[Magdalen] From +Georgia

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

It's neat that our coworkers and accomplices often knew some interesting
people.

I knew Peter Schickele had attended Swarthmore, and my colleague mentioned
once that she had attended Swarthmore, and that there was this strange man
who always had students getting together to play these really bizarre and
outrageous musical things. It became very obvious that she was talking
about Peter Schickele in his student days.

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 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
>>>
>>>
>