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Re: Vice King(was Re: Ages of the Royal Minifigures (was Re:Chiefs arm?))
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Wed, 20 Sep 2000 02:27:46 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Nick Cameron writes:
> > An 90+ year old would get killed on the battlefield before he
> > could say "Ooooh, what a big arrow coming my way!". When he is killed who is
> > king?
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> William the Conqueror was just about 60 when he was shot with a crossbow
> during a seige and died. All the guy ever did was fight. :-)
Just today I learned about Opech-something, the "Indian" who led the
brilliantly-planned (as our wonderful textbook puts it) attacks on the British
in 1622 and 1644. He died in the 1644 - was shot in the Jamestown streets - he
was almost 100 years old. So there. ;-)
-Shiri
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