Post an obscure quote from an unknown peasant in the 12th century and see if I can guess who it was.

[kayakjohnny]

Go.

[kentauros]

1. "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"

:P

[kayakjohnny]

3. Nope, sorry. You got me there.

Don't know who that one was.

I'll try to look it up.

[joeybee12]

31. Now we see the violence inherent in the system! n/t

[undeterred]

2. My sister birds, you owe much to God,

and you must always and in everyplace give praise to Him; for He has given you freedom to wing through the sky and He has clothed you... you neither sow nor reap, and God feeds you and gives you rivers and fountains for your thirst, and mountains and valleys for shelter, and tall trees for your nests. And although you neither know how to spin or weave, God dresses you and your children, for the Creator loves you greatly and He blesses you abundantly.

[kayakjohnny]

5. Wow. Not doing too well here.

I'm afraid you stumped me on that one.

I'm googling as we speak.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. St. Francis of Assisi, I think.

My obscure 12th-century peasant quote might have been something like, "Urghh."

[undeterred]

12. St Francis was a pretty cool dude.

Came from a wealthy family but lived in poverty voluntarily. Loved animals.

And yes, that quote is from him.

[Swede]

4. "Does this kirtle make me look fat?"

:shrug:

[kayakjohnny]

9. Uh, I think that was a young lass from some village...er...ugh....

Crap....not sure who that was.

Rings a bell though.

Damn, I'm sucking at this.

[conscious evolution]

7. I fart in your general direction.

oh.wait.
never mind.That was from the 11th century.

[femmocrat]

8. Please Sire, more gruel? n/t

[kayakjohnny]

11. Got it! That was what's his name, from that famous tale.

Whew! I rock.

One for seven! Yehaw!

You threw me a softball.

Thanks.

[petronius]

10. "Please, sir, mayn't I stay home? I went on the last Crusade."

"OW! OW! OW! Please stop hitting me! OW! OW! OW! OW! I'll go! I'll go!"

[kayakjohnny]

14. Oh, I know that one. It's, it's, it's.....

Aw crap.

Drew a blank.

[MiddleFingerMom]

13. Aw, c'mon... who're ye savin' yon maidenhead for anyway?!?!?!?

[kayakjohnny]

15. To be honest, they kind of dropped the maiden part.

But I still think I know who that was.

He was a well-known guy in that village.

And he did get a lot of maiden head.

But he also got beheaded by a fair maiden.

See how it all works out?

[Kaleva]

16. "My ass is itchy. Just like it was yesterday and the day before that."

The above was actually a quite common saying during the Middle Ages and didn't fall into disuse until people discovered that bathing wasn't harmful to one's health.

[pokerfan]

17. "And after the spanking, the oral sex!"

[sarge43]

18. "Black Death, Slack Death, so what's few more fleas?" n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

19. "Bring out yer dead!"

[mitchum]

20. "There will come a mad time when the word 'coynte' will cause outrage"

[Aristus]

21. "There's some lovely filth over here!"

B-)

[chemenger]

22. A few choice ones ...

You don't frighten us, English pig dogs. Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called "Arthur King," you and all your silly English K-nig-hts.

It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second.

Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.

Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.

[rurallib]

23. "How would you like this hoe in your nether regions?"

[sarge43]

24. "M'lord! The fewmets have struck the wind mill!"

"M'lord, the peasants are revolting."

"They always are. Now they're rebelling."

[MilesColtrane]

25. "And so, by proces of suffraunce long,...

Thow mayst atteyne to verrey knowlege
Of thy demeryt, and vengeance prolong
By thy lamentyng and prayer mekeleche,
And so at last comfort have trewleche
As well here as hense, by Goddes hyghe grace,
And peraventure within lytyll space."

[Tuesday Afternoon]

26. serf's up.

[Rabrrrrrr]

27. And I did laugh myself most wet upon witnessing the gong farmer fall into his work!

:rofl:

[DBoon]

28. What about this?

"That al this ground on which we been ridyng,
Til that we come to Caunterbury toun,
He koude al clene turne it up-so-doun,
And pave it al of silver and of gold. "

[KamaAina]

29. "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

:scared:

[mcollins]

30. So. Got any good cabbage in today? nt