Mike Gordon on mon 17 may 10
Speaking of the "Throne", look at the second part! Mike Gordon
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>> Subject: History Lesson (trivia)
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>>> There is an old Hotel/Pub in Marble Arch,London
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>>> ....which used to have gallows adjacent. Prisoners were taken to the=3D=
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>>> gallows (after a fair trial of course) to be hung.
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>>> The horse drawn dray, carting the prisoner was accompanied by an=3D20
>>> armed guard,
>>> Who would stop the dray outside the pub and ask the prisoner if he=3D20=
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>>> would like
>>> ''ONE LAST DRINK''.
>>> If he said YES it was referred to as "ONE FOR THE ROAD"
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>>> If he declined, that prisoner was "ON THE WAGON"
>>> So there you go...!!! More bleeding history...They used to use urine=3D=
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>>> to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then=3D20
>>> once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery. If you had to do this=3D=
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>>> to survive you were "Piss Poor".
>>> But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even=3D20
>>> afford to buy a pot they "Didn't have a pot to Piss in" & were the=3D20=
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>>> lowest of the low.
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>>> And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History ain't interesting !=3D=
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>>> ! !
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