VIDEO: Paris Catacombs "Dense in Death"

National Geographic News ^ | August 25, 2009 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Prodigal Son!

[’Civ cues Rev. Robert Wilkins]

[SunkenCiv]

Y’know, considering how they’ve been getting their asses handed to them steadily since Napoleon figured it would be a good idea to invade Russia, and the odd plague here and there, the French must have (at one time, not now of course) bred like rabbits. :’)

[SunkenCiv]

I’m not too sure I have any French ancestors, apart from the possibility of my last surname ancestor multi-great-grandma to die in the Old World — no record of her maiden name, which isn’t that uncommon to find in genealogy, but her first name is beguilingly foreign sounding.

[SunkenCiv]

I think the survivors had a weird sense of humor. :’)

[SunkenCiv]

Sorry grellis, I neglected to explain my earlier ping — the article mentions “John Mamburg, tourist from Grand Rapids, Michigan”. :’)

[P.O.E.]

I’ll stick to claquettes at a cafe in the Montmarte, no offense meant to the honored dead.

[grellis]

I saw that. It was an interesting article. I’ve always wanted to see the Parisian catacombs—I find graveyards, tombs, etc fascinating.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, me too. Quiet, relaxing, fascinating places.

[Monkey Face]

My French ancestors were all buried in mausoleums. Or chapels.

[SunkenCiv]

Nobility, eh? :’)

[Monkey Face]

Unfortunately, yes. From way back when...not only all of “European,” but even some from Egypt and other warm places.

What I’d like to know is why I wasn’t close enough to even get a dinner!!

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, you wouldn’t be living in the US (or maybe at all) if somethin’ hadn’t happened the way it did. :’)

[Monkey Face]

That’s a fac’, JACK!