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To: SJackson

“The King Is Dead, Long Live the King”

Why do people say that?


3 posted on 01/23/2015 5:16:37 AM PST by beef (Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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To: beef

:: Why do people say that? ::

Mel Brooks?


5 posted on 01/23/2015 5:24:18 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: beef
“The King Is Dead, Long Live the King” Why do people say that?

At the instant of the old king's death, the crown prince becomes king. So it's really "The Old King is dead, long live the New King".

10 posted on 01/23/2015 6:26:45 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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