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G-r-o-a-n! 
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Rub-a-dub dub, Three dubs in a tub: And who do you think they be The butcher, the baker, the candle-stick maker,, Cast them out, Knaves all three.
I could never figure out why those three were calumnized.
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BYB advised that I once attended a history lecture where it was revealed that a study of exchequer documents revealed the fact that in 1214 King John had exactly 4 baths. (This was at least 3 more than common people had in a lifetime.) If you wonder how this could be determined, it seems that he had to pay a fee to some court official who had the royal warrant or something on baths and there was a record in the Exchequer.
Well, they do say that cleanliness is next to godliness, and no would could ever accuse Richard's little brother Johnny of that.
Besides, he took a cold bath at Runnymede the next year.
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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Besides, he took a cold bath at Runnymede the next year. Hey, I got that! Thank you, m'dear! 
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And of course he lost the Crown Jewels in the Wash.
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...he lost the Crown Jewels in the Wash.
Nicholas, that one I don't get. (hint.)
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1.King John The Wash shakespeare scholars shakespeare message ... ... a long time ago) that King John lost the Crown Jewels of his time after some bone-head move in a body of water called the Wash or something like that. Can one ... http://starbuck.com/shakespeare/KingJohnhall/messages/20.html :Unfortunately the above was a question that apparently never got an answer.
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"I understand that in Scandanavian countries, plunges into ice cold pools and streams are
believed to be highly beneficial to health. A dog that enjoyed such hypothetically healthful
plunges would be a corker!"
Dear WW: In Scandinavia and many other places, a sauna, hot steam bath precedes the cold dip.
I saw on Internet a site about a place on North Sea English coast of a place called Scara Brae, where they have found a sauna used in 8000 BC. They heated rocks in fire, and threw them into water to make steam in an enclosed space before skinny dipping in ocean. It is said to be a very pleasant experience. I doubt my cardiovascular system could tolerate it.
All Newfoundland dogs joyously go into winter ocean to rescue people.. And the St.Bernards were born with a cask of schnapps lsuspended from their collar to help revive victims they rescued in the Alps.
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October 1215 a caravan of King John of England attempted to cross the sands of The Wash. The caravan carried a large amount of the King's treasure and was trapped by an incoming tide and a descending current from the River Nene. All was lost. The journey in question lies between Kings Lynn and Long Sutton. Since that time the area has changed, the Wash has been pushed back and rushes grow in areas where sands were covered by high tide. Man made drainage canals have also gained ground. The treasure is probably now lying 30ft deep. King John had taken a longer route through Wisbech and over higher ground and was able to witness the loss. He then rode to the Abbey at Swineshead. Quicksand is in the area.[from World Wide Shipwrecks  ]
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Thanks, you two. Wonder if anybody's found the treasure yet??
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