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Subject:	Re: Why would set 10042 not be available in the United States?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Tue, 10 Jun 2003 08:34:56 GMT
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Maggie Cambron wrote: <snip> > But I will restrain myself from wondering aloud how the Jolly Roger > got its name. > > Maggie C. Too late The name "Jolly Roger" is thought to have originated from a nickname for the devil, "Old Roger". However, it is more likely to have gotten its name from the French word for "pretty red", "Jolie Rouge". The classic design, skull and crossbones, was used to indicate in the captain's log the death of a sailor. It is suggested by experts that this is origin of the actual appearance of the Jolly Roger. (as culled from some website or other) -- James Stacey ------ www.minifig.co.uk Lugnet Member #925 I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' Incommunicado

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		Re: Why would set 10042 not be available in the United States?
(...) I suppose we can blame one of your countrymen for perpetuating that misconception: "There was an Old Man of the Cape, Who possessed a large Barbary Ape; Till the Ape, one dark night, set the house all alight, Which burned that Old Man of the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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