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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke
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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (29953)12/3/2003 10:55:13 AM
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OT, Actually, droit de seigneur was kind of cool as long as you were the Senor. I can see why people would get ticked off about it, though. Not only do you get the bride on her wedding night, you get her before the groom. And, if a real uglo got married, you can play the charitable lord and let it pass.

Charlton Heston made a bad movie about the subject called "The Warlord."
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