[solobunrag]

where's percy?

[ryuhayabusa]

i have a question too.

whats the point of this thread?

[Ranger-X]

Well, according to google:

Who's percy:

• United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
  
• English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)

Where's percy:

Dead.

As an interesting side note, Percy is also a british film about a man who has a penis transplant, and then proceeds to meet all the women who recognize it from its previous owner.

[Froglight]

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[MissAnthrope]

Percy is Ron Weasley's older brother. He started working at the Ministry of
Magic after he graduated from Hogwarts. He's kind of an asshole, and completely
disowns his family. I kind of wish he would die.

[Chickenslayer]

He's around.

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[Froglight]

Ranger-X, on Oct 16 2005, 11:10 AM, said:

[*]English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)

how is that notable? i'm sure there was a percy in every war

[bucky]

[Ranger-X]

Froglight, on Oct 16 2005, 01:29 PM, said:

Ranger-X, on Oct 16 2005, 11:10 AM, said:

[*]English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)

how is that notable? i'm sure there was a percy in every war

I have no idea...it was from Google's "define" function. Apparently someone on the internet thought it notable enough to list that as a definition.

[Chickenslayer]

Ranger-X, on Oct 16 2005, 03:33 PM, said:

Froglight, on Oct 16 2005, 01:29 PM, said:

Ranger-X, on Oct 16 2005, 11:10 AM, said:

[*]English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)

how is that notable? i'm sure there was a percy in every war

I have no idea...it was from Google's "define" function. Apparently someone on the internet thought it notable enough to list that as a definition.

Wikipedia pwns Google.

Wikipedia said:

Percy
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Percy (pronunciation, pehr-SEE)

Can be:
People:

Percy is a short form of the first name Percival.

People with the last, or sir, name of Percy:

Charles H. Percy (b. 1919), businessman, special ambassador, politician Senator Illinois-R (1967-1985)
George Percy (1586-1631), English explorer and author, governor of Virginia
Hugh Earl Percy, (1742-1817), Duke of Northumberland, American Revolutionary War
James Gilbert Percy, American pilot, U.S. Marine Corps ace in World War II, VMF-112, Guadalcanal
Le Roy Percy (1860-1929), planter, lawyer, and politician, Senator Mississippi-D (1910-1913)
Thomas Percy (1729-1811), English poet, Bishop of Dromore, editor of the Tatler, the Guardian, and the Spectator
Thomas Percy (c. 1560-1605), English, Gunpowder Plot
Walker Percy (1916-1990), American writer, cousin to William Alexander
William Percy (1744-1819), English clergyman
William Alexander Percy (1885-1942), American poet, writer, cousin to Walker

People with the first, or middle name of Percy:

Percy Addleshaw (1866-1916), English barrister and writer
Percy Adlon (b. 1935), German film and television director, writer, and producer
Henry Percy Brewster (1816-1884), lawyer and personal secretary of Sam Houston,
Percy Clarkson, U.S. Army Major General 87th, 33d, & 3d Infantry Division in World War II
Percy Zachariah Cox (1864-1937) British administrator and diplomat
Percy Wright Foote (1879-1961), Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy, World War I & II [1]
Percy Eugene Foreman (1902-1988), millionaire murder case criminal-defense lawyer, defended James Earl Ray, Melvin Lane Powers, Alvin Lee King, Charles Harrelson
Percy Gardner (1846–1937), English classical archaeologist
Percy Grainger, American musician
Percy Ives (1864 1928), American painter
Percy Jones (1885-1951), railroad executive, oilman, philanthropist
Percy Roycroft Lowe (1870–1948), English surgeon and ornithologist
Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), American dramatist and poet
Percy Metcalfe English artist, currency designer
Percy Erskine Nobbs (1875-1964), Scotish born Canadian architect
Sir Percy Noble, British Admiral in World War II, Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches
Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878-1934), son of William Rockefeller, director of Remington Arms Company
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English Romantic poet
Percy Thrower (1913-1988), British gardner and television host
Percy Marshall Young (1912-2004), British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher
William Percy French (1854–1920), Irish songwriter and entertainer

House of Percy

The House of Percy (also Perci), who were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages, many of whom have held the titles of Earl of Northumberland or Duke of Northumberland to this day. Prominent members of the family include:
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341-1408) (forfeit 1405)
Sir Henry Percy, also called Harry Hotspur
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394-1455)
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461) (forfeit 1461)
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (1449-1489) (restored 1470)
Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (1478-1527)
Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland (1502-1537)
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (1528-1572) (forfeit 1571; restored 1572)
Henry Percy, 2nd/8th Earl of Northumberland (1532-1585)
Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (1564-1632)
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602-1668)
Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland (1644-1670)
Hugh Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1714-1786) (became Duke of Northumberland in 1766)
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1714-1786)
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742-1817)
Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland (1785-1847)
Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland (1792-1865)
George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland (1778-1867)
Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland (1810-1899)
Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland (1846-1918)
Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland (1880-1930)
Henry George Alan Percy, 9th Duke of Northumberland (1912-1940)
Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland (1914-1988)
Henry Alan Walter Richard Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland (1953-1995)
Ralph George Algernon Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland (b. 1956)
George Dominic Percy, Earl Percy (b. May 4, 1984)
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Places
Australia
Percy Islands, Australia, group of islands in Queensland
Canada:
Percy Lake, Ontario
France:
Percy, in the Isère département
Percy, in the Manche département; site of August 1, 1944 battle between the 28th Infantry Division and the Germans
Percy en Auge, in the Calvados département
United States:
Percy, Illinois, town in Randolph County, Illinois
Point Percy, cape, in Alaska, group of islands in the borough of Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan
Percy Islands, Alaska, group of islands in the borough of Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan
Percy Peaks, series of peaks in Coos County, New Hampshire



Other

Percy is a 1970 British comedy film.

Ships

Of the United States Navy:
Percy Drayton (1863-1865), sloop, Amercian Civil War



See also:
The Percy Folio, book of English ballads

[Metal Dream]

[Ranger-X]

Chickenslayer, on Oct 16 2005, 01:38 PM, said:

Ranger-X, on Oct 16 2005, 03:33 PM, said:

Froglight, on Oct 16 2005, 01:29 PM, said:

Ranger-X, on Oct 16 2005, 11:10 AM, said:

[*]English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)

how is that notable? i'm sure there was a percy in every war

I have no idea...it was from Google's "define" function. Apparently someone on the internet thought it notable enough to list that as a definition.

Wikipedia pwns Google.

Yeah, I know, I just didn't want to quote all that.

[buttsauce]

Knowing solobuns, this Percy is the only Percy with any meaning in his life:

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[solobunrag]

dave wins!!!!



granted, you had to know me for 14 years to get that one.