Ireland

There are so many things that France does right. The wine, the food & the healthcare. The 35-hour work week & the apéritif. Some things about living in France have just been too easy to get used to. The fact that in France, bad grammar is a worse offense than profanity just makes me feel at home. I can no longer sit down to a meal without a glass of red wine, or go without an espresso after lunch - especially when lunch can often be around 2 hours long. So many things about life in France are - yeah, I'll say it - better than that in the United States. But, you already knew that, right? It's hardly a secret. People here have longer life lines for a reason. That's not to say that I don't ever have a few complaints. Believe me... I do. (You knew that was coming, right?) Sometimes, it's just a matter of homesickness, or missing something from home...

Ok...I've done a list like this one before. However, there's a significant difference this time - these women aren't fictional characters. These women are actual historical figures & didn't have any stunt doubles.1. Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae - Massagetae, now eastern Iran - c.550 B.C. When the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great attempted to invade the Iranic Massagetae of Central Asia, his army was beaten & forced to retreat. Cyrus' boys then persuaded him to trick the enemy into getting drunk on wine because they were hash smokers & likely to be lightweights when it came to booze. It worked - while the opposing army was shitfaced, the Persians came in & slaughtered them. Tomyris' son was at the head of the drunken army. When he sobered up, he killed himself. When Tomyris got the news, she sent a message to Cyrus telling him what a rat bastard he was & called him out to another fight. Another battle ensued,...

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