[Magdalen] From +Georgia

[Marion Thompson]

Maybe coincidentally, I recently hooked up with the Doonesbury page, so 
I'm there with you.

Back many decades, a friend of mine, Janalyn (Jancy) Gibb, worked at 
Yale and knew Gary Trudeau.  I've lost track of her....  deep sigh.  I'd 
love to know what became of her.  Foot note:  She wore Gor-Ray skirts 
and Brevitt's shoes, Quadruple A.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 2/11/2017 4:29 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> We are having a rerun of Doonesbury, and we are going through that section
> where Zonker is in England, having claimed his title, whatever it was.
> Zonker in a fancy wig is a hoot.  Zonker, for those deprived ones, is the
> character Gary Trudeau invented to throw contemptuous barbs (all in fun) at
> the irresponsible and perennially childlike cannabis crowd.
> Zonker is invited to the home of a genuine lord of a genuine manor, and he
> just does not leave for four months or so.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
>> wrote:
>> On 11/02/2017 05:57, Mahoney, W. Michael wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:48 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> But, Lynn, just look at how much fun we've had while trying to figure it
>>>> all out!  And how much we've learned about the various designations for
>>>> bishops!
>>>>
>>>> And it's not just a church thing.  English nobles were often referred to
>>> by
>>> the place to which their title was fixed.  So, when speaking of Lord
>>> Buckingham. for example, one could simply say "Buckingham" rather than
>>> using his given or family name. One reason the Shakespeare history plays
>>> can be so confusing is that both uses are employed.
>>>
>> They sign their name with that single place name so "Bedford" is the
>> signature of the Duke of Bedford, who was the Marquess of Tavistock until
>> his father died. He then inherited the senior title while his son succeeded
>> to the honorary junior title. The father had four official styles during
>> his left. Initially The Hon Henry 'Robin' Russell from birth until his
>> fathewr became Marquess when he inherited the title Lord Howland a few
>> months later, which he held until he was 13 when his father became Duke of
>> Bedford for nearly 50 years, then he was Duke for some months before he
>> died and the titles cascaded down again.
>>
>> Roger
>>