"Arise, Sir Loin of Boeuf!" And Sir Osis of Liver and Duke of
Ellington and...
But no Sir Cumcision of Penis...
Anyway. I think we (Mike and I and anyone else who wants to tag along)
need to visit Hay-on-Wye (or Ham-on-Swiss) and do some "book"
shopping.
Checking Orbitz I see that we'd have to fly to London by way
of...Amsterdam. Pity that.
Hell, they speak Dutch in Amsterdam. We may need a linguist along...
--The Late D.O. (Baron of Brains)
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "Mikal" <mikalm_at_i...> wrote:
>
>
> > http://nobletitles.com/lists.htm
>
> This is amazing. I've been looking for a site like this for
awhile...
> >
>
> > John - you could be the Albanian Baron of Fanti for a mere $3000.
>
> No Transylvanian stuff available, I guess.
> >
> > I'm eyeballing either the Marquisate and Barony of Haifa for $5000
(so
> appropriate for a nice Jewish boy) or the Barony of Beilstein for
$10000
> (not so appropriate but highly ironic and great wine too).
>
> I want to buy one of the Levant Kingdom titles and re-establish a
"Crusader
> State" in my desmesne! Who said the Middle Ages are gone?
>
> > Croatian Principality and County of Dalmatia for $35,000 - such a
deal! We
> could really play survival!
>
> I think the good people of Dalmatia are probably a LITTLE TIRED of
armed
> geeks running around in cammies by now...
>
> Of course, *I* already possess a noble title: Baron Michael, Lord
Caerleon,
> Kingdom of Hay. HM Richard Booth -- like me, a book dealer by trade
--
> sells titles at a small fraction of what the people at the link
above want.
> I chose Caerleon because of my Welsh background, and its association
with
> Roman conquest, Arthurian myth, and the life of the great Cymric
author
> Arthur Machen.
>
> Check out King Richard's site at:
> http://www.haypeerage.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm
>
> Baron Michael
Received on 2002-07-30 15:15:32