BS: Stupid head contest

Subject: BS: Stupid head contest
From: Jon Corelis
Date: 05 Mar 12 - 12:51 PM

A prize, consisting of hearty congratulations, to whoever can explain the following oracular utterance:

"When will his stupid head remember just how elegantly Edward erected roomy, healthy, happy homes?"

Bonus question: what is the argument for revising the sentence to read, "When will his stupid, moronic, electrified hot-heads remember, just loving how elegantly Edward erected roomy, healthy, happy homes?"

Jon Corelis
Songs by William Blake

Subject: RE: BS: Stupid head contest
From: Jack Campin
Date: 05 Mar 12 - 01:14 PM

It's a mnemonic for the order of the kings of England.

Subject: RE: BS: Stupid head contest
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 05 Mar 12 - 01:43 PM

Willy Willy had some horrible raspberry jam. He eventually eats every raspberry. He has hiccups. Edward eats raspberries. He hunts each most eagerly. Juicy creamy cultivated cranberry jam was Mary's archdelight. Greedy guzzling gorging George wanted very eagerly greengages ever green. Eek!

Subject: RE: BS: Stupid head contest
From: Bill D
Date: 05 Mar 12 - 02:42 PM

from when to when? And are queens included? I have lists and .ged files of the rulers of Europe, and I can't match up those mnemonics with the order.

Subject: RE: BS: Stupid head contest
From: Mrrzy
Date: 05 Mar 12 - 02:50 PM

William William Henry Someone Henry Richard James? John? Henry Edward Edward Richard Henry Henry Henry? Was there such a streak, and why can't I think of any kings' names beginning with S?

Subject: RE: BS: Stupid head contest
From: Dead Horse
Date: 05 Mar 12 - 02:53 PM

Because you forgot Stephen perhaps?

Subject: RE: BS: Stupid head contest
From: Jon Corelis
Date: 05 Mar 12 - 03:17 PM

Hearty congratulations to Jack for the first answer, and thanks for the further examples. No one so far has quite answered the bonus question, though it is rather obscure. It does have a determinable answer, though.

Jon Corelis

Subject: RE: BS: Stupid head contest
From: michaelr
Date: 05 Mar 12 - 03:30 PM

Wasn't there a King Stephen?

Subject: RE: BS: Stupid head contest
From: peregrina
Date: 05 Mar 12 - 03:33 PM

Moronic mnemonic mathilda?

Subject: RE: BS: Stupid head contest
From: Jon Corelis
Date: 05 Mar 12 - 03:44 PM

That's part of it.

Jon Corelis

Subject: RE: BS: Stupid head contest
From: TheSnail
Date: 05 Mar 12 - 04:32 PM

electrified - Stephen had a son Eugene(?) who he was setting up to succeed him but I think he died young so Matilda's (or Maud's) son Henry got the job.

I came up with an explanation for hot-head but realised I'd got the wrong Henry.

Trying to do this without googling.