Re: Household Algebra

Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

Keith F. Lynch wrote:

In related news, I recently won a bet that I could name all the
English/British monarchs of the past thousand years.

Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three;
One two three Neds, Richard two,
Harrys four five six, ... then who?
Edwards four five, Dick the bad,
Harrys (twain), Ned six (the lad);
Mary, Bessie, James you ken,
Then Charlie, Charlie, James again;
Will and Mary, Anna Gloria,
Georges four, Will four, Victoria;
Edward seven, George and Ted,
George the sixth, now Liz instead.

Not quite.  Your list starts 958 years ago, and ends 2 years ago,
for a total of just 956 years.

A thousand years ago England was ruled by a Dane whose four-letter
name has been amusing dyslexics for centuries.  Then came Harold,
Harthacnut, Ed the zeroth (well, he was the last Ed before Ed I, so
what else would you call him?), and another Harold.

Your list also skips Jane, teenaged queen for nine days back in '53.
How can anyone forget her?

Amusingly, Charles III is not descended from Charles II, but his
children are.  So the Jacobites will finally have won.
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