Month: July 2022

Lady Báthory was Right

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Okay, maybe not right, right, but…it may turn out that, while all the torture and stuff isn’t exactly science, she was less wrong than it may have seemed. Don’t know who she is? Here it is, in a nutshell, straight from Wikipedia: Báthory and four of her servants were accused of torturing and killing hundreds … Read more

Sick Wagner Burn, Courtesy of Hercule Poirot

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Poirot: Makes pies? Hastings: Yes, pies. Hastings: Miss Lemon says he (Benedict Farley, British Meat Pie Tycoon) makes pies. Poirot: Hastings, to say that Benedict Farley makes pies is like saying that Wagner wrote semiquavers. Hastings: They’re good pies, are they? Poirot: No, horrible. But there are a great many of them. Not sure if … Read more