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Post by Maggadin on Nov 13, 2012 8:16:00 GMT
Queen Nefertiti (8) H.G. Wells (15) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (17) Marco Polo (16) +1 Agatha Christie (10) King John (17) George Stephenson (16) Maximilien Robespierre (12) Wyatt Earp (14) Charles Dickens (3) Queen Victoria (4) -2 Vincent Van Gogh (4)
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Post by Maggadin on Nov 14, 2012 0:35:57 GMT
Queen Nefertiti (8) H.G. Wells (15) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (17) Marco Polo (16) Agatha Christie (10) King John (18) +1 George Stephenson (16) Maximilien Robespierre (12) Wyatt Earp (14) Charles Dickens (3) Queen Victoria (4) Vincent Van Gogh (2) -2
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Post by primsong on Nov 14, 2012 1:18:18 GMT
Queen Nefertiti (8) H.G. Wells (15) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (17) Marco Polo (16) Agatha Christie (10) King John (18) George Stephenson (17) +1 Maximilien Robespierre (12) Wyatt Earp (14) Charles Dickens (1) -2 Queen Victoria (4) Vincent Van Gogh (2)
It was quite tempting to mercilessly eliminate Van Gogh, but as I had the pleasure of trouncing Shakespeare, I thought someone else might like to administer the fatal blow. So... Die, Dickens, die....!
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Post by jjpor on Nov 14, 2012 21:24:38 GMT
Queen Nefertiti (8) H.G. Wells (15) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (17) Marco Polo (16) Agatha Christie (10) King John (19) +1 George Stephenson (17) Maximilien Robespierre (12) Wyatt Earp (14) Charles Dickens (1) Queen Victoria (4) Vincent Van Gogh (0) -2 Oh I tried to tell you, Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you...
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Post by Maggadin on Nov 15, 2012 0:15:20 GMT
Jeanne Calment, longest recorded living person ever (122!) actually met van Gogh when she was 13, in 1888. She described him as "dirty, badly dressed and disagreeable". Queen Nefertiti (8) H.G. Wells (15) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (17) Marco Polo (16) Agatha Christie (10) King John (19) George Stephenson (17) Maximilien Robespierre (13) +1 Wyatt Earp (14) Charles Dickens (1) Queen Victoria (2) -2
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Post by jjpor on Nov 15, 2012 19:14:03 GMT
Yes, but you'd never get those lyrics to scan... Queen Nefertiti (8) H.G. Wells (15) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (15) -2 Marco Polo (16) Agatha Christie (10) King John (20) +1 George Stephenson (17) Maximilien Robespierre (13) Wyatt Earp (14) Charles Dickens (1) Queen Victoria (2)
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Post by primsong on Nov 16, 2012 1:46:56 GMT
For they could not smell you But still your dirt was true So disagereeable inside On that starry, starry night You skipped your bath as painters often do But I could have told you, Vincent This world was never meant For one as badly dressed as you...
Queen Nefertiti (8) H.G. Wells (15) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (15) Marco Polo (16) Agatha Christie (10) King John (20) George Stephenson (17) Maximilien Robespierre (13) Wyatt Earp (14) Charles Dickens (-1) -2 Queen Victoria (2) *stabs a quill through Dickens' ear*
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Post by Maggadin on Nov 16, 2012 20:51:50 GMT
That's a good one, Prim! And ouch! Poor Charles. Madame Calment also said that he was ''very ugly, ungracious, impolite, sick -- I forgive him, they called him loco.'' Not to go too OT, but the late Doyenne de France is very interesting to read about, herself: www.nytimes.com/1997/08/05/world/jeanne-calment-world-s-elder-dies-at-122.htmlQueen Nefertiti (6) -2 H.G. Wells (15) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (15) Marco Polo (16) Agatha Christie (10) King John (20) George Stephenson (17) Maximilien Robespierre (13) Wyatt Earp (15) +1 Queen Victoria (2)
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Post by jjpor on Nov 16, 2012 21:11:18 GMT
Impressive, Prim. Impressive. It is a far, far better rest Mr Dickens goes to, etc etc... Oh well, since we're killing people off: Queen Nefertiti (6) H.G. Wells (15) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (15) Marco Polo (16) Agatha Christie (10) King John (21) +1 George Stephenson (17) Maximilien Robespierre (13) Wyatt Earp (15) Queen Victoria (0) -2
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Post by Maggadin on Nov 17, 2012 0:52:16 GMT
I will not say the words overused in Tooth and Claw. I will not say the words overused in Tooth and Claw! Anyway, I thought I'd use a portrait of her from when she was young (Namely when she was 18 years old. At her coronation! ), rather than the matron in black that we usually see. Queen Nefertiti (6) H.G. Wells (16) +1 Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (15) Marco Polo (16) Agatha Christie (8) -2 King John (21) George Stephenson (17) Maximilien Robespierre (13) Wyatt Earp (15)
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Post by Maggadin on Nov 18, 2012 0:21:55 GMT
Queen Nefertiti (4) -2 H.G. Wells (16) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (16) +1 Marco Polo (16) Agatha Christie (8) King John (21) George Stephenson (17) Maximilien Robespierre (13) Wyatt Earp (15)
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Post by Maggadin on Nov 19, 2012 0:20:38 GMT
Queen Nefertiti (4) H.G. Wells (16) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (16) Marco Polo (17) +1 Agatha Christie (6) -2 King John (21) George Stephenson (17) Maximilien Robespierre (13) Wyatt Earp (15)
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Post by primsong on Nov 19, 2012 4:54:52 GMT
Am I the only one who looks at that portrait of Victoria and thinks of Barbara in her Aztec get-up?
Queen Nefertiti (4) H.G. Wells (16) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (17) +1 Marco Polo (17) Agatha Christie (6) King John (21) George Stephenson (17) Maximilien Robespierre (13) Wyatt Earp (13) -2
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Post by Cadet on Nov 19, 2012 18:03:10 GMT
Queen Nefertiti (4) H.G. Wells (16) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (17) Marco Polo (18) +1 Agatha Christie (6) King John (21) George Stephenson (17) Maximilien Robespierre (11) -2 Wyatt Earp (13)
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Post by Maggadin on Nov 20, 2012 0:08:54 GMT
Queen Nefertiti (2) -2 H.G. Wells (16) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (17) Marco Polo (18) Agatha Christie (7) +1 King John (21) George Stephenson (17) Maximilien Robespierre (11) Wyatt Earp (13)
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Post by primsong on Nov 20, 2012 0:54:30 GMT
Queen Nefertiti (2) H.G. Wells (16) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (17) Marco Polo (18) Agatha Christie (7) King John (21) George Stephenson (18) +1 Maximilien Robespierre (11) Wyatt Earp (11) -2
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Post by jjpor on Nov 20, 2012 17:26:20 GMT
That is indeed a nice picture of our Vicky, and indeed a useful reminder that most of our popular images of historical characters really only apply to a specific window in their lives, most of the time. And the resemblance is undeniable, Prim. Queen Nefertiti (0) -2 H.G. Wells (16) Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a.k.a. Nero (17) Marco Polo (18) Agatha Christie (7) King John (22) +1 George Stephenson (18) Maximilien Robespierre (11) Wyatt Earp (11) Sorry to continue my run of queen-killing, but I don't know, when I see any of them on 2 points, it's so very hard to resist...
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Post by johne on Nov 20, 2012 18:59:49 GMT
That is indeed a nice picture of our Vicky, and indeed a useful reminder that most of our popular images of historical characters really only apply to a specific window in their lives, most of the time. And the resemblance is undeniable, Prim. Of course, in the Whoniverse, the young Queen Victoria would have looked more like this. Though maybe not with that particular hat
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Post by Maggadin on Nov 21, 2012 0:36:25 GMT
JJ: Yes, and I can't help but feel a little sad looking at it. All those baby monarchs (sometimes literally)...
Prim: She really does!
johne: How was I not expecting that? ;D
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Post by primsong on Nov 21, 2012 2:54:05 GMT
I didn't think ol' Nefertiti would make it to my next shot - something about royalty just puts a bulls-eye on 'em I guess. And maybe it's because I actually live in the West that I have little desire to see more cowboys... *thwaps Earp*
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