Comments on Polybloggimous: Just A Tad of Sutton Place.

Not to beat this to death, but I was thinking whil...

2011-11-11T11:04:51.742-05:00

Not to beat this to death, but I was thinking while that sculpture probably wasn't thinking of Henry VIII when he made the thing, the guy who put it there may have made the same connection I did.

Have a good Remembrance Day. Wear a poppy.

I was just thinking that since the original sculpt...

2011-11-11T00:30:29.226-05:00

I was just thinking that since the original sculpture is by some Italian guy, the connection to a Tudor king was probably pretty tenuous.

:)

You're probably right. What is really distur...

2011-11-10T23:44:00.705-05:00

You're probably right.

What is really disturbing is that I knew there was a Tudor king who had something to do with a boar and Sutton was somehow involved.

Of all the important things I'd like to remember but can't, why would my limited capacity brain retain that useless bit of information?

I think that one may be a stretch...somewhat along...

2011-11-10T20:02:47.554-05:00

I think that one may be a stretch...somewhat along the lines of Lincoln having a secretary named Kennedy and Kennedy having a secretary named Lincoln.

I don't think the stars really line up.

I don't know that it is the case, but it might...

2011-11-10T17:57:13.111-05:00

I don't know that it is the case, but it might be that the boar statue was put in in remembrance of the boar that attacked King Henry the Eighth in Sutton Coldfield in the early 16th century.

Henry VIII was saved by a beautiful female archer. For some reason he didn't marry her.