#bunkum

The Whexshire Poltergeist

Wet Plate, 1877

Captured on photograph at the Whexshire estate. As the only known instance of a ghost directly killing a living person, this photo should have been medium Darla McErdwithe's claim to fame.

Sadly, as the victim in question, she was, by definition, too late to exploit the event. A plate hurled at high speed in the pitch black reversed her position at the ouija board during the very seance where this photograph was taken.

The fame fell to her sister, famed shot-put sensation Myra McErdwithe, who toured the photo among other artifacts around Europe for two decades before dying of tuberculosis and marrying a viscount (not in that order).

(My primary language isn't english, so don't judge me for not knowing this, but-)

''Bunkum'' is a synonym of ''NONSENSE'' !?

HOW COME I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!?

It's been YEARS since the game came out and just now I (out of nowhere) search the word ''bunkum'' on google just to find out THIS!?

WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE NAME??? HOW DOES IT AFFECT TO THE STORY??? WHA-

Am I stupid or something? ;-;

How many of you already knew this??

Nah, never really felt like it. I've heard some stuff. Besides--

I don't really fancy a territorial battle against another "villain"...

I mean, obviously I'd win, it'd be no fun...

ASL Lesson of the Day: “Bullshit”

On February 25, 1820, Rep. Felix Walker delivered a rambling speech in Congress that would go little remembered but for the abuse he took that day.

Walker moved to western North Carolina from what is now West Virginia in 1768. He was a militiaman and took part in the Revolutionary War.  Walker served in Congress from 1817 until 1823, and at that time Buncombe County was larger than its present size and comprised the core of his Congressional district.

As a result of the fateful speech, which had little relation to the topic at hand and during which colleagues tried to cut him off, Walker gained a reputation for “speaking for Buncombe.”  The phrase quickly became short for any sort of spurious or questionable statement.  Walker’s reputation, therefore, was discredited and his thoughts dismissed as “bunkum” or “bunk.”  Walker moved to Mississippi in 1824 and lived there until his death in 1828.

“Bunk,” in due course, became part of the American lexicon as a word indicating nonsense.  In 1916, Henry Ford, speaking about living in the present, made the oft-quoted statement, “History is more or less bunk.”

On February 25, 1820, Rep. Felix Walker delivered a rambling speech in Congress that would go little remembered but for the abuse he took that day.

Walker moved to western North Carolina from what is now West Virginia in 1768.  He was a militiaman and took part in the Revolutionary War.  Walker served in Congress from 1817 until 1823, and at that time Buncombe County was larger than its present size and comprised the core of his Congressional district.

As a result of the fateful speech, which had little relation to the topic at hand and during which colleagues tried to cut him off, Walker gained a reputation for “speaking for Buncombe.”  The phrase quickly became short for any sort of spurious or questionable statement.  Walker’s reputation, therefore, was discredited and his thoughts dismissed as “bunkum” or “bunk.”  Walker moved to Mississippi in 1824 and lived there until his death in 1828.

“Bunk,” in due course, became part of the American lexicon as a word indicating nonsense.  In 1916, Henry Ford, speaking about living in the present, made the oft-quoted statement, “History is more or less bunk.”