http://joannejacobs.com/2004/11/30/cool/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://joannejacobs.com/2004/11/30/cool/#comment-20322 john.cunningham Thu, 02 Dec 2004 06:37:53 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2004/11/30/cool/#comment-20322 One also has to distinguish between types of defenestration: summary and formal. Summary is throwing the person out the window without opening it. Formal involves opening window first, then brief oration on reasons for, timing, etc. One also has to distinguish between types of defenestration: summary and formal. Summary is throwing the person out the window without opening it. Formal involves opening window first, then brief oration on reasons for, timing, etc.

]]> http://joannejacobs.com/2004/11/30/cool/#comment-20321 JennyD Wed, 01 Dec 2004 13:11:41 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2004/11/30/cool/#comment-20321 Delightful word! Can't believe I didn't know it. I intend to use it today, rather than committing the act. Maybe with my children.... Delightful word! Can’t believe I didn’t know it. I intend to use it today, rather than committing the act. Maybe with my children….

]]> http://joannejacobs.com/2004/11/30/cool/#comment-20320 Chris Wed, 01 Dec 2004 04:48:36 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2004/11/30/cool/#comment-20320 of course, defenestration's rebounding popularity may have more to do with a software company in Redmond of course, defenestration’s rebounding popularity may have more to do with a software company in Redmond

]]> http://joannejacobs.com/2004/11/30/cool/#comment-20319 john.cunningham Wed, 01 Dec 2004 04:07:17 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2004/11/30/cool/#comment-20319 Ah, defenestration. Who can forget the Defenestration of Prague in 1618, when the Czechs through the Hapsburg envoys out of the upstairs windows of Hradcany Palace? The Catholic paintings showed the envoys being gently borne down by angels, while the Protestant paintings showed the odious Catholics landing in wagons of manure. Regrettably, a prelude to the Protestant disaster at the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620, leading to 3 centuries of repression of the Czechs. Ah, defenestration. Who can forget the Defenestration of Prague in 1618, when the Czechs through the Hapsburg envoys out of the upstairs windows of Hradcany Palace? The Catholic paintings showed the envoys being gently borne down by angels, while the Protestant paintings showed the odious Catholics landing in wagons of manure. Regrettably, a prelude to the Protestant disaster at the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620, leading to 3 centuries of repression of the Czechs.

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