London stone

**English assassin** · 05-22-2006, 14:56

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4997470.stm

There is something very London about this stone, probably thousands of years old, by legend central to the survivial of the city, and presently tucked away in a sports shop.

Just a whimsical story I thought should be shared.

**matteus the inbred** · 05-22-2006, 15:02

Random, I'd never heard of it. And I have an MA in Medieval London studies...call myself a history student, huh!

Perhaps we should now use it for coronations instead of the Stone of Scone, which is after all Scottish and ought to stay in Scotland...

**Mikeus Caesar** · 05-22-2006, 16:25

Heheh, read the comments. As it gets down to the bottom, it turns into an argument with various countries asking for their relics back. Some guy in Edinburgh wants the Stone of Scone back, while the last person is 'Zorba' from Greece, and he wants his marbles back.

**Alexanderofmacedon** · 05-22-2006, 16:27

Lots of Puma stuff in English stores?

I love Puma...

**ZombieFriedNuts** · 05-22-2006, 16:55

Its strange what a lump of limestone can inspire

**matteus the inbred** · 05-22-2006, 17:07

Originally Posted by currywurry

Heheh, read the comments. As it gets down to the bottom, it turns into an argument with various countries asking for their relics back. Some guy in Edinburgh wants the Stone of Scone back, while the last person is 'Zorba' from Greece, and he wants his marbles back.

The Stone of Scone thing is funny...we sort of did give it back in 1996 (it having been 'stolen' by a bunch of Scottish students in 1950), but we keep it in the British Army HQ in Edinburgh and still ceremonially sit on it for coronations and things (or rather, it will presumably be sat on at the next coronation). So, under the pretense that it's now a unified British monarchy, English monarchs still sit upon Scotland's ancient rock. If it's the real one, at which point some accounts go completely mad as to whether it is or not, whether the Templars are involved, and probably conclude that aliens used it to take Elvis back to his home planet.
Terry Pratchett uses all this very amusingly in the novel The Fifth Elephant.

I'm with Zombie on this...people are funny about rocks.