Quote of the day

[chickenfeet]

Bishop Hugh of Lincoln built up a relic collection of fabled size and quality. He needed frisking on leaving any shrine for he was always trying to break bits off bodies, on one occasion biting a fragment out of Mary Magdalene's arm before slipping it to his chaplain in classic pickpocket mode.

David Carpenter The Struggle for Mastery; The Penguin History of Britain 1066-1284 p454

Comments

[frankie-ecap.livejournal.com]

My father was a plant scientist (well, is a plant scientist, but doesn't go out much any more) and it was always amazing how cuttings happened to fall off as he walked by.

Once he was challenged by customs on whether he was allowed to import some rare plant - the officer told him that he would need to have permission from whoever was the acknowledged expert in the species. With impeccable sang-froid, he replied 'Very well, I shall write myself a letter.'

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Excellent!

Something similar happened to me at LGS. When I'd been there about six months, the training manager (typical annoying HR wazzock) asked me when I was going to attend "Consulting the LGS Way". I replied that I was under the impression that I had been hired to change it to "Consulting My Way".

[albionwood.livejournal.com]

I love that story. Relics: the tulips of the c12.

[damiel.livejournal.com]

I think that makes quote of the year.

It must have been quite exciting: back in 1066 Mary Magdalene tasted only half as dry and chewy as she tastes today.