def-o - i cretini sono sempre incinta. - bill
--- Sean Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bill, > I think that somewhere along the line, some of the > family immigrated to > the US. > > Sean > > On Aug 24, 2006, at 9:21 AM, bill kilpatrick wrote: > > > does history relate the name of the officious twit > who > > suspected this theorbo? as they're born, not > made, > > his great-great-great-etc., etc. nephew - or > whatever > > - might be alive, equally thick and on the job in > > customs at heathrow today. > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Kenneth, > >> > >> > >> According to legend, the phrase the custom > >> officials' used to describe their fear of the > >> theorbo > >> was that it might be a "Popish instrument of > war." > >> (Despite best intentions, the popes' brilliant > >> strategy to send salvos of theorbos into the > heathen > >> land did not succeed in bringing England back > into > >> the > >> fold.) > >> > >> > >> Chris > >> > >> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> When the architect Inigo Jones returned to > England > >>> from Italy with what must > >>> be the first recorded entry of a theorbo into > >>> Britain he was held up at > >>> customs while the officials decided whether or > not > >>> he was bringing in an > >>> "instrument of destruction" and a threat to > >> national > >>> security. It was a strange > >>> sight to see a giraffe lute for the first time. > >>> > >>> Kenneth > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> To get on or off this list see list information > at > >>> > >> > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >>> > >> > >> > >> > __________________________________________________ > >> Do You Yahoo!? > >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > >> protection around > >> http://mail.yahoo.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is > radically easier to > > use" The Wall Street Journal > > http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
