Eve is a lot like Catherine the Great...

[xorx]

Didn't she die in flagrante with a horse?

[IainC]

Didn't she die in flagrante with a horse?

St Petersburg, but yes.

[Endie]

Didn't she die in flagrante with a horse?

St Petersburg, but yes.

Brilliant line.

That said, Catherine did die in bed, but only after (rather less gloriously) suffering a stroke on the toilet at sixty.  The Elvis Presley of her day (including the taste for younger lovers).

[IainC]

Yeah I know about Catherine. Glad someone got the joke, I was concerned it might be too subtle.

[xorx]

Didn't she die in flagrante with a horse?

St Petersburg, but yes.

Terrible. Just terrible.

Apparently though, it's a myth.

Propaganda. Whodathunk ... apparently the toilet story is also a myth ...

[Endie]

Didn't she die in flagrante with a horse?

St Petersburg, but yes.

Terrible. Just terrible.

Apparently though, it's a myth.

Propaganda. Whodathunk ... apparently the toilet story is also a myth ...

No, the story that she broke the toilet with her immense weight was a myth, not the stroke that occurred on it.

Anyway, this all feels very much like the situation in 9-9 did, almost two years ago: months of fighting have led to people taking time out for a breather while allies pick up some of the workload, fleet numbers have dropped and the enemy are knocking on the door in Detorid.  Dianabolic said a few weeks ago he wants Bob to be known again as the cheats and hackers they were back then, and he has already succeeded, while CCP are pretending that they don't know when a sov bug occurred then that the EULA hasn't been broken (in this case that the CEO of one of our more loyal corps would voluntarily switch off his own sov claims on his own account), raising suspicions that their old bias to their previous alliance still remains.

All we need now is a threadnought and a burnout on the part of our CEO and we're ready for the fightback

[MahrinSkel]

She was found after a stroke in a closet (we're talking about an imperial wardrobe here, probably bigger than your house).  There is no evidence to suggest it was the "Water Closet" (or even if that particular bit of slang was current at the time), and died shortly after without regaining consciousness.  Come *on* people, Wikipedia and Snopes aren't exactly hard to find.

--Dave

[Pax]

Didn't she die in flagrante with a horse?

St Petersburg, but yes.

Apparently though, it's a myth.

Throughout she was racked with pain, her convulsing appearance causing great distress to her consorts.

Looks like she was poisoned tbh...

[Endie]

She was found after a stroke in a closet (we're talking about an imperial wardrobe here, probably bigger than your house).  There is no evidence to suggest it was the "Water Closet" (or even if that particular bit of slang was current at the time), and died shortly after without regaining consciousness.  Come *on* people, Wikipedia and Snopes aren't exactly hard to find.

--Dave

I checked mine on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_of_Catherine_II_of_Russia and Straight Dope: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/100/is-it-true-about-catherine-the-great-and-the-horse :colbert:

I hope Yoru is around so we can get a "Catherine the Great and Evil Thug: horsefuckers?" split.

[Yoru]

I hate you, and everything you stand for. 

[Phildo]

Why is this still in the Eve forum?  Den it and let them keep posting there.   

[Pax]

We'd never find it anywhere else, in which case he could just have deleted Catherine-related posts.

[Gets]

My high school art teacher told the story of how palace guards used to wear tight white buckskin pants. When Catherine the Great was inspecting them she ordered all the soldiers to soak their pants in water, so the leather pants tightened up even more. Made it easier for her to carry out the inspection.

Also, wasn't her toilet some defeated king's throne with a hole cut in the middle?

[Pax]

Perhaps this all roots from the misunderstanding of what "toilet" might mean.

In many slavic languages, the word "toaleta" or something similar is a vanity/dressing table kinda thing where women would brush their wigs.
Just like a eau de toilette isn't something you find on the WC...

[Endie]

Perhaps this all roots from the misunderstanding of what "toilet" might mean.

In many slavic languages, the word "toaleta" or something similar is a vanity/dressing table kinda thing where women would brush their wigs.
Just like a eau de toilette isn't something you find on the WC...

Trouble is that Pushkin makes a joke about it, so as a Russian he should get the exact meaning:

"Наказ писала, флоты жгла,
И умерла, садясь на судно"

I'm sure I don't need to translate that old saw for anyone here!

[Mrbloodworth]

She was found after a stroke in a closet (we're talking about an imperial wardrobe here, probably bigger than your house).  There is no evidence to suggest it was the "Water Closet" (or even if that particular bit of slang was current at the time), and died shortly after without regaining consciousness.  Come *on* people, Wikipedia and Snopes aren't exactly hard to find.

--Dave

I checked mine on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_of_Catherine_II_of_Russia and Straight Dope: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/100/is-it-true-about-catherine-the-great-and-the-horse :colbert:

I hope Yoru is around so we can get a "Catherine the Great and Evil Thug: horsefuckers?" split.

The image there is great!

[Yoru]

We'd never find it anywhere else, in which case he could just have deleted Catherine-related posts.

It's a rare post that gets deleted. Most are simply locked, or consigned den-ward.