happy? – Jan 30 (Charles I swings)

Subject: happy? – Jan 30 (Charles I swings)
From: Abby Sale
Date: 30 Jan 06 - 10:48 AM


On a scaffold erected outside the banqueting hall of Whitehall
on the morning of Tuesday, Jan 30, 1649,
Charles I (b.11/19/1600) was executed for high treason
and "other high crimes against the realm of England."

          They bored a hole in Oliver's nose and pulled therein a string     [ie, Cromwell]
          And drew him around about the town
          For murdering Charles our King
          For murdering Charles our King
  
                  "Adam and Eve" DigTrad filename[ ADAMNEVE

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Subject: RE: happy? – Jan 30 (Charles I swings)
From: Paul Burke
Date: 30 Jan 06 - 11:00 AM

We might have another Charles to play with soon... reminds me of the old school punctuation exercise, "King Charles walked and talked half an hour after they cut off his head"

Subject: RE: happy? – Jan 30 (Charles I swings)
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Jan 06 - 11:03 AM

So, was he hanged, or beheaded?

Subject: RE: happy? – Jan 30 (Charles I swings)
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 30 Jan 06 - 12:29 PM

Charles I was beheaded. Cromwell's nose job was post-mortem. Charles II had Cromwell exhumed and beheaded.

Subject: RE: happy? – Jan 30 (Charles I swings)
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Jan 06 - 11:54 AM

So he didn't 'swing' then. I thought not.

Subject: RE: happy? – Jan 30 (Charles I swings)
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 31 Jan 06 - 11:57 AM

You're thinking of Edward II ... ;o)

Subject: RE: happy? – Jan 30 (Charles I swings)
From: Paul Burke
Date: 31 Jan 06 - 12:22 PM

Not to mention James I...

Subject: RE: happy? – Jan 30 (Charles I swings)
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 31 Jan 06 - 01:24 PM

... and Edward VII & Mrs. Simpson had a special friend named Fruity Murdoch ...

Subject: RE: happy? – Jan 30 (Charles I swings)
From: Abby Sale
Date: 01 Feb 06 - 08:34 AM

Thanks for the correction, fellers. But (sigh) it was such a good Subject: line.

Subject: RE: happy? – Jan 30 (Charles I swings)
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 02 Feb 06 - 06:57 AM

If you had called it 'Charles I for the chop' we might have had a foodie thread.