[Magdalen] From +Georgia

[Christopher Hart]

I'm right there with you too. The Sunday Doonesbury is still new material,
but Gary Trudeau no longer does a daily strip so we are getting old
material as "Classic Doonesbury". It's great because although I've always
read the Sunday strip I didn't often see the daily one back in the day and,
of course, didn't have online access to it then.

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 4:29 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> 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
> >
>



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