Am rather enjoying watching results come in for the
"Greatest English Hero" poll that I set up on Monday. At present, with thirty-nine votes counted, King Arthur and Robin Hood are -- as expected -- holding a considerable lead... with Arthur just
barely edging out Robin Hood by a single vote (28 to 27). Methinks that a runoff election may be needed to choose who wins and who gets second place.
Meanwhile, I am rather surprised to see Queen Boudicca holding a slim lead for the third place. I'm not sure who I expected to take the proverbial bronze... but it had not been her. Spiffy! Right now, she is ahead of Jack the Ripper by a hair's breadth (12 votes to 11) with Sherlock Holmes just a couple of steps behind. There may need to be another runoff poll between these two (or three) to award third.
As the poll goes on, I have also been using my bus and train[*] time to educate myself somewhat on the Arthurian legends. This has been largely done, thus far, from a
Malory-centric vantage point, with a little
Geoffrey of Monmouth thrown in, as well. I am enjoying the experience although -- holy macaroni -- that sure is a lot of knights (and kings!) to keep track of! As an amusing side-effect of this education, I have learned that typing "King Arthur" into Google gives you
a flour company as the top URL! Bizarre!
Anyway, gentle readers, if you have not yet voted, I would urge you to exercise your democratic rights: Get out there and do it! This poll remains open for five more days before the runoffs begin!
[*] Since car is still non-functional.
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