tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post6669905977719540640..comments2024-03-28T08:30:57.453-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: the temple of griefOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-38044668182690812972010-01-28T03:37:07.806-05:002010-01-28T03:37:07.806-05:00So Madame had men lining up after one had died fro...So Madame had men lining up <i>after</i> one had died from her attentions? Either French men aren't superstitious, or they were so overcome with curiousity about what had really happened that they wanted to...errr...pump her about it.Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-52779734359076765002010-01-27T18:28:19.330-05:002010-01-27T18:28:19.330-05:00Excellent post Cara! Death and all of its ceremoni...Excellent post Cara! Death and all of its ceremonies are so oddily appealing, in particular those of the past somehow. <br /><br />YrsaYrsa Sigurdardottirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05889410114439001207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-84378079093247417882010-01-27T00:01:03.147-05:002010-01-27T00:01:03.147-05:00Mason good question! I'll see what I can dig u...Mason good question! I'll see what I can dig up:) Sorry, Tim that's about as far as I get with puns.<br /><br />Beth, Madame Steinheil was also involved in a murder and I believe a suspect at one point. Now there's fodder for another post.<br /><br />CaraCara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-31851805889380408862010-01-26T21:43:44.504-05:002010-01-26T21:43:44.504-05:00What interesting information. One question, if the...What interesting information. One question, if the divorced women were buried at night, when were the divorced men buried?Mason Canyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935307400882363560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-20794044354922997632010-01-26T15:04:25.598-05:002010-01-26T15:04:25.598-05:00My high school French teacher, a nun, most definit...My high school French teacher, a nun, most definitely did not lead me to believe that I would learn such things if I mastered the language.<br /><br />Had I known I would have worked harder.bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17405199782450351160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-59795655558340811502010-01-26T13:31:22.040-05:002010-01-26T13:31:22.040-05:00My God, the things I learn here.
Great post, grea...My God, the things I learn here.<br /><br />Great post, great pun, Cara.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-69106069471970865362010-01-26T13:27:23.490-05:002010-01-26T13:27:23.490-05:00Gary,
Madame Steinheil went on to become the mist...Gary,<br /><br />Madame Steinheil went on to become the mistress of many - no slouch in the amour department!<br />This is from Wiki - Faure died suddenly from apoplexy on 16 February 1899, at a critical juncture while engaged in sexual activities in his office with 30-year-old Marguerite Steinheil. It has been widely reported that those activities were oral sex, but their exact nature is in fact unknown and such reports may have stemmed from various jeux de mots (puns) made up afterward by his political opponents. One such pun was to nickname Mme Steinheil "la pompe funèbre" (wordplay in French: could mean both "funeral pomp" and "funeral pump"). George Clemenceau's epitaph of Faure, in the same trend, was "Il voulait être César, il ne fut que Pompée" (another wordplay in French; could mean both "he wished to be Caesar, but ended up as Pompey", or "he wished to be Caesar and ended up being pumped": the verb "pomper" in French is also slang for performing oral sex on a man);Cara Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592098418515886674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-72361374155176446282010-01-26T10:52:28.103-05:002010-01-26T10:52:28.103-05:00Oh, this was interesting information!Oh, this was interesting information!Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-15669054722157602022010-01-26T07:19:49.887-05:002010-01-26T07:19:49.887-05:00I'd like to hear the puns about Madame Steinhe...I'd like to hear the puns about Madame Steinheil! Don't be shy, I promise not to blush.Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.com