# Does this mean that she is the true and rightful king? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461 "2018-10-04T23:50:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/21 "2018-10-05T17:16:01Z")
> [@senoy](#): > > Hey, it would be cool to have a Queen. I’d vote for her. Do you think that she could call together the Senate and demand we have a new government? If so, I’d vote for her twice. It could certainly enliven the 2048 campaign. “…and so, in conclusion, my package of entitlements reforms will preserve Social Security and Medicare for generations to come.” “Thank you, Senator Bedfellow. You have one minute for a rebuttal, Ms. Vanecek.” “ **BEHOLD!** THE SWORD OF JÖNKÖPING!” Audience: _“The Sword of Jönköping! The Sword of Jönköping!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/22 "2018-10-05T17:56:50Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > Farcical aquatic ceremonies are no basis for a system of government! Less insulting than the farcical election ceremonies we currently enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/23 "2018-10-05T21:23:05Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Now, that makes her the kind of _England_, mind you, not the king of Sweden. Gotta be careful about such things. I’ve been thinking they were overdue for a Scandinavian invasion. What has it been, 1100 years? ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/24 "2018-10-05T22:35:52Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > If she pulled it out of the lake, doesn’t that make her the moistened bint? So she has to lob it at the king, who is distinguished by the fact that he hasn’t got shit all over him. And that his mother smelled of elderberries, etc. > > Regards, > Shodan Careful there big fella, calling an 8 year old girl a bint? I get that you are trying to make with the chuckles, but I’m gonna call off-sides on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/25 "2018-10-05T22:37:59Z")
_Moistened_ bint at that. Shaaaame, shaaame, shaaame. Eh, it’s just Arabic for “girl” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/26 "2018-10-05T23:10:24Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > From [here](https://www.thelocal.se/20181004/eight-year-old-swedish-girl-pulls-1000-year-old-sword-from-lake): “Saga confirmed to The Local that the only person she told was her best friend, who she really trusts. Thursday was the first day she could reveal her story to her classmates, and her teacher threw a party to celebrate, handing out ice creams and showing Saga’s TV and radio interviews to the class.” She’s really raised the stakes for show and tell. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/27 "2018-10-05T23:11:26Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > _Moistened_ bint at that. Shaaaame, shaaame, shaaame. > > Eh, it’s just Arabic for “girl” Apparently it has a derogatory implication in Britland, though. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/28 "2018-10-06T00:09:57Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Yea, verily, in generations yet to come the bards shall sing of her mighty deeds in _The Saga of Saga!_ I’ve already bought the album for the rock opera _Saga’s Saga_ by Saga. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/29 "2018-10-06T03:59:53Z")
She’d have to have pulled it out of a stone, after countless others had tried and failed. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/30 "2018-10-06T10:48:17Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > rock opera _Saga’s Saga_ by Saga. starring Lady Gaga ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/31 "2018-10-06T14:23:27Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Apparently it has a derogatory implication in Britland, though. [English slang for a whore, or bitch. Similar to a tart.](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bint) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/32 "2018-10-06T14:29:55Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > starring Lady Gaga Nah, I saw the Gaga saga–it was caca. ---
**Author:** ![ohiomstr2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/82dd89/32.png) [@ohiomstr2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ohiomstr2)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/33 "2018-10-07T11:28:03Z")
If she brought the sword for show and tell in the US she would immediately be arrested for bringing a weapon to school. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/34 "2018-10-21T06:09:20Z")
Sweet little piece in the Guardian’s magazine this week: > **[I pulled a 1,500-year-old sword out of a lake](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/oct/19/experience-pulled-a-1500-year-old-sword-lake-saga-vanecek)** > > People are saying I am the queen of Sweden because of the legend of King Arthur It would be no great surprise in England to find (presumably highly-valued) metal objects from pre-historic times in (presumably sacred) water; interesting that it turns up elsewhere in Europe. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/35 "2018-10-21T06:28:19Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > Sweet little piece in the Guardian’s magazine this week: > [I pulled a 1,500-year-old sword out of a lake | Life and style | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/oct/19/experience-pulled-a-1500-year-old-sword-lake-saga-vanecek) Yeah, it’s sweet…But let’s show some pity for the poor father: > [@](#): > > I was yelling, “I found a sword, I found a sword!”… Daddy didn’t get to watch the football in the end. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![williambaskerville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@williambaskerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williambaskerville)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/36 "2018-10-21T06:50:21Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Yeah, it’s sweet…But let’s show some pity for the poor father: > > 🙂 She wants a replica sword :- is Paypal safe these days ? I’m inclined to throw in 50 euros (not least because she might be the Once and Future king. Best to keep on the right side of such individuals). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461.md?page=1)