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Sounds like he may have been used to grippy socks if he tried to rob a bank with a bread knife

Show me the story.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wale ... an-7114705

I feel crying now.

^ Elderly gentleman sounds like he would have gone all marquess of Queensberry on his arse if he had been younger.

I'll just agree with you without knowing what that means.

John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (20 July 1844 – 31 January 1900), was a British nobleman of the Victorian era, remembered for his atheism, his outspoken views, his brutish manner, for lending his name to the "Queensberry Rules" that form the basis of modern boxing

Nice!



I Oscar Wilde

yeah, I left out the homophobia bit

Wonder if they fought.

Yeah they did

maybe not a physical fight though

The Marquess of Queensberry, the father of Wilde's young lover Bosie, had accused Wilde of 'posing as a sodomite'. He had chased around London confronting Wilde at his home and elsewhere until the writer was driven to fight back. The form that his retaliation took was disastrous for him. He initiated Queensberry's prosecution for criminal libel but abandoned the case when evidence incriminating him made defeat certain. It was a humiliating reversal and led to his own prosecution.

How old was the son?

I should know this. I have his biography.

I dunno I've googled everything I've posted so far , I am not a font of knowledge lol

I mean, was he a minor?
It seems not because they just refer to sodomy.

That's so freaking sad.

It was Victorian England , age of consent was about 13 , animal f*cking was fine , murder was fine , kissing a bloke - an abomination lol