Here's your chance to own a Castle.

Jim Richards · 10-12-2006, 03:47 PM

I think I can afford this castle...

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

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Originally posted by procon
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that ain't no castle
it's missing most , if not all characteristics of a castle
that stupid little attempt at a tower can be found public outhouses from the middle ages... that didnt make it no castle then, nor does it make a castle now

to call this a castle, is on par with calling an electric Golf cart made by Porsche a GT sportscar... makes just about the same amount of sense.

dafischer · 10-12-2006, 05:24 PM

Castle my ass! That's a big, ugly, pretentious, poser of a house. All of the builder's taste was in his mouth.

Dottore · 10-12-2006, 07:15 PM

Noveau riche tasteless crap.

Noney · 10-12-2006, 07:15 PM

Where's the friggin mote and kettles to boil the oil in?

Noney · 10-12-2006, 07:51 PM

Can you tell us if it comes with wenches?

M.D. Holloway · 10-12-2006, 08:23 PM

I lived here for a few years. Must have had 25 fireplaces. It even had a pipe organ! I guess you can call it a castle - it is a residence hall at my undergrad school. Many claim it was haunted. I stayed in it for a full week once during the winter all by myself - freaky place!

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

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Originally posted by LubeMaster77
I lived here for a few years. Must have had 25 fireplaces. It even had a pipe organ! I guess you can call it a castle -

actually no , not a castle, there are no structural defences, no walls, fortifications, not design to withstand a siege...

this, would be a castle

't Gravensteen, Gent, Belgium
literally translated, the Count'sstone
the Count of Flanders, one of the richest providences in Midieval France had his base of operations there...

LeRoux Strydom · 10-12-2006, 11:01 PM

Now THIS is a castle.......

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

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Originally posted by LeRoux Strydom
Now THIS is a castle.......

it's a castle allright, but it's a bit tutti fruti ...
lady of the castle must have been the one wearing the pants there

realistically , for castles.. gotta visit UK
i think they have the highest concentration of proper castles anywhere in the world

i like this one ... not at all tutti fruti

also like the japanese castles, more refined yet very tough looking
especially nice when there is snow , not so much visible defences, but i'm envisioning 20 really hardcore samurai hidden in the nooks and crannies of one of these castles...just waiting to jumpout and distribute death

cashflyer · 10-13-2006, 08:01 AM

Like Stijn says, or hints at: One of the main purposes of a castle is as a defensive fortification.

Although castle can refer to an individual building, this building was usually the keep. Castle properly refers to the entire grouping, including the outer walls, towers, armory, residences, etc.

Once the defended area is large enough to encompass secondary city structures, such as the blacksmith, cobbler, etc, then you have a fortress or citadel.

A home such as for sale would be a manse or palace.

You have to know these things when you're king....

cashflyer · 10-13-2006, 08:05 AM

Castle.

gaijindabe · 10-13-2006, 08:12 AM

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Originally posted by cashflyer

You have to know these things when you're king....

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

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Originally posted by cashflyer

You have to know these things when you're king....

i would be an awesome king
i have the full skillset,

castle design skills, check
ability to rule minions, check
ability to fight wars , check ( i'm unbeatabvle at command and conquire, red alert )
keen fashin sense , check
humor , check
likes fancy weaponry, check
partying ,check

and so on , and so on

somebody should oust Bush, build a castle building at the entrance of mout cheyenne's Norad setup... a big throne, and isntall me in power.. i would rule in more ways then one

gaijindabe · 10-13-2006, 08:35 AM

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Originally posted by svandamme
i would be an awesome king
i have the full skillset,

castle design skills, check
ability to rule minions, check
ability to fight wars , check ( i'm unbeatabvle at command and conquire, red alert )
keen fashin sense , check
humor , check
likes fancy weaponry, check
partying ,check

and so on , and so on

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

would be more like this

M.D. Holloway · 10-13-2006, 11:28 AM

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Originally posted by svandamme
actually no , not a castle, there are no structural defences, no walls, fortifications, not design to withstand a siege...

Does an invisable line of Nuns count? There is a nice hedge that surrounds the prop - many a drunken night I scraped the ***** out of my face trying to get through it. We did once pour a bucket of garbage in the top of a townies truck who was parked right under the 3rd story window. Does that count for anything?

scottmandue · 10-13-2006, 11:34 AM

"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

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Originally posted by LubeMaster77
Does an invisable line of Nuns count? There is a nice hedge that surrounds the prop - many a drunken night I scraped the ***** out of my face trying to get through it. We did once pour a bucket of garbage in the top of a townies truck who was parked right under the 3rd story window. Does that count for anything?

mmm bit basic Lube... i mean , i'm from Europe , the Gravensteen up in the thread.... water around, big walls, torture chamber, forget pit, we got like a history of castles and stuff, and y'all yankees better not mess with my heritage and stuff yo....

you don't see me set up my polyester tent and calling it an Teepee , and refer to my car as my wild prairy horse
or claim that i'm the Medicine man , because i trip on shrooms every now and then....

Sarc · 10-13-2006, 12:57 PM

Castle or fortified Chateau?