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|    Tim McDaniel to All    |
|    SMBC on urban legends about fairy tales    |
|    10 Jan 15 11:18:04    |
      From: tmcd@panix.com              Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal,       http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php , is a daily Webcomic that       actually updates consistently. It's pretty consistently funny and       often geeky.              Today's is       http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3606#comic              For those who don't want to go to it:              Top caption: "Fun fact: People will believe any explanation of a       nursery rhyme, as long as it's horrific."              Person 1: "Did you know that 'Jack Sprat' was about the French       monarchy starving the Calvinists to death?"              Person 2: "It makes so much sense now."              Mouseover: "The platter represents the Edict of Fontainbleau."              (BTW, should be "Edict of Fontainebleau": it was the Revocation of the       Edict of Nantes.)              --       Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd@panix.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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