tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post6390725769924177476..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Breakfast Links: Week of October 26, 2015Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-66936816607680447682015-11-02T16:38:35.039-05:002015-11-02T16:38:35.039-05:00Marilyn may have said a variation, too, but I thin...Marilyn may have said a variation, too, but I think Pauline had her been by about 130 years or so. Great minds think alike....Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-76732795964180271572015-11-02T16:27:47.412-05:002015-11-02T16:27:47.412-05:00Exactly, Charles, now I remember.Exactly, Charles, now I remember.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-49727223658157045202015-11-02T14:36:08.754-05:002015-11-02T14:36:08.754-05:00It was Marilyn. When asked if she had anything on...It was Marilyn. When asked if she had anything on at all, she replied: "The radio".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215175526046897471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-51089300500673052612015-11-01T07:57:47.630-05:002015-11-01T07:57:47.630-05:00Karen Anne - While that quote could have been spok...Karen Anne - While that quote could have been spoken by any of the three ladies - it's deliciously in character for all three - I've always heard it in connection with Pauline. Can never see the statue without thinking it, too. ;)Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-24113140567076882532015-11-01T05:28:13.532-05:002015-11-01T05:28:13.532-05:00"Borghese commissioned a well-known statue of..."Borghese commissioned a well-known statue of Pauline by the most famous Italian sculptor of the time, Antonio Canova. She decided to pose nude as Venus Victrix, thus appalling her husband. When someone asked whether she was not uncomfortable being naked before the artist, Pauline replied, “Ah, but there was a fire in the room.”"<br /><br />That set off a mental chime - Marilyn Monroe? Mae West? saying something similar, but the web has not turned it up.<br />Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.com