Apr 18, 2011

Patron Saint of The Way Rhubarb Is Spelt

Rhobert Rhobinson (born 1488, martyred 1520) is one of the most averaged sized saints. In fact, if you add all the saints heights together then divide by that number- you'd get exactly Rhobinson's height. More impressive is the way Rhobert stole the discovery of rhubard from a small village in Greece after sleeping with the town leader's wife and then leaving a pillow under the covers to act as his body while he made his getaway. Indeed, Rhobert tried to force his R folled by silent h among many a word, but word like Rhoot and Rhinse already existed. Rhurbarb did stick though, and Rhobinson became a folk hero to those who listened to him tell them that he was indeed a folk hero. His death came whence he was crucified underwater by upstart Roman radicals trying to make a name for themselves. Rhobinson was trying to implement the still far out notion of the double 'rh' in words like barhrhel.

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