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The "striking the stone with a sword" part sounds like the legend of King Arthur, "the sword in the stone."
Posted on 09/03/2010 10:11:28 PM PDT by thecodont
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Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times
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The "striking the stone with a sword" part sounds like the legend of King Arthur, "the sword in the stone."
Sounds like a lot of blarney to me.
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Nice rock pic bump! Nite ... ;-)
Regards,
It’s in better shape than Keith Richards!
The Mayor of London used to have his chair in London’s Wool House placed above a stone that represented a wool sack, as it represented the source of London’s wealth and status among the nations of Europe. That was way back around 1100 a.d.
The ancient wood buildings of the 12th century are all gone now. But I wonder if this is the same stone?
Not as old though....
Bigfoot’s molar?
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Yeah, but can the stone rock?
Keith Richards is actually one 'heck' of a guitar player. He ain't no Clapton but Keith is 'up there' (no pun).
No, but it can roll, hence, Rolling Stones ;-)
Sometimes a rock is just a rock. ;)
Someone should get a geologist out there to study it and find out where its from.
Interesting!
"I have a bad feeling about this..."
I was going to ping you, but FR was acting weird.
Doesn’t the rock sort of look like a big wheel of cheese?
There is a far more intresting stone in England. It goes by several names, Stone of Destiny, Lia Fail Stone, Coronation Stone. Jacob’s Pillar.
It has a long long history and resides underneath the coronation throne in Westminster Abby and all English Monarch’s are enthroned sitting over it, well except for current resident Queen, the rock was stolen by Scottish guys who wanted it back in Scotland.
Anyways google it or whatever search engine you use and read about it...fascinating stuff anyhows...
England rocks!
Freegards,
Lex
When I was pinged here, I thought it was the old Roman milestone. Not sure now, it’s been a while (37 years?) since I read about that one.
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