"... when the prime minister was killed, and partially eaten ..."

[Mizmoon]

This is a paragraph from a NYT story in this morning's paper:

"On the Herengracht, those returns have often been fantastic for 25 or even 50 years at a time. Home prices soared in the first half of the 17th century, around the time of the tulip mania. But they came crashing down in the 1670's, when the prime minister was killed, and partially eaten, by a mob of angry Dutch, and the country nearly disintegrated. Prices lagged inflation during the Napoleonic wars but surged after William became king in 1814 and the country industrialized."

Now that is one pissed off mob!

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/business/yourmoney/21real.html?pagewanted=2&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1124636652-hBgvsdln4esghW2JGXGpRg

[Kali]

1. Hey you aren't trying to start a vegan - meat eating flame war are you?

It'll get locked! :evilgrin:

[Fleshdancer]

2. well he was Prime so he probably tasted pretty good

:shrug:

[Mizmoon]

3. kick

:kick: