In uk.misc,  (Marcus Houlden) wrote in ::

>On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:57:05 퍝, Marc Wilson 
>wrote the following to uk.misc:
>
>> In uk.misc,  (Dave Budd) wrote in ::
>>
>>>In article <1cndqttw1vzen.1u93zk69t4m9j$.dlg@40tude.net>, 
>>>watercress@spamcop.org says...
>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:42:56 퍝, Dave Budd wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> > In article <g3d5kd$1ms$5@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge@nowhere.much.invalid 
>>>> > says...
>>>> >> On 2008-06-18, Dave Budd  wrote:
>>>> >>> In article , august@kororaa.com 
>>>> 
>>>> <snup>
>>>> 
>>>> >>> Saw an ep of The Supersizers last night. Now wish I'd watched it proper, 
>>>> >>> it was very funny. Esp the Surprise Pie - a dozen live frogs in a pastry 
>>>> >>> case.
>>>> >> 
>>>> >> Hence "Four and twenty blackbirds".
>>>> >> 
>>>> > That was mentioned.
>>>> 
>>>> In the case for the defence?
>>>> 
>>>Apparently, as the monarch moved from noble house to noble house, there 
>>>was a sort of arms race to see who could lay on the "best" spread. 
>>>I /think/ the 4&20BBS outranked the dozen frogs, but.
>>>It got so silly people were building complete new houses for the 
>>>festivities - or so it was claimed. Possibly it was a tax dodge, or they 
>>>didn't want that sort of party in their real house.
>>
>> A Royal Visit, if sufficiently prolonged, could be used as a punishment.
>
>I doubt queenie would want to linger once they started getting stuff from
>the back of the cupboard and her main meal of the day was packet soup and
>beans on toast. Obviously you'd have to be careful not to annoy her so much
>that you get a particularly close hair cut, but it must have been possible
>to encourage her to leave somehow. Evacuating to get the place purged of
>catholics might do.

In 1575, Elizabeth I visited Robert Dudley at Kenilworth castle.  She stayed for 19 days, at a cost to him of £1,000 per day (around £1,000,000 per day in today's money).  Not so much a visit as a visitation.
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Marc

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On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:54:17 +0100, Marc Wilson 
wrote the following to uk.misc:

> In uk.misc,  (Marcus Houlden) wrote in ::
>
>>On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:57:05 +0100, Marc Wilson 
>>wrote the following to uk.misc:
>>
>>> In uk.misc,  (Dave Budd) wrote in ::
>>>
>>>>In article <1cndqttw1vzen.1u93zk69t4m9j$.dlg@40tude.net>, 
>>>>watercress@spamcop.org says...
>>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:42:56 +0100, Dave Budd wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> > In article <g3d5kd$1ms$5@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge@nowhere.much.invalid 
>>>>> > says...
>>>>> >> On 2008-06-18, Dave Budd  wrote:
>>>>> >>> In article , august@kororaa.com 
>>>>> 
>>>>> <snup>
>>>>> 
>>>>> >>> Saw an ep of The Supersizers last night. Now wish I'd watched it proper, 
>>>>> >>> it was very funny. Esp the Surprise Pie - a dozen live frogs in a pastry 
>>>>> >>> case.
>>>>> >> 
>>>>> >> Hence "Four and twenty blackbirds".
>>>>> >> 
>>>>> > That was mentioned.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In the case for the defence?
>>>>> 
>>>>Apparently, as the monarch moved from noble house to noble house, there 
>>>>was a sort of arms race to see who could lay on the "best" spread. 
>>>>I /think/ the 4&20BBS outranked the dozen frogs, but.
>>>>It got so silly people were building complete new houses for the 
>>>>festivities - or so it was claimed. Possibly it was a tax dodge, or they 
>>>>didn't want that sort of party in their real house.
>>>
>>> A Royal Visit, if sufficiently prolonged, could be used as a punishment.
>>
>>I doubt queenie would want to linger once they started getting stuff from
>>the back of the cupboard and her main meal of the day was packet soup and
>>beans on toast. Obviously you'd have to be careful not to annoy her so much
>>that you get a particularly close hair cut, but it must have been possible
>>to encourage her to leave somehow. Evacuating to get the place purged of
>>catholics might do.
>
> In 1575, Elizabeth I visited Robert Dudley at Kenilworth castle.  She
> stayed for 19 days, at a cost to him of £1,000 per day (around £1,000,000
> per day in today's money).  Not so much a visit as a visitation.

Damn fool should have pretended to be out. How hard can it be to spot when a
queen and her entourage are on the way?

mh.
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Marc Wilson wrote:

> In 1575, Elizabeth I visited Robert Dudley at Kenilworth castle.  She
> stayed for 19 days, at a cost to him of £1,000 per day (around
> £1,000,000 per day in today's money).  Not so much a visit as a
> visitation.

No way. What could you possibly spend a millionpounds a day on in those 
times. Evene now with expensive cars, helicopters, pot noodles et al 
you'd still be hard put.

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:47:23 +0200, John of Aix wrote:

> pot noodles

Are not poodles.


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