tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570525113758995236.post7754905296298496..comments2023-12-19T04:12:32.979+00:00Comments on Alphabetti Spaghetti: Day of the Tentacle History Lesson: Part 1Johnny Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570525113758995236.post-38180428364797509962016-05-06T01:14:17.732+01:002016-05-06T01:14:17.732+01:00Hi Jahn, thanks so much for coming over from Ken&#...Hi Jahn, thanks so much for coming over from Ken's blog to post your comment here. It's very welcome. Unfortunately I think you've missed the tone of this post -- Day of the Tentacle is filled with the children's version of American history: The simplified. The exaggerated. The outright untrue. The game is an adult orientatated tongue in cheek cartoon. <br /><br />Unfortunately such references are lost on non-Americans like myself, as the truth is easy is find online, but the kindergarten version is not. <br /><br />So this is what these articles are about: Celebrating the (ahem) "true" version of US history so that players of that (brilliant) game can enjoy all the references in it. <br /><br />Nearly everything on both pages is apocryphal (although I'm correct about Franklin's kite experiment regarding static electricity -- check it out elsewhere), and there's a few bits and pieces that cross into the truth, but that's not what these pages are about. <br /><br />Thanks again for stopping by though :) I've deleted your comment because I don't want the myths to be destroyed by the boring, easy to come by, truth. I hope you understand. <br /><br />Best,<br />Johnny Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570525113758995236.post-75679456171693957742016-05-04T18:24:23.853+01:002016-05-04T18:24:23.853+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jahn Ghaltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570525113758995236.post-35552635902273554762015-11-23T22:18:59.534+00:002015-11-23T22:18:59.534+00:00Hi Unknown, thanks for your Lenin story.
Yes, I&...Hi Unknown, thanks for your Lenin story. <br /><br />Yes, I'm well aware of the truth behind all these myths. If anyone wishes to discover them, all they need to do is Google. The truth, however, is a lot more boring :)Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1570525113758995236.post-75844758828953330592015-08-08T15:15:45.276+01:002015-08-08T15:15:45.276+01:00Thanks! And did you promise the second part soon?
...Thanks! And did you promise the second part soon?<br /><br />I did not know about that Cherry Tree story. But in USSR we had a similar story about little Lenin who broke some favourite cup of his mother... Should have been some popular children story with some morality :)<br /><br />And I know a different story about John Hancock - in fact, in the first draft of that Declaration his is the ONLY signature (as he was the Chairman of the Continental Congress and was responcible for signing all the documents). That priliminary draft was found several years ago in an archive here in my city (Kiev, Ukraine), and presented to some US president or something. But that first draft was never published - they have finally decided that everybody is to sign that important paper, so all others just added their (small) signatures to the original one by John.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483510991344561262noreply@blogger.com