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To: do the dhue
It used to be the #1 spectator sport in Europe.

Henry the Young King and John the Marshall were famously good jousters.

Like car racing - they raced for “pink slips”. The winner won the losers horse and armor - or the monetary equivalent.

Jousting is also the State Sport of Maryland.

The Maryland Renn Fair has, as one might expect, some excellent jousting!

9 posted on 02/13/2012 1:56:42 PM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: allmendream

Did you see the show? I think it could be a real sport. You gotta be a bad apple to do it though!


10 posted on 02/13/2012 2:02:02 PM PST by do the dhue (WARNING: this site is not liable for the things I say)
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To: allmendream

What killed the sport the last time was when King Henry II of France was killed when pieces of broken lance went through his visor eyehole and wound up in his brain.


30 posted on 02/13/2012 5:01:21 PM PST by Cheburashka (If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
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