Poor King Richard. He needed a horse (a horse!) for the sake of his kingdom — but ended up in a bloody carpark. Totally the wrong place for equine acquisition.
“Marco Polo” is a game played in a swimming pool where people keep yelling “Marco Polo.” It’s like tag. The player who is “it” has to keep their eyes closed and yell “Marco.” Whenever “it” yells “Marco,” the other players have to yell “Polo.” The person who’s “it” then has to try to find and “tag” the other players just by hearing where they are when they yell “Polo.”
Jesus would top Richard’s Hide-And-Seek record IF he had in fact been found. Although many people talk about having found Jesus, it’s necessary to find the physical location of the target person before a round of hide-and-seek may be formally concluded.
But spare a tear for poor Richard: last legitimate king (unless you’re East Anglian, in which case it’s the Sainted Eadmund).
Had his kingdom usurped by that slimy Welsh miser, and was then lied about in a Tewdwr misinformation campaign (damned Bishop Morton and Thomas Moore and double-damned WS for trying so successfully to be sycophantic).
And now people are trying to deprive him of his hide and seek record!!
I shall be watching the first episode of that delightful (and not much less historical) situation tragedy The Black Adder as a tribute.
Chris Rodda is the author of Liars For Jesus: The Religious Right's Alternate Version of American History and Debunking David Barton's Jefferson Lies: #2 - Jefferson Founded a Secular University. Since the release of Liars For Jesus in 2006, Chris has been blogging at Talk2Action.org, Huffington Post, and elsewhere about the use of historical revisionism in everything from education to legislation. Chris's blog on Freethoughtblogs.com will eventually accompany a weekly podcast, "This Week in Christian Nationalism," if Chris can ever find the time to launch it. In the meantime, the name of her blog will continue to make no sense.
Chris is also the Senior Research Director for the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), but the opinions expressed by her on this blog are her personal opinions, and not necessarily those of MRFF.
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Rodney Nelson
February 10, 2013 at 9:03 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
These are all clever. I particularly like the Wicked Witch of the North by Northwest.
anthonybarcellos
February 10, 2013 at 10:09 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Poor King Richard. He needed a horse (a horse!) for the sake of his kingdom — but ended up in a bloody carpark. Totally the wrong place for equine acquisition.
had3
February 10, 2013 at 10:11 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I thought Jesus was the record holder for hide & seek?
kell modiselle
February 10, 2013 at 10:41 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Could someone clarify the Marco Polo reference for a South African out of the loop, possibly?
Chris Rodda
February 10, 2013 at 11:11 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“Marco Polo” is a game played in a swimming pool where people keep yelling “Marco Polo.” It’s like tag. The player who is “it” has to keep their eyes closed and yell “Marco.” Whenever “it” yells “Marco,” the other players have to yell “Polo.” The person who’s “it” then has to try to find and “tag” the other players just by hearing where they are when they yell “Polo.”
Draken
February 10, 2013 at 3:13 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Wait till Richard gets his overdue parking ticket.
dogmeat
February 10, 2013 at 10:35 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Sorry, I’ve got to go with Otzi, 5291+/- years shatters Jesus 1967+/- years or Richard’s paltry 527 years.
elspeth
February 11, 2013 at 3:10 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Jesus would top Richard’s Hide-And-Seek record IF he had in fact been found. Although many people talk about having found Jesus, it’s necessary to find the physical location of the target person before a round of hide-and-seek may be formally concluded.
No bones about it!
richardelguru
February 11, 2013 at 7:23 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Great collection as usual.
But spare a tear for poor Richard: last legitimate king (unless you’re East Anglian, in which case it’s the Sainted Eadmund).
Had his kingdom usurped by that slimy Welsh miser, and was then lied about in a Tewdwr misinformation campaign (damned Bishop Morton and Thomas Moore and double-damned WS for trying so successfully to be sycophantic).
And now people are trying to deprive him of his hide and seek record!!
I shall be watching the first episode of that delightful (and not much less historical) situation tragedy The Black Adder as a tribute.
kell modiselle
February 14, 2013 at 8:27 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thank you.