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  • Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    TIL of the 4th Earl of Sandwich (via this thread). This excerpt from his Wikipedia page sounds like someone Aussies will be familiar with:

    Sandwich retired in 1782. Despite holding a number of important posts during his career, Sandwich’s incompetence and corruption were legendary, inspiring the saying: “Seldom has any man held so many offices and accomplished so little.”

    Hi ScoMo!