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[Bib Fortuna's Maw]

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Now there is something with a bit of pedantry about it - the lion rampant.

Technically, the claws and tongue are meant to be blue - it's just easier to print with two colours (I think) - there may be some fancy heraldic reason for having blue bits/no blue bits but I think it's just easier to print when it's two colours.

 

[Girvan Loyal 1690]

but why did key ron post it?

 

[Bib Fortuna's Maw]

but why did key ron post it?

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[monacoger]

Now there is something with a bit of pedantry about it - the lion rampant.

Technically, the claws and tongue are meant to be blue - it's just easier to print with two colours (I think) - there may be some fancy heraldic reason for having blue bits/no blue bits but I think it's just easier to print when it's two colours.

And the 3 lions on the English shirts are actually leopards, or so QI said!

 

[Girvan Loyal 1690]

And the 3 lions on the English shirts are actually leopards, or so QI said!

nah because it was yer man Richard the Lionheart who came up with the idea was it not?

 

[monacoger]

nah because it was yer man Richard the Lionheart who came up with the idea was it not?

Don't think so, when they first appeared on the coat of arms, people couldn't really tell the difference between the big cats, so to begin with they were all classed as the same or something, any "lion" that is lying down horizontally, is actually a leopard, or what they thought was a leopard. Like I said, it was on QI a while back, I can't remember the exact story.

 

[Girvan Loyal 1690]

richard the leopardheart then

 

[monacoger]

richard the leopardheart then

That rolls off the tongue much easier does it not?

 

[Bib Fortuna's Maw]

nah because it was yer man Richard the Lionheart who came up with the idea was it not?

The Three Leopards were the heraldic symbol of the Plantagenets - who became rulers of England but were originally French.

The Lion Rampant was the Royal Standard of the Bruces before it became particularly Scottish - again, I think it originates from the Bruce family's French connections.

 

[Null]

any "lion" that is lying

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[monacoger]

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I wish I could say that I meant that, or even noticed it!

 

[DevAdvocate]

Richard The Lionheart, Pride of England, was actually a Frenchman born and bred. He only spent 8 months of his life in England.

Just saying.

 

[Girvan Loyal 1690]

william wallace killed 50 men, 50 as if it were one

 

[DevAdvocate]

Wallace was straight though, Richard was a bentshot allegedly.

ps Don't know why I said allegedly, it's not as if his estate is going to sue.

 

[Ciaran]

The only FAIL on show here is you.

South Ire FAIL, you jump ship again.

You'll be 'Spanish' by the time of the final.

You keep failing EDGE

I don't think you have ever commented on Ireland and been right.

What am I jumping ship too?

 

[Kim Jong Il]

The fact that Cat Shearer is a dyke also complicates matters somewhat.

source

also worthless without pics

 

[Girvan Loyal 1690]

Wallace was straight though, Richard was a bentshot allegedly.

ps Don't know why I said allegedly, it's not as if his estate is going to sue.

Was he the one they killed by shoving a red hot poker up his arse as to hide cause of death? **** sake that's got to hurt

 

[Bib Fortuna's Maw]

Was he the one they killed by shoving a red hot poker up his arse as to hide cause of death? **** sake that's got to hurt

I think that was a myth - it was meant to be Edward II - the one who got his arse handed to him (and no the way he liked, either) in front of Stirling Castle.

 

[Girvan Loyal 1690]

who's that in your avatar?

 

[Tina_old]

Trev licks oot wheelie bins.