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To: SunkenCiv

“Ethelred The Unready”?
Now, there’s a name that will strike fear in the hearts of your enemies.

“”Who is leading them?”

“Ethelred The Unready.”

“They couldn’t get Steve The Sleepy?”


18 posted on 12/30/2013 7:35:43 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6
“Ethelred The Unready”? Now, there’s a name that will strike fear in the hearts of your enemies.

Brings to mind Louis the Fat, who ruled France a few decades later.

21 posted on 12/30/2013 8:50:51 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: blueunicorn6

I should check before typing this (in case it has ULready been posted), but Ethelred the Unready is a modern joke, used to help UK kids remember the name. His nick was Unraed, which means without counsel, or counsel-less, given because of his practice of making up his mind and just charging on in.


26 posted on 12/31/2013 5:43:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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