[Magdalen] From +Georgia

[Grace Cangialosi]

I loved Doonesbury, but I didn't realize there was a page.  The Washington
Post runs it on Sundays.

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
>


-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

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