Slashdot Mirror
DNA Confirms Parking Lot Remains Belong To King Richard III
An anonymous reader writes "It turns out that the remains found in a parking lot in Leicester, England belong to none other than King Richard III, one of the most reviled monarchs of English history. Scientists announced on Monday that they were able to confirm the identity of the skeleton through DNA testing."
Oh dear, Richard the third.
"Validation! Validation! My kingdom for validated parking!"
Actual cause of death: Run over by a paving machine.
Because some countries have more than a couple of hundred years of history. Oddly, it wasn't always a parking lot.
Better Blackadder quote:
Prince Edmund: "Well, frankly, everyone thought you were dead."
Richard III: "Well, frankly, I am."
as to why he was buried in a parking lot.
Good. Now we can clone him and open Plantagenet Park.
Hey, King Richard III, the DNA says the remains of this here parking lot are yours.
More then likely, he was found with jewelry or something that gave the hint.
My question is, why would he be buried under a parking lot?
Because fate loves irony. He died shortly after offering his kingdom for a horse, and he was found under the wheels of a Mustang.
"How do you know he's king?"
"He hasn't got shit all over him."
-- Monty Python, The Holy Grail
Wansu, th' chinese sailor
I don't know, but I'm always amazed that the ancient Romans insisted on building their villas below 20th Century office blocks. I mean, what gives?
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
They weren't thinking 4th-dimensionally. ;-)
Friend of mine grew up in South Chicago. He says that when Jimmy Hoffa died everyone in Chicago stopped buying sausage for a week.
"Think about how stupid the average person is. Now, realise that half of them are dumber than that." - George Carlin