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No, Lady Godiva wasn't & an apple didn't fall on Newton's head... some historical myths revealed

1 posted on 01/03/2015 7:29:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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How unladylike. She should be sitting side saddle.


3 posted on 01/03/2015 7:33:15 AM PST by Right Brother
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I love her chocolates.


5 posted on 01/03/2015 7:37:04 AM PST by moovova
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and there is no firm evidence connecting the rider with the historical Godiva.

I bet there was a lot of firm evidence at the time!

7 posted on 01/03/2015 7:38:45 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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10 posted on 01/03/2015 7:42:49 AM PST by Rodamala
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I mark my entry into adult cynicism when I learned about body glue and its use in fashion. All that daring necklines and hardly any chance of slippage - what a disappointment! I wonder if the good Lady used anything during her ride?


11 posted on 01/03/2015 7:43:57 AM PST by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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He wrote that Godiva pleaded with her husband to relieve the heavy burden of taxes he had imposed on the citizens of Coventry. Weary of her persistence, Leofric said he would grant her request if she would ride naked through the town...

TEA PARTY ladies take note.

13 posted on 01/03/2015 7:44:39 AM PST by shove_it (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
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Nobody proof-read any more....it’s not Mercer...(that would be the southern redneck Roy D.Mercer)...but Mercia...an early Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the island of Great Britain....that is all...carry on.


15 posted on 01/03/2015 7:44:54 AM PST by pricilla (one should always try to be smarter than the equipment one is operating - Amajato)
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I had a Labrador retriever named Lady Godiva. She was chocolate, and she had no clothes, so the name worked.


17 posted on 01/03/2015 7:54:44 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Don’t ruin this!

I’d rather know Santa Claus was a fake.


18 posted on 01/03/2015 7:54:46 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Every time you say no to a liberal, you make the Baby Barack cry.)
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He wrote that Godiva pleaded with her husband to relieve the heavy burden of taxes he had imposed on the citizens of Coventry. Weary of her persistence, Leofric said he would grant her request if she would ride naked through the town... Her ordeal completed, Godiva returned to her husband, who fulfilled his promise to abolish the heavy taxes. A fore-runner of the Tea Party! Bless her!
20 posted on 01/03/2015 7:57:24 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Every time you say no to a liberal, you make the Baby Barack cry.)
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She has ridden into my genealogy!


22 posted on 01/03/2015 8:15:42 AM PST by Monkey Face (If you tell the truth it becomes part of your past. If you tell a lie it becomes part of your future)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Src_WCmsg8o


25 posted on 01/03/2015 9:26:20 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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They forgot to elaborate on how Peeping Tom was struck blind. Most likely Mrs. Tom, not God, should really be credit with Tom’s sudden blindness. lol


26 posted on 01/03/2015 9:28:17 AM PST by This I Wonder32460
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Lady Godiva

38 posted on 01/03/2015 10:22:00 AM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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That horse is happy


47 posted on 01/03/2015 2:15:24 PM PST by ronnie raygun (Empty head empty suit = arrogant little bastard)
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I wish I knew how to post a link to a website. Benny Hill does a version of Lady Godiva, and it’s on youtube.


48 posted on 01/03/2015 3:16:50 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (It's better to die free than live as a slave)
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To: SunkenCiv

For those who didn’t major in engineering:

Godiva was a lady who through Coventry did ride.
Showing all the villagers her lily white hide.
The most observant man of all, an engineer of course
Was the only one who noticed that Godiva rode a horse.

She said, “I’ve come a long, long way, and I will go as far
With the man who takes me from this horse and leads me to a bar
The man who took her from her steed and lead her to a beer
Was a bleary-eyed surveyor and a drunken engineer.

Godiva was a lady well-endowed there is no doubt
She never wore a stitch of clothes, just wound her hair about
The first man who did make her was a Engineer, of course,
But on just one beer an artsie queer had made Godiva’s horse.


57 posted on 01/03/2015 5:18:31 PM PST by nascarnation (....)
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To: SunkenCiv

You go girl.


73 posted on 01/04/2015 9:49:42 AM PST by OKSooner
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