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Offline delalluvia

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Re: Pope Joan
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2009, 09:02:15 pm »
Quote from: Jeff  Wrangler on November 03, 2009, 01:18:35 pm
Doesn't she give birth during a papal procession?

Yep.

Kind of a dead giveaway.  :-\
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Re: Pope Joan
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2009, 09:03:43 pm »
Quote from: Penthesilea on November 03, 2009, 03:17:33 pm

I had to look up what bodice-buster is :laugh:.

Husband says no, not a bodice-buster.


And for all foreign speakers (or anyone who's not heard the expression):

bodice ripper 
–noun Informal. a modern Gothic novel or historical romance, usually in paperback format, featuring at least one passionate love scene, characteristically one in which the heroine vainly resists submitting to the villain or hero.

Also called bodice buster.

Oops, sorry, my reference was obscure.  Yes, that is what I was asking.  :)
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Re: Pope Joan
« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2009, 11:16:44 pm »
Quote from: Penthesilea on November 03, 2009, 03:17:33 pm

I had to look up what bodice-buster is :laugh:.

Husband says no, not a bodice-buster.


And for all foreign speakers (or anyone who's not heard the expression):

bodice ripper 
–noun Informal. a modern Gothic novel or historical romance, usually in paperback format, featuring at least one passionate love scene, characteristically one in which the heroine vainly resists submitting to the villain or hero.

Also called bodice buster.

If my memory serves, didn't Fabio become famous for being on the cover of bodice-rippers?
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Re: Pope Joan
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2009, 01:00:31 pm »
Quote from: Jeff  Wrangler on November 03, 2009, 11:16:44 pm
If my memory serves, didn't Fabio become famous for being on the cover of bodice-rippers?

VERY famous.  His name is practically a reference.
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Re: Pope Joan
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2009, 01:04:47 pm »
Quote from: delalluvia on November 04, 2009, 01:00:31 pm
VERY famous.  His name is practically a reference.

I thought I remembered that correctly.  ;D

I suppose there are worse things for which to be famous. ...  :laugh:
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Re: Pope Joan
« Reply #15 on: November 04, 2009, 01:26:02 pm »
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Re: Pope Joan
« Reply #16 on: November 04, 2009, 02:48:17 pm »
Quote from: southendmd on November 04, 2009, 01:26:02 pm

Oooh! A "Harlequin Historical"!  :laugh:

In my neighborhood pharmacy, the rack of cheesey paperback romance novels (bodice-rippers all) is near the prescription counter. Sometimes while I'm waiting for a prescription to be filled, I'll take a look at the book covers. I get the biggest (silent) laugh from the covers of books where the hero is supposed to be a Native American, yet clearly the model is of European ancestry.

You'd think they could at least find a hunky Native American somewhere who would pose with his shirt off for a few bucks.  ::)
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Re: Pope Joan
« Reply #17 on: November 04, 2009, 02:51:53 pm »
If these are Bodice Rippers, how come it's the guy's clothes that are always in tatters?  (Not that I mind, you understand!  ;D)
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Re: Pope Joan
« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2009, 04:03:12 pm »
Quote from: southendmd on November 04, 2009, 01:26:02 pm

Same horror stuff here:




OMG, I'm just picturing all my in-laws reading such cheesy bodice rippers :laugh:.
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Re: Pope Joan
« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2009, 04:25:52 pm »
Quote from: southendmd on November 04, 2009, 01:26:02 pm

Dang!  Whew!  There IS a reason he became famous.  ;D
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