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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 78 of 126 1 2 … 76 77 78 79 80 … 125 126 Go to page... No, not phrenology [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #205710 05/05/12 09:05 PM 05/05/12 09:05 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,963 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,963 Worcester, MA If you must have your sciences soft, I found a hat someone had doffed ...Reading Psychology ...Or Sociology What was that? Somebody coughed? OPPRESSIVE - ORNAMENT Tying Up Loose Ends Department [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #205724 05/06/12 08:36 PM 05/06/12 08:36 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,963 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,963 Worcester, MA Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando ...as a historian (Ret'd) I have to protest that I am mystified as to exactly who we are talking about! There are a few choices:- 1] Henry II and Thomas a' Becket of Canterbury (he was the "turbulent priest" that Henry wanted rid of.) 2]Richard III and the two young Princes , murdered in the Tower of London (supposedly) - which is the plot of Tey's excellent book, Daughter of Time 3] Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More, whom Good King Hal had beheaded for not agreeing to support the Divorce between himself and Catherine of Arragon. There we have a slice of English history, covering just over two centuries - a very colourful and turbulent period, indeed, although not the period in which I specialise (I'm a late C18/C19 Social Historian by trade.)... A final word: Richard III, and the horrendous actions attributed to him, is the core of Tey's Daughter of Time. Thomas More, referred to in the book (somewhat sardonically) as "the Sainted Thomas," wrote a history of those times widely considered authoritative, though he lived two generations later. Referring to Thomas More as the "meddlesome priest," when that title more properly inheres to Thomas à Becket, is my error, pure and simple. Moral: Don't accept everything you read as Gospel. Even if it comes from a Saint. Or me. Or even Snopes.com. (But that's another story...) Re: Tying Up Loose Ends Department [Re: wofahulicodoc] #205727 05/07/12 03:43 AM 05/07/12 03:43 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Sometimes Words Can Be Self-evident Don't accept every Gospel you read as moral And beware of facts that you hear that are oral Instruments of oppression? Or ornaments on progression? -The best named goat is the South American goral SCHEME - SCIENCE Common knowledge [Re: jenny jenny] #205728 05/07/12 05:36 AM 05/07/12 05:36 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska Be careful where you get your science; On Wiki don't place great reliance. The open-write scheme Propagates any meme, Until it's corrected by clients. BOBBY PIN – BOGOTÁ Re: Tying Up Loose Ends Department [Re: wofahulicodoc] #205729 05/07/12 10:25 AM 05/07/12 10:25 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Moral: Don't accept everything you read as Gospel Since you are talking clichés: 'history will absolve you'. speaking of clichés [Re: BranShea] #205730 05/07/12 10:51 AM 05/07/12 10:51 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,963 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,963 Worcester, MA Yes, but is it "History is the Daughter of Time" or "History is written by the winners" ? Re: speaking of clichés [Re: wofahulicodoc] #205731 05/07/12 02:21 PM 05/07/12 02:21 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi You ain't seen a pin 'til you've seen my Bobby pin Like when he pinned an orangutang in Bogota He tied him in a knot To untie him he forgot And that orangutang is still tied up in Bogota RUTHLESS - SACKFUL Last edited by jenny jenny; 05/07/12 02:22 PM. A sad tale of betrayal. [Re: jenny jenny] #205734 05/07/12 04:52 PM 05/07/12 04:52 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK I once had a girlfriend named Ruth, But she left me to go to Duluth With my friend, who’s got dash And a sackful of cash, So now I am Ruthless, i’sooth! APERIENT - APOLOGY I'm immortal until proven otherwise Maybe it is best that you are unruth. [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #205742 05/08/12 03:37 PM 05/08/12 03:37 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi I am your former girlfriend Ruth in Duluth I dumped you because you were crude and uncouth My aperient was your friend; My apology for our end I miss you darling like I miss an aching tooth. SEMICONSCIOUS - SEPARATE Re: Maybe it is best that you are unruth. [Re: Jackie] #205743 05/08/12 04:11 PM 05/08/12 04:11 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Now that we’ve gone our separate ways I live in a semiconscious haze. I thought I’d found love But you gave me the shove, And I pass all my days in a daze CRENEL - CRICKET I'm immortal until proven otherwise Page 78 of 126 1 2 … 76 77 78 79 80 … 125 126 Go to page... 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