Courtesey of Don Aitken, we have a picture from 1612 of Henry, Prince of Wales doing… something?
My guess: pole vaulting.
Judging by the mounted, armour-clad figures in the background, by the posed ‘war-like’ stance, and by the carefully placed head-piece from a suit of armous in the lower left corner -
My guess: Posing with a lance.
But I laughed more at your suggestion - so let’s just say it was pole vaulting.
Or perhaps he’s got that 40-foot pole that nobody wants to touch anything with.
He’s shooting pool; either the table is rather high, he’s a very well-proportioned midget, or he’s sighting his cue to ensure that it’s straight.
[/hijack]Anyone else notice that he looks a little like Paul Eddington (Jim Hacker, from ‘Yes, Minister/Prime Minister’)?
If two thirds of the main cast weren’t (sadly) dead, we could propose a new series ‘Yes, Your Majesty’. [/hijack]
Back on the main subject however, if he is pole vaulting, maube this picture was first featured on a box of ‘Ye-Old-Weet-Bix’?
I say he’s trying to prepare teriyaki angel-kabobs, but can’t remember where he put those squirmy little bastards.
It looks like he’s getting to play an archaic musical instrument called the “skinnyflute,” which has since been corrupted to “skinflute.”
If you notice the two small figures in the lower right corner of the picture, they are also holding long poles and standing in poses similar to the prince’s. By that, I’m guessing it’s some odd form of jousting or fencing.
But my first reaction upon seeing the pic: The pizza’s ready! He’s pulling it out of the oven!
it’s an extremely long flute. he’s placed his fingers over the holes, but is now trying to remember how the tune goes.
It sorta looks like it’s his turn to clean out the royal pool with one of those net thingies…
no, it IS a flute. i’ve seen the other half of this picture and there are a bunch of rats kinda just hanging around, looking quizzically at each other…
Poking out the eyes of some impudent commoner who had the nerve to make fun of the royal kneecaps?
Nonsense. He’s catching whitebait.
Let me know if there are any non-kiwi dopers who get that one.
I get the whitebait reference! I was briefly involved with a kiwi girl recently and she introduced me to the concepts of whitebaiting and gastrointestinal polyps with the resultant colostomy bag. Anecdotally it must be said. God I loved the way she said ‘gastrointestinal’. Twas a short and fiery affair but henceforth I vowed to visit downunder to try whitebait… and have a fatal motorcycle accident should I ever be diagnosed with those fucking bastard polyps.
He’s charging his pike, that’s what he’s doing. Very martial of him.
He’s got my Gran’s legs. Could this mean we’re possibly related . . .
He’s fending off legions of groupies who just want to get in his,uh,pants or kilt or…what is that thing he’s wearing,anyway?
It’s a screencap from Fairly Odd Parents. That’s “little” Timmy Turner (not so little in medieval times, is he?) holding the pizza paddle, and that’s Cosmo and Wanda holding the pie pan.
The elephant was constipated…
LOL, NurseCarmen. You made my day with that one.
He’s toasting crumpets over a fierce open fire (the only way to enjoy them), using the once-popular Hibernian Toasting Pike, the crumpets later became commonly known as ‘pikelets’ for this very reason.