The Isle of Man now has a king

[superluser]

A year ago, David Howe, 38, got a call from a genealogist in England telling him they had traced his bloodline.

He was told that he is a direct descendant of the last King of the Isle of Man.

(I gotta stop reading Fark late at night, but I know that we have at least one denizen of the Isle of Man)

[Brunhidden]

too bad we cant do DNA tracking, some of the kings of old were very horny and theres probably entire cities that are direct illigitemate descendants of kings

[Sienna Maiu - M T]

heh
Quite possible

[Darkmoon]

"You are now the king of the Isle of Man!"

"The Isle of... where's that?"

"Off the coast of Britain."

"Is it large?"

"You can drive all of it in about 72 hours."

"...I'll pass."

[Alondro]

Ah-hem,

Speaking of royal lineage, what do you thing 'de Charleroy' means?

[Brunhidden]

he of the cramped leg?


i would dig a title, but ill pass until they have 'baron' instead.

[Darkmoon]

Ah-hem,

Speaking of royal lineage, what do you thing 'de Charleroy' means?

Vaguely fuzzy?

[superluser]

Speaking of royal lineage, what do you thing 'de Charleroy' means?

Means you can still get your head chopped off if you hurry?

[Alondro]

Speaking of royal lineage, what do you thing 'de Charleroy' means?

Means you can still get your head chopped off if you hurry?

*executes superluser for treachery to the crown!*  Off with his head!   

[rabid_fox]

I live on the Isle of Man. Honestly. Also, the last King of the Isle of Man was a wimp who kowtowed to the English. So he's the descendant of a dweeb.

Hah! Dweeb is accepted by Firefox's spelling check, but Firefox isn't. That's fantastic.

The Isle of Man is a nice place.

[bill]

The Isle of Man is a lovely place to ride a motorcycle around, if you like to die.

There's a condensed version of the track for GPL, and it is hard oh god

[rabid_fox]

Pfft. I drive the TT track to get my shopping one.

[bill]

I really ought to see the TT race there one day, when I have the $$.

[KarlOmega1]

oh man...if I were told I was a descendant of royalty, my first response would be "You're kidding?" ...then if the person who told me was serious, my response would be  "Sweet!"

of course I'd probably try to pass a law to counteract any interference with genetic engineering...

[Alondro]

I live on the Isle of Man. Honestly. Also, the last King of the Isle of Man was a wimp who kowtowed to the English. So he's the descendant of a dweeb.

Hah! Dweeb is accepted by Firefox's spelling check, but Firefox isn't. That's fantastic.

The Isle of Man is a nice place.

I'm going to invade and begin my empire of Decharlekstan!   

[rabid_fox]

I really ought to see the TT race there one day, when I have the $$.

Hah. I've held the TT trophy. Unlucky, man.

[bill]

I really ought to see the TT race there one day, when I have the $$.

Hah. I've held the TT trophy. Unlucky, man.

*rage*

[Damaris]

Amusingly, my mother-in-law is extremely active in the United States Manx society.

[rabid_fox]

I really ought to see the TT race there one day, when I have the $$.

Hah. I've held the TT trophy. Unlucky, man.

*rage*

How impotent your rage is.

They've lovely things too. Very shiny.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

his rage?

[superluser]

Bill's rage is a multi-splendored thing.

[rabid_fox]

It means nothing to me, oh Vienna!