April 2010
11 posts
“Growing up in Colorado, a lot of our friends were Mormons and we always thought...”
– Trey Parker and Matt Stone, from a joint statement on their planned Broadway musical comedy.
source http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8621980.stm
“You’re Scottish… fry something!”
– Doctor Who (Matt Smith), The Eleventh Hour - Doctor Who (Series 5, Episode 1 (2010))
Wife selling The English custom of wife selling was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage by mutual agreement that began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest. After parading his wife with a halter around her neck, arm, or waist, a husband would publicly auction her to the highest bidder…
Prices paid for wives varied...
