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twenex
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Oh, the Irony!
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Dec 1 09:31 UTC 2003 |
This is an item about King George III.
No, not the series of three films about the Mad King from whom America
declared independence.
The third King George of The United Kingdom, who was, in fact, a
complete loon, and who refused to dismiss his "evil and designing
ministers" who whated to impose Stamp Duty.
The King who, to all lovers of that hit 1980s British tv comedy series
starring Rowan Atkinson, "Blakadder", is known as a "certified
sauerkraut sucking loon."
It's official. He was made as a march hare. He talked to trees. He
kept kangaroos in his garden. He tried to give kangaroos away to his
favourites as Christmas presents.
But King George didn't much like being at Court. He didn't like the
hustle and bustle. He didn't live at Buckingham Palace, Windsor
Castle, or any of the other Palaces the Royal Family have strewn about
the country.
He built a new one. A simple, unostentatious (for a King) one.
He built it on the site of the now world-famous Kew Gardens.
The name of this semi-palatial, T-Shaped Royal Loony Bin?
"The White House".
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md
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response 1 of 11:
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Dec 1 12:11 UTC 2003 |
Seriously, I read somewhere that the producers of "The Madness of King
George" decided not to name it "The Madness of King George III" because
they were afraid US audiences would think it was the third movie in a
series.
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keesan
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response 2 of 11:
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Dec 1 13:12 UTC 2003 |
He had some genetic disease (porphyria) due to a lot of royal inbreeding which
affected his mind.
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tpryan
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response 3 of 11:
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Dec 1 13:41 UTC 2003 |
Mad Royal Disease (MRD)?
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sj2
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response 4 of 11:
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Dec 1 14:20 UTC 2003 |
Why couldn't the royals find any names other than George, Edwaard,
Charles, Louis and the like? I mean why does there have to be a Louis
XIV, George V, Edward VII, or Henry VIII? Was it so difficult to find
unique names?
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remmers
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response 5 of 11:
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Dec 1 15:02 UTC 2003 |
Aristocracy and royalty like to name themselves after their ancestors,
I guess.
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polygon
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response 6 of 11:
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Dec 1 15:54 UTC 2003 |
In a conference room at New York Hospital Westchester Division, a
mental institution once known as the Bloomingdale Asylum, in White
Plains, New York, one of the wall decorations is an authentic
report from George III's doctors. In the most polite and optimistic
terms, the report details all kinds of bizarre behavior.
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rcurl
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response 7 of 11:
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Dec 1 15:57 UTC 2003 |
The English often name their homes. I knew a family in Tunbridge Wells
that lived in "The White House". Why was it named that? Well, it was
white. That is somewhat unusual as most homes there are brick.
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drew
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response 8 of 11:
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Dec 1 16:18 UTC 2003 |
Not clear on #0: Is this, is is this not, the guy in charge of England during
the American Revolution?
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twenex
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Dec 1 22:35 UTC 2003 |
Re: 8: Yes, thus the irony.
Re: 4: It is traditional in all royal families, or all European Royal
Families, at least, to have a certain set of names that are given to
Kings, Queens, princes, etc. In the British Royal family there have
been 2 Queens Elizabeth, (3 counting the late Queen Mother, who was
queen by vortue of marriage to George VI), at least two Annes
including Queen Anne and the present Princess Anne, etc. There have
been reports that Prince Charles wants to be known as King George VII
when he ascends the throne. I believe there have been about twelve
Norwegian King Haakon's (pronounced "Hawkon"?). It's just tradition.
America seems to be carrying it on with such figures as George and
George W Bush, and of course William Henry Gates III, or Kaiser Bill,
as I like to call him.
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tod
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Dec 1 23:16 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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tpryan
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response 11 of 11:
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Dec 2 18:18 UTC 2003 |
fifty cent and Plug Nickel?
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