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Queen...

Posted by Bruce Kahl on July 23, 2001

In Reply to: Queen... posted by Bob on July 23, 2001

: : In an old Simpson's cartoon, Homer and Marge were at a weekend marriage retreat and an English man had stated that his wife was a "Queen of the Harpee's" . What's the English slang "Harpee" mean?

: Harpies. Not slang, but a terrifying female mythological creature, combining the head of a woman, the body of a bird, and a nasty attitude.

Yes, predatory monsters.
I do not remember what they do or to whom they did it. Thaddeus of Crete ring a bell with anyone?

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