Factius Yorkum

Oct 05, 2007 15:27

1. Between the 3rd and 4th century AD the Vatican used York as a Pope 'proving ground'. They would send the six prospective Popes into the city with naught but two papal staves and a slingshot. The first candidate to win the hearts of 40% of the citizens became Pope - the other five became demi-popes, or 'popettes ( Read more... )

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samface October 7 2007, 16:07:38 UTC
If the football team sometimes win at cricket, does that make them really good at football (so good they can win a whole other sport without intending to) or really bad at it (so awful when they try to play football it ends up as a cricket match)?

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tld_malingo October 8 2007, 15:07:09 UTC
Depends who they've got playing up front really.

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