Prosperity vs. Power

Jul 30, 2007 11:02

On Saturday I was enjoying cherries the size of kumquats and was pondering: is my life better than Louis XVI's? In the culinary sense I think that it probably is, but it got me to thinking - what kind of person would gladly change places with the absolute monarch of all France? Keeping in mind that the King probably didn't have a flush toilet or ( Read more... )

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zeroswitch July 30 2007, 21:50:07 UTC
don't you mean Louis XIV?

if i had to go back in time to trade places with anyone, then no, probably not. forward in time, maybe. be an artist aboard the starship enterprise. :p

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