Napoleon

William H. Ansley · 01 May 1998, 23:46 · from urth-v0010.mbox · original

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From: "William H. Ansley" <wansley at warwick.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Napoleon
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 23:46:17
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Bob (Robert King) wrote:

>Maybe it's my sick mind at work, but I always surmised that Weer's theory
>held that Napoleon was surreptitiously, uh, fondling himself.
....
>In any case, that's the type of explanation a certain type of boy at a
>certain age would take great delight in recounting, especially to older
>relatives. And it would invariably offend.

Aside from difficulties associated with how Nappy could do this with his
hand in his waistcoat (which ends at the waist, at least in front), it
seems unlikely to me that Weer (or Wolfe) would consider this an innocent
remark.

William Ansley

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