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    There's a programme on More4 this Wednesday (27th) at 9pm which is not an update but will feature previously unseen (!) footage from the investigation. I'm in!

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    Back to the cage fighting monarchs and leaders of men. Here is an alphabetical list of their nicknames, that could be very useful for promotional posters.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...hs_by_nickname



    Basil The Bulgar-Slayer.. vs...William The Bastard.

    Also appearing...

    Fredrick Great Belly Gerent...vs....Hairy Breechers Ragnor.

    this time its personal....
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    What a find!
    Great character names.
    "Minus a Quarter" vs "Queen" (James I of England - "Queen"? hmmm)
    "Mongo only pawn in game of life" - Mongo

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRma7PDW10

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    I have no idea who Ivailo "the Cabbage" of Bulgaria was, but I'd love to meet him...
    "I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lokasenna View Post
    I have no idea who Ivailo "the Cabbage" of Bulgaria was, but I'd love to meet him...
    Given that immigration controls for Bulgaria and Romania are to be removed this year, you might well get to meet him:

    'Up to 250,000 Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants could flood into Britain in the next five years, the group has predicted, after ministers refused to give an official estimate.'
    "L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.

    "Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.

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    Now I'm no expert in etymology, but when you see James II's nick name, and remember he fled the country when the going got tough you can see the meaning of "The Be-s***ten" has not changed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zaza View Post
    There's a programme on More4 this Wednesday (27th) at 9pm which is not an update but will feature previously unseen (!) footage from the investigation. I'm in!


    That was better.

    I reckon C4 were going to do a job on Phillippa and the Ricardians for the first one, and their plans were ruined when Richards remains really did turn up. Last nights programme was more serious and befitting.
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    Here's something for you history buffs:

    http://www.online-literature.com/for...62#post1205562
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    The follow-up programme on Richard III was definitely better than the first, with it's emphasis on the tests rather than on the emotional faffing-around. Better mitochondrial DNA than sobbing !

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    Just a syntax question call it being pedantic and i am not usually
    The OP title: Richard III reads: Richard the third.
    What is written reads Richard three.
    which is which? do we reading what we do not see?
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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    Just a syntax question call it being pedantic and i am not usually
    The OP title: Richard III reads: Richard the third.
    What is written reads Richard three.
    which is which? are we reading what we do not see?
    An Irishman would call him Richard the Turd.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paulclem View Post
    An Irishman would call him Richard the Turd.
    Ah. It is not what it says on the tin though.
    it may never try
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    Richard III is how you write Richard the Third. Hollywood films follow different a tradition so- "Richard III III" The Movie, would be Richard the Third Three.

    I suppose you could write Richard the 33.33333333333% but that would be just silly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by prendrelemick View Post
    Richard III is how you write Richard the Third. Hollywood films follow different a tradition so- "Richard III III" the movie, would be Richard the Third Three.
    What is this tradition? That reads like Richard VI.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lokasenna View Post
    I have no idea who Ivailo "the Cabbage" of Bulgaria was, but I'd love to meet him...
    I knew a bloke called cabbage once. He wasn't Bulgarian, and you would definately not want to meet him. (He was an armed robber before being jailed).Perhaps he had Bulgarian ancestors.

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