tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298197.post7856322093392501900..comments2023-10-11T11:40:09.728-04:00Comments on Wordlustitude: self-depantsifierUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298197.post-51171102262910869382007-08-20T13:14:00.000-04:002007-08-20T13:14:00.000-04:00All autodepantsifiers owe their modern use and def...All autodepantsifiers owe their modern use and definitions, of course, to Prince George IV (1762-1830), who gave us the first historical reference to such handy devices when he said, <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/epguide/three_ink.shtml" REL="nofollow">"Now I've got my lovely fire I'm happy as a Frenchman who's invented a pair of self-removing trousers."</A> France took immediate offence to this announcement (as the French often did when England declared anything at all), and immediately declared war on Great Britain. This would come to be known as the Trousers War, and would last 12 years; no one was hurt.Elvis Dingeldeinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10797301783602013816noreply@blogger.com