[WikiEN-l] Britannica quote of the day

Tue Apr 4 01:46:47 UTC 2006

Steve Bennett wrote:

>On 4/3/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
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>>We need to keep [[Britannia]] in mind where it says, "Early portraits of
>>the goddess depict Britannia as a beautiful young woman, wearing the
>>helmet of a Centurion <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion>, and
>>wrapped in a white toga with her right breast exposed."
>>
>>IIRC Britannica had an arrangement of the trident and shield in its
>>logos before it adopted a thistle with which to nourish goats.
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>I wonder if the next edition of Britannica will have: "Early logos for
>Wikipedia depicted a young girl, of approximately seven years of age,
>buttocks exposed and seemingly yearning for the erect penis about to
>penetrate her".
>
That seems well within the tradition of a stiff upper labium. ;-)

Ec