# To-morrow is Saint Crispian **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768 "2005-10-25T03:33:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/1 "2005-10-25T03:33:20Z")
_stands a tip-toe_ _feasts neighbours_ _strips sleeves and shows scars_ These wounds had I on Crispin’s day! With those guys…er, what were their names? _checks flowing cups_ Oh, yes – Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester…now, son, I’ll teach you the story of the feats I did that day. (With advantages!) ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/2 "2005-10-25T03:48:05Z")
😕 Please eleborate. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/3 "2005-10-25T04:06:39Z")
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/4 "2005-10-25T04:09:11Z")
We few, we happy few, we band of buggered… Oops. _Buffy_ flashback. …we band of brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/5 "2005-10-25T04:11:24Z")
Been into the Branagh again, I see! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/6 "2005-10-25T04:13:20Z")
Also amusing was that when I was making my first reply, the Google ads offered to book me into hotels called the Exeter, the Gloucester, and the Salisbury. Now, they’re offering “Unlimited Autoresponders” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/7 "2005-10-25T05:10:10Z")
So, are you saying we should start calling them “Freedom Fries” again? Or do you want us to pull out of Iraq and invade France (a country we _know_ has WMDs)? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/8 "2005-10-25T05:13:02Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Been into the Branagh again, I see! 😉 _hic_ ONCE MORE UNTO THE-- _hic_ I’m sure I don’t know what you’re talking about. 😉 (Although tonight I indulged in a little Olivier as well. Call it a yearly feast on the vigil.) ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/9 "2005-10-25T05:17:50Z")
Wow - anybody else hear non nobis domine swelling in the distance? [shiver] ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/10 "2005-10-25T05:20:20Z")
I wouldn’t wish for one more poster on this board!. 🙂 And now, I click “Submit Reply”… and I do it for Harry, England, and St. George! ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/11 "2005-10-25T14:03:57Z")
I think I found a picture of [Saint Crispian](http://www.kfc.is/grafik/colonel.gif). _:: d&r ::_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/12 "2005-10-25T14:11:12Z")
That’s one of my favourite speeches. Looks like I’ll have to pull out my Shakespeare book to do some reading when I can find the time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/13 "2005-10-25T15:00:16Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I think I found a picture of [Saint Crispian](http://www.kfc.is/grafik/colonel.gif). > > _:: d&r ::_ Here’s a better pic which, I believe, [captures his essence](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0305357/Ss/0305357/CAFT-362.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Glover,%20Crispin). ---
**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 25, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/14 "2005-10-25T15:57:39Z")
I always get Saint Crispin confused with Crispian St. Peter. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/15 "2005-10-25T16:19:11Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > And gentlemen in England now-a-bed > Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, > And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks > That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day. Hmmph. The History Channel ran a documentary that purported to show that plain old mud is what defeated the French at Agincourt. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/16 "2005-10-25T18:12:21Z")
My friend has suggested Rice Crispin Treats for the day’s celebrations! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/17 "2005-10-25T18:16:00Z")
> [@David Simmons](#): > > Hmmph. The History Channel ran a documentary that purported to show that plain old mud is what defeated the French at Agincourt. Blasphemy!! twas the longbow and studly Prince Hal! and the might and main of good old yeoman blood (make that English yeoman blood!) At least that’s what I was taught in both Shakespeare and British History… ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/18 "2005-10-25T18:21:55Z")
Whoohoo! Let’s all go stab and be stabbed. On second thought, I’ll just have some of those Rice Crispin Treats. We were just talking about how awesome that speech is the other day. I totally forgot when St. Crispin’s Day was though. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/19 "2005-10-25T18:47:56Z")
Much as I love Will’s take on Bluff Prince Hal, all things considered, I’d rather be in bed holding my cheap manhood. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768/20 "2005-10-25T19:06:06Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I think I found a picture of [Saint Crispian](http://www.kfc.is/grafik/colonel.gif). > [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Here’s a better pic which, I believe, [captures his essence](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0305357/Ss/0305357/CAFT-362.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Glover,%20Crispin). [Pah](http://www.pbase.com/stevanhogg/image/41115941)! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-morrow-is-saint-crispian/327768.md?page=2)