<![CDATA[For years I thought the "Suez Crisis" was the "Sewers Crisis", like a blocked sewer or something, and I couldn't understand what Egypt had to do with any of it.]]>For years I thought the "Suez Crisis" was the "Sewers Crisis", like a blocked sewer or something, and I couldn't understand what Egypt had to do with any of it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/501cafa8-f306-442f-a36f-36cb32828149/for-years-i-thought-the-suez-crisis-was-the-sewers-crisis-like-a-blocked-sewer-or-something-and-i-couldn-t-understand-what-egypt-had-to-do-with-any-of-it.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 12:41:35 GMTSat, 16 May 2026 18:20:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to For years I thought the "Suez Crisis" was the "Sewers Crisis", like a blocked sewer or something, and I couldn't understand what Egypt had to do with any of it. on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:38:56 GMT]]>@fesshole You know that line about people failing to learn from history? I think we may have found the problem ...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/users/dshan/statuses/116586652374835615https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/users/dshan/statuses/116586652374835615Sat, 16 May 2026 22:38:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For years I thought the "Suez Crisis" was the "Sewers Crisis", like a blocked sewer or something, and I couldn't understand what Egypt had to do with any of it. on Sat, 16 May 2026 20:05:49 GMT]]>@fesshole lack of investment in the infrastructure led to the sidelining of British influence in the world, but not really

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/jonpsp/statuses/116586050328556959https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/jonpsp/statuses/116586050328556959Sat, 16 May 2026 20:05:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For years I thought the "Suez Crisis" was the "Sewers Crisis", like a blocked sewer or something, and I couldn't understand what Egypt had to do with any of it. on Sat, 16 May 2026 18:35:59 GMT]]>@stinerman @fesshole That's how I always heard that line, sewers. It always confused me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/rand__althor/statuses/116585697069536162https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/rand__althor/statuses/116585697069536162Sat, 16 May 2026 18:35:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For years I thought the "Suez Crisis" was the "Sewers Crisis", like a blocked sewer or something, and I couldn't understand what Egypt had to do with any of it. on Sat, 16 May 2026 18:31:42 GMT]]>@rand__althor @fesshole just this moment I realized it wasn't "sewers".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/stinerman/statuses/116585680228324964https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/stinerman/statuses/116585680228324964Sat, 16 May 2026 18:31:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For years I thought the "Suez Crisis" was the "Sewers Crisis", like a blocked sewer or something, and I couldn't understand what Egypt had to do with any of it. on Sat, 16 May 2026 18:21:28 GMT]]>@fesshole Like that line in "We Didn't Start the Fire", I thought it said "Trouble in the Sewers".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/rand__althor/statuses/116585640014706554https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/rand__althor/statuses/116585640014706554Sat, 16 May 2026 18:21:28 GMT