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From: "Roy Stockdill" <>
Subject: Re: How do I get a copy of my birth certificate ??
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 10:45:08 +0000
In-Reply-To: <003901c477a8$524967d0$5ee6183e@sellondb69wqty>


> From: "Andrew Sellon" <>

> There must be many on the list who do not know the charge for Lady Godiva,
> including myself.
>
> Please elucidate.
>
> From: "Dedric" <>
>
> > Do you know the exact date & place of your birth?
> > If yes, go to register of b,m&d during opening hours, cost you a lady
> godiva
> > or so...>

Though I am no expert on Cockney rhyming slang, even I can
work out that a Lady Godiva is a fiver (i.e. five pounds).

However, we all know that a birth certificate in England and
Wales costs seven pounds, so may I offer a more circumspect and
convoluted theory?

Lady Godiva is famous for riding on a horse naked through the streets
of Coventry. The equally famous Dance of the Seven Veils
also culminates in nakedness. So perhaps someone has put the two
together and come up with the conclusion that a Lady Godiva equals
seven, not five.

Or is this too fanciful and unnecessarily convoluted thinking on my
part? No, don't answer that !

Roy Stockdill
Web page of the Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org
Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html

"Familiarity breeds contempt - and children."

Mark Twain

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