Sunday Punday June 2, 2013

It turns out that the “Old King Cole” of nursery rhyme fame is loosely based on a 14th century ruler.

The slightly mad monarch is best known for his decree that the entire fiefdom’s crop of cabbage be diced and drenched in mayonnaise.

He called it, of course, Cole’s Law.

Bonus Pun:

I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.


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