[Magdalen] From +Georgia

[Marion Thompson]

_doonesbury.washingtonpost.com/strip _should get you to the page that 
has all sorts of stuff on it in addition to the daily strip.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 2/11/2017 7:48 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>