Ray's Thought for the Day - 1066
For two Saturday's of the Julian running,, events have conspired together to keep me separated from my delicious cinnamon bun. So today, I am taking lots of precautions in advance to make sure I get my delicious cinnamon like I'm supposed to. And anon, if all my extra precautions come to fruition, I shall be enjoying my delicious cinnamon bun. Praise the Goddess.
The number of missals current in this venue prior to this one is 1066, which is the same number as the year of the Julian, 1066, when King Harold succumbed to an arrow in the eye and the Normans conquered England. William, who conquered England, and became known as the Conquerer, or Conqueror, was Harold's cousin.
Harold's brief reign as King of Merry Old England was remarkable for family troubles. Besides cousin William, Harold was also afflicted with a troublesome brother, Tostig, who was prone to revolting. Harold spent so much time constraining brother Tostig's antics that he wasn't precautious regarding the potential antics of cousin William.
William spoke a primitive French lingo. Many of the words he used in conversation eventually trickled down to the conquered English peasants. After a few generations, upwardly mobile English peasants began using French words like French fries instead of chips. But pretty soon all those upwardly mobile English peasants, got themselves shipped over to these parts to take advantage of the seemingly boundless natural resources and free African labor the new land offered. But they brought many of their customs and language peculiarities with them, including French fries, short for French fried potatoes. The ignorant English peasants that stayed behind though, in Merry Old England, kept calling them chips.
The hard-working Homeland Congress, during several of the 94 days they were in session this year, debated furiously, and finally decided that fried spuds consumed in the Homeland needed a new nome de guerre. So they started calling them freedom fries in all the Congressional dining facilities and the menus were edited to include freedom fries. Sadly, the new name, freedom fries, didn't catch on and they had to change all the menus back to French fries. But at least they tried. Almost getting French fries changed to freedom fries was their greatest achievement during the year of the Julian, 2006.
The number of missals current in this venue prior to this one is 1066, which is the same number as the year of the Julian, 1066, when King Harold succumbed to an arrow in the eye and the Normans conquered England. William, who conquered England, and became known as the Conquerer, or Conqueror, was Harold's cousin.
Harold's brief reign as King of Merry Old England was remarkable for family troubles. Besides cousin William, Harold was also afflicted with a troublesome brother, Tostig, who was prone to revolting. Harold spent so much time constraining brother Tostig's antics that he wasn't precautious regarding the potential antics of cousin William.
William spoke a primitive French lingo. Many of the words he used in conversation eventually trickled down to the conquered English peasants. After a few generations, upwardly mobile English peasants began using French words like French fries instead of chips. But pretty soon all those upwardly mobile English peasants, got themselves shipped over to these parts to take advantage of the seemingly boundless natural resources and free African labor the new land offered. But they brought many of their customs and language peculiarities with them, including French fries, short for French fried potatoes. The ignorant English peasants that stayed behind though, in Merry Old England, kept calling them chips.
The hard-working Homeland Congress, during several of the 94 days they were in session this year, debated furiously, and finally decided that fried spuds consumed in the Homeland needed a new nome de guerre. So they started calling them freedom fries in all the Congressional dining facilities and the menus were edited to include freedom fries. Sadly, the new name, freedom fries, didn't catch on and they had to change all the menus back to French fries. But at least they tried. Almost getting French fries changed to freedom fries was their greatest achievement during the year of the Julian, 2006.
posted by ray pistrum at Saturday, October 21, 2006
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