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I saw this and thought of you...

Postby Spiky » September 16th, 2013, 6:48 am

Hi,

Here's a statue from the gardens of Longleat house in Wiltshire UK. I thought some of you might like it :D I thought he was a fantasy dwarf or halfling when I first looked at it but it seems he actually lived!

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The inscription:

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Cheers
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Re: I saw this and thought of you...

Postby Ragner » September 16th, 2013, 7:13 am

Spiky wrote:Hi,
Here's a statue from the gardens of Longleat house in Wiltshire UK. I thought some of you might like it :D I thought he was a fantasy dwarf or halfling when I first looked at it but it seems he actually lived!
Cheers
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Wow! As if out of the book of Professor Tolkien's Shire!


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Re: I saw this and thought of you...

Postby Goblin-King » September 16th, 2013, 8:18 am

...to whom he was first presented at a banquet, served in a pie.


lol wut?


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Re: I saw this and thought of you...

Postby tasoe » September 16th, 2013, 8:23 am

he was eaten apparently.


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Re: I saw this and thought of you...

Postby Spiky » September 16th, 2013, 8:31 am

Goblin-King wrote:
...to whom he was first presented at a banquet, served in a pie.


lol wut?


I think he popped out of the pie as a surprise :D


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Re: I saw this and thought of you...

Postby Spiky » September 16th, 2013, 8:33 am

Sounds like he had an exciting life actually...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Hudson


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Re: I saw this and thought of you...

Postby tasoe » September 16th, 2013, 8:37 am

Spiky wrote:Sounds like he had an exciting life actually...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Hudson
lol yeah! spent 25 years as a slave in North Africa! That's about as exciting as it gets.


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Re: I saw this and thought of you...

Postby knightkrawler » September 16th, 2013, 3:07 pm

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Re: I saw this and thought of you...

Postby Daedalus » September 18th, 2013, 4:05 pm

From Wikipedia: "...He was famous as the 'Queen's dwarf' and 'Lord Minimus'" That's Mini Me in Shakespearean.
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Re: I saw this and thought of you...

Postby IvenBach » September 22nd, 2013, 6:32 pm

¿LAFF? Haha of all the most random things...


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