From: hawthorn@sover.net (Frank J. Perricone)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams

              The Hitchhiker's Guide to British History

In order to create any event in British history, simply choose one
option from within each set of braces.  Options are separated by
commas.

{Harold, Henry, William, Richard, Charles, Edward, John, James}
the {I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII} wanted to be King of all
England.  So he {married, killed, married then killed, killed then
married, befriended, forged an alliance with, made enemies with,
bribed, went drinking with, went wenching with, made war with}
{the Scottish, the Welsh, the French, the Spanish, the Dutch, the
Church, the northern landowners, the southern landowners, the
western landowners, the peasants, the queen, the queen's closest
friend, the Archbishop of Canterbury, three cackling old women},
then {married, killed, married then killed, killed then married,
exiled, blackmailed, gave a haircut to} the current {king, queen,
Archbishop of Canterbury, king's councilor, king's pet dog},
{Harold, Henry, William, Richard, Charles, Edward, John, James,
Elizabeth, Mary, Anne, Catherine, Thomas} {I, II, III, IV, VI,
VII, VIII, of Scotland, of Wales, of Spain, of France, Archbishop
of Canterbury, Pope, Holy Roman Emperor, the royal gardener} and
assumed the throne.

(think I may do American history next...)

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