Re: bandsaws in court

Jim & Andrea (ac186@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca)
Thu, 29 Aug 1996 10:08:58 -0600 (CST)

On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Lauren Rene Hotchkiss wrote:

>... within the audience chambers. Queen Elizabeth, however, did allow
> chainsaws in her court, believing that this was the best way to keep
> harpers away. Apparently it worked, for no harper ever dared to make
> an appearance before her whenever a chainsawist was present.
>
> Lauren

No,no no...the official title was "Royal Chainsawyer", which has evolved
into our present day "Chancellor". (I checked in my new CD-ROM dictionary.)
-Andrea