Where has that woman been. Everyone knows that Big Brother is the guy at CBS who puts people in a house over the summer and watches their every move.

No kidding :rolleyes:

Academic careers have risen and fallen in this debate - but for the most part it is almost impossible not to do any work on the sub-Roman era of the British Isles without touching on Arthur and the attendant myths and legends.

So far the earliest mention of him, as far as I know, is in the Welsh epic poem Y Gododdin from around 600AD (or 80 to 90 years after the battles that Arthur was supposed to have fought). Incidentally this manuscript/poem also includes the earliest mention of a Myrddin (Merlin) as an ancient Celtic bard/advisor who accompanied the host defeated at Catraeth (Catterick).

Anyways... it's also debatable whether or not Robin Hood is a fictional character ~ not the Hollywood Robin Hood - but the Robin Hood of earlier legends... or whether Robin Hood is actually the amalgam of two seperate bandit lords.


Interesting mediaeval factoid - Old King Cole of the song is actually a real person; a King of the early British kingdom of Strathclyde.. King Cole was noted as a bardic king how composed and played his own music, held lavish music festivals, was a great patron to bards and poets, and finally lived to a very old age.

Oh. My mistake. I thought we were talking about the obligitory big brother who is the bane of every young girl on TV sitcoms.

Another one I'm surprised about is Charlie Brown. He's the poster child for mediocrity and under-achievers in America.

What? I've seen him in both Monty Pyton and Spamalot! He must have existed!

Eric Idle would never lie to us.

Did you ever hear that, when Charles Schulz went to his class reunion, nobody knew who he was/had become? :(

No. That's so sad. :(

If I remember what my dad told me....he was also a navy seal that had killed 25 people, and he always wore sweaters because he had tattoos on his arms. I love Mr. Rogers.

Urban legend - never served.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Rogers

Check bottom of page

Am I the only one who finds it odd that the Marlboro Man is #1 on the list? I understand why he's on the list, but #1? Really?

Does Karl Rove really exist, or is he just some imaginary whipping boy?

"This is an unusual election in that the media have not even waited for the polls to open before declaring the results. Indeed, the Associated Press was forecasting a Democratic "landslide" as early as May. And since we all know that everything in the papers is true, if the Republicans end up winning, or at least holding their majorities, it can only mean that Karl Rove stole the election." By JAMES TARANTO

No I agree. I personally would've put Mickey Mouse or Santa Claus as #1.

Where is Betty Crocker?? She belongs to all 26 NPC's, doncha know?? :D

booo...i thought it was real :(

Maybe I read your post wrong, but Don Juan is on there. He is number 40:

40. Don Juan: That Don Juan is no Casanova; the Don, after all, was not Italian. But whether or not he was Spanish or Portugese, he still stands for roguish conquest and male wish fulfillment.


:D I too was surprised not to see Betty Crocker on there, like someone else said. ;) And the tooth fairy, where was she? Though I guess maybe she isn't all that influential...