1066 and all that
by chuckofish
The Norman conquest of England began on this day in 1066. The invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers was led by Duke William II of Normandy, later known as William the Conqueror.
This made me think of the book 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates.
The book is a parody of the style of history teaching in English schools at the time (1930), in particular of Our Island Story. It purports to contain “all the History you can remember,” and covers the history of England from Roman times through 1066 “and all that,” up to the end of World War I, at which time “America was thus clearly Top Nation, and history came to a .” [full-stop, like a telegram] It is full of examples of half-remembered and mixed-up facts, puns and really bad jokes.
The book is written in the manner of a bad test essay with most of the names wrong. It is also full of private jokes and you really have to know quite a lot of history to get them, so I can’t imagine anyone today being even slightly amused by it.
Truly it makes my own history-major head spin.
Zut alors!
On the whole I prefer Nigel Molesworth: “a chiz is a swiz or swindle as any fule kno.”
All latin masters hav one joke.
Caesar adsum jam forte
or
caesar had some jam for tea.
No one knows anything now.
dual personalities 
Très drôle!! I’ll have to borrow the Caesar joke 🙂
Zut alors, indeed!
“No one knows anything now.”
“Remember, remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot” but what year was it? 🤔
I don’t know, that page had me chuckling!
Haha!