I eat my peas with honey...



I've done so all my life.
It makes my peas taste funny,
But it sticks them to my knife.
-- A. Nonymous

Today in 1637, Cardinal Richelieu, who served in the court of Louis XIII, decreed that the blades of knives at the dinner table be ground down and rounded off, thus inventing the modern dinner knife. (Which, as we all know, is unfortunately not sharp enough to effectively dispatch annoying dinner guests.)

Who says the Church never does anything good?

The good Cardinal is also known for saying, "If you give me six lines written by the most honest man, I will find something in them to hang him." OK, maybe that's not so good. But at least the poor man wouldn't accidentally cut himself with an overly sharp knife while eating his last meal.

Posted: Tue - May 13, 2008 at 09:18 AM        

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