Your Favourite Historical Badass

[J-Do]

For me, it's a toss up between Teddy Roosevelt or Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Roosevelt because he was awesome, his life perfectley summed up by a politician on his deathbed:
"Death had to take him sleeping, for if Roosevelt had been awake there would have been a fight."
Also... he had a pet lion and a pet bear. Gotta love it.

Garibaldi (A hero of Italian unification for those who don't know) because he kicked all sorts of ass. He Went all over the world like no ones business, fighting in a literal shit ton of battles, learning guerilla warfare in South America. There's even an account of him boarding a ship, saying he's now in command and shooting the captain to prove he wasn't fucking around.

So who do you think is the greatest badass of all time?

 

[Skuffyshootster]

Me.

Hey, you don't know how old I am.

 

[sam_savage1393]

Ganghis Khan

 

[BENZOOKA]

Simo Häyhä [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Häyhä], obviously.

 

[madcap2112]

Alvin York.

 

[Omikron009]

Santa claus?

 

[Quaxar]

Jack Churchill
or maybe Simo Häyhä
both pretty much totally fracking (glass of steaming hot unobtainium for reference) badass...

 

[Julianking93]

Kratos.

What? You didn't say it had to be real

 

[fix-the-spade]

Ganghis Khan

Bloody well Ninja'd.


But it's got to be Genghis.

Unifying the entire of Mongolia, then conquering the entire known world, then conquering most of the unknown world as well. Not bad for one man in one lifetime.

 

[Micklet]

Jonah Lomu. That man succeeds no matter what he does.

 

[sogortheogre]

Abraham Lincoln.

The greatest sorcerer of all time.

 

[IrishBerserker]

Attila the Hun

 

[hittite]

Vlad the Impaler.

He fought off the entire Ottoman Empire. That's no laughing matter.

 

[damselgaming]

Mulan.

I don't care if she wasn't real!

 

[hittite]

Jack Churchill
or maybe Simo Häyhä
both pretty much totally fracking (glass of steaming hot unobtainium for reference) badass...

Battlestar Galactica. not even hard

 

[sam_savage1393]

Ganghis Khan

Bloody well Ninja'd.


But it's got to be Genghis.

Unifying the entire of Mongolia, then conquering the entire known world, then conquering most of the unknown world as well. Not bad for one man in one lifetime.

My first Ninja'd quote! This deserves cookies for everyone!

 

[Canid117]

Jack Churchill

Google it

 

[KnowYourOnion]

For me, it's a toss up between Teddy Roosevelt or Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Roosevelt because he was awesome, his life perfectley summed up by a politician on his deathbed:
"Death had to take him sleeping, for if Roosevelt had been awake there would have been a fight."
Also... he had a pet lion and a pet bear. Gotta love it.

Garibaldi (A hero of Italian unification for those who don't know) because he kicked all sorts of ass. He Went all over the world like no ones business, fighting in a literal shit ton of battles, learning guerilla warfare in South America. There's even an account of him boarding a ship, saying he's now in command and shooting the captain to prove he wasn't fucking around.

So who do you think is the greatest badass of all time?

GARIBALDI'S CRY FOR BISCUIT REVOLUTION!!!!!!!

and probably Alexander the Great, the ultimate badass
conquering most of the known world and keeping it together

 

[HTID Raver]

Jack Churchhill
simo haya
and alvin york

i forgot the other 2

look them up on cracked.com and prepare for a full-blown mind-blasting.