(1474 – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII of England. Traditional belief claims that he was an impostor, pretending to be Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV of England, but was in fact a Fleming born in Tournai around 1474. The "Perkin Warbeck" of the traditional tale was claimed to be the son of a French official, John de Werbecque and Katherine de Faro.
the chap who works in my local Blockbuster, who's the happiest fella I've ever met, always up for a chat about your film choices even when he has a massive queue to serve
(twigSave 6 Music,
Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:12,
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^ this is more likely to be the correct answer.
I quite liked the idea of it being Perkin Warbeck, though.
I heard it on the news last night. My last thought as I drifted off to sleep was along the lines of, "Oooh - that gives me an idea. But I bet someone'll beat me to itzzzzzzzz..." :)
(Enzymeis powered by sunlight,
Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:10,
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I get in a flap when i see a new story
ZOMFG someone will beat me to it! Then i realise i'm just making a toap and the reason nobody has done it is because its just not funny!
(LordManleytwitter.com/LordManley,
Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:12,
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Yes you can.
It's magnificent.
(Enzymeis powered by sunlight,
Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:14,
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Thank you.
(LordManleytwitter.com/LordManley,
Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:18,
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A blockbuster in Queensland, where I lived 5 years ago
keep sending me happy birthday messages. I'll miss those.
(gronkpan@vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:14,
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As joe Queenan once pointed out
how many other industries can survive when 95% of their stock is obsolete?
And I used to work there, it was shit
(Joe Scaramangawith a G-double-O-D vibration,
Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:19,
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...
"Edward Woo, Wedbush Morgan Securities, said: "Blockbuster has been facing some liquidity issues for a while now and this is one of the options they have. It's not a great one."