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5 proofs we live better than kings!
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3-24-2008 2:33 AM
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Sure, there are modern day kings who live better than me but they're mostly kings in title only. When I say that I live better than a king I'm referring to Medieval European kings.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"><H3>Life Expectancy:</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thestrategicretreat.com/img/A31EED8A-77ED-4DC3-864B-7354BE78675F" alt="age" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"> People just didn't live very long back in the day, even kings.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"><H3>Food:</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thestrategicretreat.com/img/3023CFCC-F860-4E9A-8B6A-49B0111FEF56" alt="food" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"> I eat well, real well. I eat off a plate, with a fork. Kings ate off smashed bread, with their fingers. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"><H3>Germs:</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thestrategicretreat.com/img/67D26897-A88A-4E86-A731-B2BCA81591BE" alt="A Soap Box." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"> I'm fairly cootie free. I shower ever day and I use soap, that's right Richard the 1st; soap. In this day and age I have ready access to antiseptics and antibiotics.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"><H3>Climate control:</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thestrategicretreat.com/img/68CDBF7B-72A7-4396-A312-9DAAF9F6A61C" alt="cc" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"> It's pretty well known that castles are drafty, not my house. I have double insulated windows and central heating. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"><H3>Travel:</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thestrategicretreat.com/img/A46C546D-3A8F-40B9-9DBB-AF7042E4AE2C" alt="echo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/"> It was a pain in the ass to travel back in the day. Kings had to travel by horse or by boat and it took effing forever to get anywhere. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thestrategicretreat.com/5-reasons-i-live-better-than-a-king/">Despite what the story books say it sucked to live in medieval times, even if you were ruling said times. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/60A16CF9-9D33-4933-ADC1-8C50C0553ED3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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