Today’s archival tidbit comes from Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets:
Soon after Catherine the Great’s death, someone—probably her enemies in the Russian aristocracy—started floating the story that Catherine died of being crushed after attempting to have sex with a horse. It’s just not true. Although Catherine did take many lovers and had a secret room built in her palace that she filled with raunchy paintings and sculptures, she did not die anywhere near a horse. But the true story is nearly as embarrassing: She had a stroke while on the toilet and died a few days later.
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Well that would explain the flushed look on her face.
posted by Sheldon Siegel on 12-8-2006 at 3:13 pm
Dude, all I’m gonna say is this. Given the choice between my enemies
(1) thinking I died from a horse’s peepee and. . .
(2) thinking girls have to go to the toilet at all. . .
I would much rather endorse the pony story. I mean, that’s something to be proud of, sorta.
posted by Amanda on 12-9-2006 at 10:31 am
I’m REALLY gonna have to go with the truth on this one. Rather them think about poop than beastiality…
posted by Alyssa on 12-9-2006 at 6:39 pm
Alyssa, come on! At least in some circles, bestiality has some sort of cache! Poop never has cache! Ever!
posted by Amanda on 12-10-2006 at 9:42 pm
Wonder if Elvis knew … he had his own “excesses …”
posted by Abby on 12-12-2006 at 7:47 pm