The King of England lies dying and one of his sons has been exiled. A princess has vanished. Plague stalks the land and the Treasury has been plundered.

NOW is the time for strange women lying in ponds to distribute swords to form the basis of government.

#uk #swords #england #monarchy #stolenfromelsewhere

@paultk sounds like a good time to start an anarcho-syndicalist commune
@paultk
Earthquake swarm centred on Glastonbury.
1,100-year-old Viking sword pulled from UK river by magnet fisher

Experts have confirmed that a sword pulled from a river in Oxfordshire at the end of last year is an "archaeologically rare" Viking weapon dating to between A.D. 850 and 975.

Live Science
@paultk I hope the moistened bint lobs a scimitar at me
@monicarooney "Wot? We'd be lucky to get a butter knife, mate! That's the violence inherent in the system!" @paultk
@paultk Hasn't this historically been when the French invade?

@wordshaper @paultk

Considering everything else that's not a bad idea.

@wordshaper @paultk I welcome my French revolutionary overlords with open arms. They will no doubt not tolerate a monarchy on this side of La Manche for very long (oops, that's me on one of Gove's lists).
@paultk no, hell no, pass, non, nein, ฮŒฯ‡ฮน
@paultk That you? (Asking in good faith๏ผ‰
@gyokusai @paultk come and see the violence inherent in the system!
@gyokusai no, that I think is the original. It's been all over everything though. I saw it on Tumblr first.
@paultk oh just noticed the #stolenfromelsewhere tag but then I also noticed that you reskeeted the original skeet yourself on Bluesky, which, well, is โ€œelsewhereโ€ then okay.

@paultk That reminds me. Did anyone ever name their band* Moistened Bints and if not why not.

*Yes, prog-rock, of course, I mean, obviously

@brianstorms @paultk no, that was my synchronised swimming team

*I can't swim

Somewhere in space, a starship computer calculates pi

#PiDay

Rare 1,100-year-old Viking sword pulled from Oxfordshire river

The 1,100-year-old Viking sword was discovered in the River Cherwell, Oxfordshire

The Independent
@paultk Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical, aquatic ceremony!
@paultk Always felt the running of Camelot was a bit of a lottery
@paultk Ah yes! Time to summon the Witch Smeller General and find my small ducking stool! Nefariousness is afoot!
@paultk it'd only be to another king though.
@paultk if this were 1424, the French, the Dutch, and the Caliphs would all be preparing invasions

@paultk

Now, if only Iโ€™d had this level of inspiration around me when I was in Year 8 and set the homework task of writing a Arthurian legendโ€ฆ

@paultk Knowing our luck...