DNA Confirms Parking Lot Remains Belong To King Richard III 212
An anonymous reader writes "It turns out that the remains found in a parking lot in Leicester, England belong to none other than King Richard III, one of the most reviled monarchs of English history. Scientists announced on Monday that they were able to confirm the identity of the skeleton through DNA testing."
Oh dear... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh dear, Richard the third.
Now is the winter of our discontent (Score:5, Funny)
"Validation! Validation! My kingdom for validated parking!"
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
Actual cause of death: Run over by a paving machine.
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
Because some countries have more than a couple of hundred years of history. Oddly, it wasn't always a parking lot.
Re:Obligatory Blackadder quote (Score:5, Funny)
Prince Edmund: "Well, frankly, everyone thought you were dead."
Richard III: "Well, frankly, I am."
Still no explanation (Score:3, Funny)
as to why he was buried in a parking lot.
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
Good. Now we can clone him and open Plantagenet Park.
Title Ambiguity (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, King Richard III, the DNA says the remains of this here parking lot are yours.
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
More then likely, he was found with jewelry or something that gave the hint.
My question is, why would he be buried under a parking lot?
Because fate loves irony. He died shortly after offering his kingdom for a horse, and he was found under the wheels of a Mustang.
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
"How do you know he's king?"
"He hasn't got shit all over him."
-- Monty Python, The Holy Grail
Re:Still no explanation (Score:5, Funny)
Obviously someone hired Tony Soprano to take him out.
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Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh dear... (Score:4, Funny)
A cunning plan...
Re:Why? (Score:4, Funny)