Richard III's skeleton found under parking lot
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+1 great story
A great story, but I'm having a hard time thinking up a terrible joke that combines a line from the Shakespeare play with "found under parking lot." I thought of, "A Ford Mustang! A Ford Mustang! My kingdom for a Ford Mustang!" It's definitely awful, but not quite clever enough. Alack.
Very cool story!
Many years ago (late '60s, to be more exact), I read a story by Josephine Tey entitled "The Daughter of Time" about Richard III. Has anybody read that book more recently? Is it worth a re-read? Maybe someone could even post a short review?
It is fascinating to think his remains were lost for centuries, and found in our time. Amazing.
No doubt Leicester city council will charge his descendants many millions as a parking charge for all those years.
I'm from New York. We have plenty of skeletons under parking lots.
I believe the line you're thinking of is, "A Hearse! A Hearse! My Kingdom for a Hearse!"
Yeah, but that was actually pretty good!
I believe the line you're thinking of is, "A Hearse! A Hearse! My Kingdom for a Hearse!"
We have a winner !!!
http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/...chard-iiis-face-revealed-after-500-years?lite
Richard III of the House of York ("Dick York") with great, great................great nephew Michael Ibsen today.
No, not this Dick York
from Bewitched.
Since no one has gone there yet- Prince Albert was found in a can.
Now is the winter of our disinterment?
Yeah, but this particular one died a violent death when a rival clan brought a large gang of armed men and attacked his group of armed men, in a turf war for control of ...
... oh, nevermind.
518 years ... times 52 ... times seventeen quid eighty pence ...
...479,460.80 quid.
(Honestly, I thought it'd be more. But I guess now we know what a "king's ransom" is worth in today's world.)
Ditto.
I even double-checked your math because I was sure you had slipped a decimal.
Ya know, if the family is well-off, half a mill wouldn't be a bad gesture and would certainly gain some political favor.
