“So let them eat cake,” Marie said, merriment dancing in her eyes.
The peasants found her statement revolting. After all, they had no cake. Nor eggs, flour, sugar, or any of those cute little plastic cake decorations.
Exécution de Marie Antoinette le 16 Octobre 1793
Instead, they made Marie eat her words. Alas, but they were not a tasty treat.
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I thought everyone had a supply of cute plastic cake decorations.
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THAT was Marie’s big mistake. If she’s said “let them eat cake,” and supplied lots of little plastic cake decorations, there would never have been a French Revolution. Or, as Richard III said: “My Kingdom for a plastic cake decoration.”
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Pardon me while I step out and groan at all the word puns here. 😉 Clever, very clever.
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Thank you for noticing! Geez, here I am trying so hard to be clever and no one notice my wit. You just made my day 🙂
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Now the peasants can all eat McDonalds…
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Especially when Marie pays the tab. Which I bet she will 🙂
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Short, sharp and to the point.
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Like the blade of the guillotine.
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A moment in time that will never be forgotten, especially in France.
Leslie
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It was a big moment. But lest we forget, England executed one king and one queen. We don’t execute. We assassinate and humiliate.
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Yes England did it too.
Leslie
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Twice, no less. And they started early. There were also a slew of kings who were probably murdered along the way, but without Facebook, no on could prove a thing 🙂
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Chuckle. Facebook seems to know it all.
Leslie
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And you KNOW if you read it on Facebook, it MUST be true.
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But of course! (giggle)
Leslie
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Poor choice of words is right! Now, if she had said, “Let them eat cookies,” I could have understood. 🙂
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My bad. Seems I’m feeling a bit frivolous today.
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A good cookie is NOT frivolous. It might have saved her head. Well, maybe.
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She wasn’t a very intelligent person. I suppose we all make mistakes.
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Poor dear. I’m sure she meant well. Some mistakes are more permanent than others 🙂
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What a pleasant way to start the morning, losing one’s head over a poor choice of words.
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I bet we could get people to think twice if they knew the guillotine was awaiting 🙂
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These young kids might not even know what a guillotine is!
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Well, I’d be happy to explain it to them. I’m sure they’d love it 🙂
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Poor choice of words. She couldn’t turn her life around.
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No, sadly, she could not turn around at all. She totally lost her head, poor woman.
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