french revolution

If we give the french revolution it's own thread- soon every revolution will demand one.

I wrote a poem about the French Revolution,
does anyone want to hear it?

Okay - here goes.

Ode to Madam LaFarge

She sat with her knitting needles -
Planning the Revolution
That the Desolution of Paris
Was the only solution

Poor Marie Antoinette, with
Her coiffure so fine
Sat munching her cake and
Sipping her wine.

Little did she suspect - - -
That Madam
Had eyeballs
For her neck.

This is dedicated to all the prisoners that were released from the Bastille July 14, 1789.

Bastille Day commorates the storming of the Bastille, a prison that was a symbol of Louie the 16th's ancient regeime.

The Bastille held 7 prisoners at the time. The storming of the prison was a symbol of libery and fight against oppression for all French citizens.

In other words it was the beginning of the industralization of France.

You are a woman of many talents, seaglass.

Green Witch how did you do that?

How did she do what?

Gus, Green Witch went back after I posted and put a line of text in above my posting that has dashes all around it. I see people doing it on their own posts.

Does that mean someone can edit my post?

Enquiring minds need to know.

I didn't do anything. I just got here.

How did that Green Wrote thing get in my post, I didn't do it.

I don't know how.

It's one of those unsolved mysteries.

Seaglass to Jespah - Seaglass to Jespah -

Unsolved mystery -

Jespah to the rescue please.

marquis de sade
the marquis de sade was one of the prisoners
in the Bastille.

Apparantly shortly before the uprising he was
shouting at passers by with an improvised megaphone.

Perhaps we can blame the entire French revolution, Napoleon and the rest of it
on the wicked Mrquis

Not many people know that

I did not know the Marquis de Sade was one of the prisoners, how fascinating.

Perhaps his literary talents got him into prison? Hmmmmm.

Wonder who the other six were.

redrobbo - there are some excellent threads on the French Revolution here, just do a site search and you will see what I mean.

I'm surprised I even saw this.

Anyway, it looks like you clicked "quote" when you replied. That's all.

Oh, that is how you do it.

Thank you.

I be you learn something new every days if you arn't real real careful

Damn, and I thought the CIA was following me.

How the hell did seaglass' quote get in here?

you did it gus, i know you did it.

but what worries me is what happened to that nice young person that was interested in French Revolution. did greenwitch and i scare him away?

merry is going to send me to bed without my supper. boo hoo.