Lady_DoverHyphenSole
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« Reply #45 on: 22:48:35, 23-07-2008 » |
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the Book of Common Prayer's injunction that a man may not marry his grandmother.
Apparently all churches are supposed to display a list of the relatives one is not permitted to marry. The only church where I've actually seen such a list on display is in rural Norfolk... |
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RuthElleson: "Lady_DHS is one of the battiest people I know"
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #46 on: 11:40:31, 24-07-2008 » |
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The good old Table of Consanguinity, as per Lady DHS and Iwarburton.
I didn't know it was meant to be displayed in churches. I am sure I have seen badly foxed copies framed in country churches somewhere.
When everyone in church had a Book of Common Prayer, browzing the Table of Consanguinity (prominent because the last thing in the book) was the nearest to distracting amusement during boring sermons.
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance
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« Reply #47 on: 12:26:26, 24-07-2008 » |
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The good old Table of Consanguinity, as per Lady DHS and Iwarburton.
I didn't know it was meant to be displayed in churches. I am sure I have seen badly foxed copies framed in country churches somewhere.
When everyone in church had a Book of Common Prayer, browzing the Table of Consanguinity (prominent because the last thing in the book) was the nearest to distracting amusement during boring sermons.
So I wasn't the only one!  |
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iwarburton
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« Reply #48 on: 12:57:23, 24-07-2008 » |
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I am right, aren't I, in thinking that a man may now marry his deceased wife's sister?
If so, it removes the point--such as it was--from one of W S Gilbert's jokes in Iolanthe.
A wily 13-year-old once asked me if a man may marry his widow's sister.
Ian.
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #49 on: 13:15:39, 24-07-2008 » |
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I am right, aren't I, in thinking that a man may now marry his deceased wife's sister?
Certainly can. It was the Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907 that allowed it. I believe the Archbishp of Canterbury deplored that the law of state and church would no longer be consistent, and the consequent destruction of the Christian values of the country. Full details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deceased_Wife%27s_Sister%27s_Marriage_Act_1907 |
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance
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Sydney Grew
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« Reply #50 on: 13:16:09, 24-07-2008 » |
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I am right, aren't I, in thinking that a man may now marry his deceased wife's sister?
If so, it removes the point--such as it was--from one of W S Gilbert's jokes in Iolanthe. What does the Member mean by "now" may we enquire? Our paternal grand-mother (what dignity she had!) after the premature expiry of her married sister (older by two years) did marry the widower - in 1904. Surely that cannot mean that our entire family is illegitimate? EDIT: Gosh thanks for the link Mr. Basilio - it looks like we are illegitimate! We had better keep it quiet! EDIT 2: No on second thoughts it is not we who are illegitimate, but our father!!! Ha ha ha! That is really rather amusing!!! |
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pim_derks
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« Reply #51 on: 14:01:26, 24-07-2008 » |
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"Scheid, of Dunkirk, fired three times at his wife. Since he missed every shot, he decided to aim at his mother-in-law, and connected."
Felix Feneon, Novels in Three Lines.
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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increpatio
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« Reply #52 on: 16:47:13, 24-07-2008 » |
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EDIT 2: No on second thoughts it is not we who are illegitimate, but our father!!! Ha ha ha! That is really rather amusing!!!
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #53 on: 14:44:32, 10-08-2008 » |
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Ah, but Billy, I get Radio 3 free gratis and for nothing. The licence is only paid by those with a television. Myself and Richard Barrett get endless warnings to pay up, but we laugh lightly, and toss the letters in the flames of our grates.
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance
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IgnorantRockFan
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« Reply #54 on: 15:46:13, 16-09-2008 » |
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Ah, but Billy, I get Radio 3 free gratis and for nothing. The licence is only paid by those with a television. Myself and Richard Barrett get endless warnings to pay up, but we laugh lightly, and toss the letters in the flames of our grates.
I vow to one day get rid of my television, merely for the pleasure that receiving all those futile warnings will bring me |
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Allegro, ma non tanto
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time_is_now
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« Reply #55 on: 21:55:21, 07-10-2008 » |
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The music of Bartok and Messiaen has been a revelation for me in the last decade. Two of my own favourite composers too - and very closely connected in my mind. I've occasionally dreamed about writing a book on the two of them together, mainly on the role of nature in their music and what it means to each of them (and to their listeners), though most of the time I sincerely doubt I'll ever get round to that particular project. |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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« Reply #56 on: 10:59:57, 14-10-2008 » |
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DB, what no tv!! Aghast!! I could'nt do without mine! I have it mainly for classical music, although my wife likes Eastenders as well as good drama etc.
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