military victories" in Google, it asks "Do you mean French military failures?" or defeats...not sure. I think it's funny though.

Quote from: Beeper on May 08, 2008, 08:22:29 AM

Celts = Badass.
French = Girly-men.

Interesting fact about the british, they were driven there out of france by the current french. Then taken over by a french king.

And they claim they aren't pussies.

.. ANd yet if it wasent for the french helping undermine the english, the USA would not have united states.

And lets not forget that britan was, at that time, a mixture of celt/roman/viking/welsh.

and yes, a french king did successfully invade, but it was a race for succession, and parts of Britan gave him their full support.

Actually, it was a NORMAN king. The Normans eventually ended up either a) all going to Britain or b) being swallowed up by the Frankish kingdoms to their south. The Normans were more related to the Britons than the Goths (who had pushed the Celts out of southern France on their way to sacking the Roman Empire) who were the ancestors of today's French. Soooo.....if you look at it culturally, the English were invaded by a close cousin and NOT the French.

Hells, Napoleon was Italian and Joan of Arc was German. France just happens to take credit for a lot of things because of convention. I think Louis XIV was a space monster. Just a guess...

But when it all boils down to it, the French are wusses and no one likes them or their stupid accents.

I lurrrve ze french. Zey make excellent lovueerrs.

I lurrrve ze french. Zey make excellent lovueerrs.

Yes, but their cigarettes are awful.  Even Russian cigarettes are better than the French.

Russian cigarettes are great cos they're cheap and I can sell them on

All cigarettes are awful so I don't have a problem with French ones.

Quote from: Saint Raist on May 12, 2008, 01:40:44 PM

Quote from: Beeper on May 08, 2008, 08:22:29 AM

Celts = Badass.
French = Girly-men.

Interesting fact about the british, they were driven there out of france by the current french. Then taken over by a french king.

And they claim they aren't pussies.

.. ANd yet if it wasent for the french helping undermine the english, the USA would not have united states.

But in several hundred years they would have had no one to bail their asses out of WWII. How long did it take Germany to reach Paris anyone?

Quote from: Beeper on May 13, 2008, 04:40:16 AM

Quote from: Saint Raist on May 12, 2008, 01:40:44 PM

Quote from: Beeper on May 08, 2008, 08:22:29 AM

Celts = Badass.
French = Girly-men.

Interesting fact about the british, they were driven there out of france by the current french. Then taken over by a french king.

And they claim they aren't pussies.

.. ANd yet if it wasent for the french helping undermine the english, the USA would not have united states.

But in several hundred years they would have had no one to bail their asses out of WWII. How long did it take Germany to reach Paris anyone?

typical of America, do nothing untill their own economy is in danger. I wont deny they where dam helpful, but the fact they where fresh and able to rape a depleted Japan (and later Germany) sure helped.
Trick question 2nd part, they dident have to.
Gotta love the french forward defence though: leave holes in the dam thing

Quote from: Saint Raist on May 13, 2008, 12:54:31 PM

Quote from: Beeper on May 13, 2008, 04:40:16 AM

Quote from: Saint Raist on May 12, 2008, 01:40:44 PM

Quote from: Beeper on May 08, 2008, 08:22:29 AM

Celts = Badass.
French = Girly-men.

Interesting fact about the british, they were driven there out of france by the current french. Then taken over by a french king.

And they claim they aren't pussies.

.. ANd yet if it wasent for the french helping undermine the english, the USA would not have united states.

But in several hundred years they would have had no one to bail their asses out of WWII. How long did it take Germany to reach Paris anyone?

typical of America, do nothing untill their own economy is in danger. I wont deny they where dam helpful, but the fact they where fresh and able to rape a depleted Japan (and later Germany) sure helped.
Trick question 2nd part, they dident have to.
Gotta love the french forward defence though: leave holes in the dam thing

Yes because France just jumped into the war and fought Germany. And the American revolution was the same situation. The British had an extremely unfair advantage, and the French only joined to spite the english.