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Page 78 of 126 < 1 2 ... 76 77 78 79 80 ... 125 126 > Go to page... Topic Options #205710 - 05/05/12 05:05 PM No, not phrenology [Re: Rhubarb Commando] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6793 Loc: 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 Top #205724 - 05/06/12 04:36 PM Tying Up Loose Ends Department [Re: Rhubarb Commando] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6793 Loc: 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...) Top #205727 - 05/06/12 11:43 PM Re: Tying Up Loose Ends Department [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: 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 Top #205728 - 05/07/12 01:36 AM Common knowledge [Re: jenny jenny] Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: 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 Top #205729 - 05/07/12 06:25 AM Re: Tying Up Loose Ends Department [Re: wofahulicodoc] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Moral: Don't accept everything you read as Gospel Since you are talking clichés: 'history will absolve you'. Top #205730 - 05/07/12 06:51 AM speaking of clichés [Re: BranShea] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6793 Loc: Worcester, MA Yes, but is it "History is the Daughter of Time" or "History is written by the winners" ? Top #205731 - 05/07/12 10:21 AM Re: speaking of clichés [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: 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 Edited by jenny jenny (05/07/12 10:22 AM) Top #205734 - 05/07/12 12:52 PM A sad tale of betrayal. [Re: jenny jenny] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1075 Loc: 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 Top #205742 - 05/08/12 11:37 AM Maybe it is best that you are unruth. [Re: Rhubarb Commando] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: 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 Top #205743 - 05/08/12 12:11 PM Re: Maybe it is best that you are unruth. [Re: Jackie] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1075 Loc: 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 Top Page 78 of 126 < 1 2 ... 76 77 78 79 80 ... 125 126 > Go to page... 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