Captain Jacob Badger Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 Have ye naught read 'the pirates! in anh adventure wi' scientists'.........'tis all about the showmanship!...........naught has changed........ Yes, it be pointy…..and ye be at the wrong side o’ it.
Cut-throat Posted July 13, 2005 Author Posted July 13, 2005 Nay, never heard o 'the pirates an the scientists'. What be it ? An where can I read this matey ?
Captain Jacob Badger Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 Hurr hurr....it be in 'book' form sah!.....by Gideon defoe.......a light hearted look at a pirate cap'ns blunderin' thro the seas........an stuff....lol Yes, it be pointy…..and ye be at the wrong side o’ it.
Cut-throat Posted July 13, 2005 Author Posted July 13, 2005 Grammercy matey. I'll definately give it a sit through....once I find it, that is.
Black Syren Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 The nursery ryhme of London Bridge..Falling down is also based on a real life occurence. Apparently if I remember correctly a countess walked naked across the bridge and paused in the middle. The bridge was soon swamped with people..*mostly males* and the bridge collapsed. Not having to do with pirates but it did fit the nursery ryhme aspect. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/Dara286/trident01-11.png If you got a dream chase it, cause a dream won't chase you back...(Cody Johnson Till you Can't)
Fox Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 If "London Bridge" is anything more than a nonsense rhyme (ie. not inspired by real events at all) then it possibly originated after the 1014 battle of London between Olav's vikings and Ethelred the Unready's Anglo-Saxons - that being the last time London Bridge fell down. Equally likely is that the song dates from the Elizabethan period when the bridge was in such bad repair that major works were necessary. I'm pretty sure that the rhyme is older than 1823 when the bridge required such repairs that an entirely new one was built. Never in the history of London Bridge has it collapsed because of a naked chick, sorry. You might be thinking of the phrase "peeping Tom". Legend has it that Lady Godiva objected to her husband's treatment of the poor, and he agreed to treat them better if she rode through Coventry naked. As a mark of gratitude the people of Coventry all shut themselves indoors while she did it, except for a man named Tom who peeped, and was struck blind. Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
Black Syren Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 Thank you for the correction as I saw it on TV portrayed as such. I shall check into it further. Again Thank You. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/Dara286/trident01-11.png If you got a dream chase it, cause a dream won't chase you back...(Cody Johnson Till you Can't)
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