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    Born a "fish", she did not care too much if after her (and her royal lover) came the flood. Who was she?

    Question #81201. Asked by Flem-ish. (May 30 07 8:42 AM)


    lanfranco

    		That would be Madame de Pompadour, born Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson:


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_de_Pompadour

    May 30 07, 9:43 AM
    Flem-ish

    		"Après NOUS le déluge" was probably as much a majestic plural as Mrs. Thatcher's "We have become a grandmother".
    (Wondering if there are no famous Italian quotes.)

    May 30 07, 2:23 PM
    lanfranco

    		Hmm. The Italian monarchy just never acquired quite the same stature or grandiosity. Though I suppose something like this could have been said by a Sforza. Or even Mussolini.

    "Dopo noi il diluvio" just doesn't pack the same punch, does it?

    May 30 07, 4:06 PM
    peasypod

    		Perhaps not monarchy, but surely Cicciolina would feature somewhere...



    May 30 07, 4:21 PM
    lanfranco

    		Jeff Koons would dispute that. To his death.

    May 30 07, 5:06 PM

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