haha my mum had an ever-lengthening list of links between her schooldays and horrible events in the news: it included lord lucan -- tho i forget the exact connection there, not very direct i suspect -- and dr buck ruxton; something about seeing* him pick up his kids from school with a bandage on his hand (there cz he had cut himself chopping his wife and maid into little bits earlier in the day)
the list always ended, somewhat lamely (she knew this, and played it for laughs): "and my father had a friend who was very interested in crippen"
*tho since it happened the year she was born, i assume it wasn't HER that saw this, possibly her dad** **when halley's comet revisited in 1986, her mum regaled us all with descriptions of how much more exciting it had been in 1910 -- viz how it had HURTLED across the sky at great speed with a violent roaring hiss!
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Date: 2009-05-13 12:33 pm (UTC)the list always ended, somewhat lamely (she knew this, and played it for laughs): "and my father had a friend who was very interested in crippen"
*tho since it happened the year she was born, i assume it wasn't HER that saw this, possibly her dad**
**when halley's comet revisited in 1986, her mum regaled us all with descriptions of how much more exciting it had been in 1910 -- viz how it had HURTLED across the sky at great speed with a violent roaring hiss!