Atheists & Agnostics

onager

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23. Link to that, for anyone who missed it.

Sun May 17, 2015, 10:29 AM

May 2015

Videos from the Smithsonian documentary, "The King's Skeleton: Richard III Revealed."

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/the-kings-skeleton-richard-iii-revealed/0/3381029

Usual OT meandering...

I always wondered about the "ugly hunchback" stories. Several women wrote about dancing with Richard. At least during his lifetime, nobody seems to have mentioned him being especially hideous or handicapped.

The Countess of Desmond not only said he was a good dancer, but described him as "the handsomest man in the room except for his brother Edward."

That was King Edward IV, a sort of 15th-century Bill Clinton. Who unfortunately married into a sort of 15th-century version of the Bush family, those greedy grifters the Woodvilles.

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I had tea with the Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday. [View all] PassingFair May 2015 OP

Nice butt! n/t trotsky May 2015 #1

That's what HE said! PassingFair May 2015 #2

I had tea with the Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday. AlbertCat May 2015 #3

HA! Thanks for the memories! And Elizabeth I... onager May 2015 #6

Alerting! You...COLONIALIST! onager May 2015 #4

My mother DID "out" me .... PassingFair May 2015 #7

English Breakfast is an excellent tea, mr blur May 2015 #12

He wasn't deformed with a hunch back, either. mr blur May 2015 #13

Link to that, for anyone who missed it. onager May 2015 #23

The egg salad tea sandwiches look SCRUMPTIOUS!! PeaceNikki May 2015 #5

Divine! PassingFair May 2015 #8

Did you get to wear a funky hat? beam me up scottie May 2015 #9

Does anyone still wear a hat? AlbertCat May 2015 #10

Wow, great. I love Patti LuPone. Thanks. mountain grammy May 2015 #18

sure miss Elaine Stritch. AlbertCat May 2015 #21

Could be worse, check out this ship-head... onager May 2015 #20

You're right, it does! beam me up scottie May 2015 #22

K&R for PassingFair's butt. n/t deucemagnet May 2015 #11

Did you gnaw on his ankles? progressoid May 2015 #14

Did you expect me to bash the Bishop?! PassingFair May 2015 #15

What kind of atheist are you? progressoid May 2015 #16

Hahahahaha! PassingFair May 2015 #17

I see what you did there! onager May 2015 #19

At least THIS didn't happen...."THE BISHOP" PassingFair May 2015 #24