It's an almost common phrase, "We live better than a king of old!" Ok, let's do some a lot of searching and see if that's true in any sense at all BUT first ... Some definitions ... "We all" Almost exclusively this is white, middle-class / middle-level, in the top 10-15%, sort of people. Also, European or of European descent, i.e. those that think being a medieval king is a thing to emulate. "live" Doing our general stuff but not one-off things like wars, marriages, and deaths. Think of it as the life we live on a Tuesday afternoon. "better" Hmmm, I think this is a combination of ease, ability, availability, and cost. "Medieval" The medieval period , also known as the Middle Ages or the Dark Ages, began around 476 A.D. and ended between 1400 and 1450. The term was first used by 15th-century scholars to describe the time between their own time and the fall of the Western Roman Empire. "royalty" Absolutely thinking
Why? In your mind do you imagine that we Cantabrians riot or cry the Monday after a loss?
ReplyDeleteWhat a silly post.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ... I will take a wager that the taxi driver mentions it on the 5 minute journey from the airport AND it is mentioned at least 3 times within the first hour.
ReplyDeleteWhereas any other place (possibly barring Dunedin) it wouldn't.
No, I don't expect tear/riots but I do expect more than here :-)
Silly is good, hee hee