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Original Sin

14 March, 2006
Posted in: Belgium, Princess

The Princess and I went to the Musée des Beaux Arts recently. Oh yes, we grudge no exertion in dredging up material for readers of the Bulletin’s website.

We stopped in front of the Lucas Cranach picture of Adam and Eve and I told her the story which made a significant impression. We went over it a number of times (“tell me again, again, again about Adam and Evil”)

Later in the day she asked me, “Mummy, what are Adam and Evil’s full names?
Me: Adam and Eve and those are their full names.
Her: But their surnames?
Me: Nope, they haven’t got surnames.
Her: Fancy that! [Pause] But normally (too much exposure to the language of Voltaire) we have surnames, Mummy.

A couple of days after this I gave her an apple and she looked daggers at me. “God will be cross with me for eating the apple,” she said indignantly.

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belgianwaffle

on 14 March 2006 at 09:09

Dr TS, you are funny. Do I know you or are you just a random internet person? 0
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poggle

on 14 March 2006 at 09:12

She is absolutely fantastic – Adam and Evil indeed.
I suspect she might well have chomped her way through the apple of knowledge already. 0
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DoctorTripswitch

on 14 March 2006 at 14:57

Why, is your surname Pratt or something? It’d be one hell of a shot in the dark.. 0
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Friar Tuck

on 14 March 2006 at 18:07

I think the good doctor is on to something! It would explain the word “pratfall”. ���

belgianwaffle

on 21 March 2006 at 20:58

Pog, quite. NO, it is not, Pratt. 0
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DoctorTripswitch

on 22 March 2006 at 12:51

I only ask because I’m a quarter Pratt. 0
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belgianwaffle

on 22 March 2006 at 13:11

You’re only saying that… 0
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DoctorTripswitch

on 22 March 2006 at 17:06

No, I’m acting it out too. 0
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