In the reign of K. Richard I, the Theines and Drenges of Northumberland were tallaged. They paid each of them 80 much de Dono (o).

We go on like one of those country waggons, creaking along in the old ruts […]

I'd seen this stock photo in memes a hundred times, but yesterday I saw it in the wild, illustrating a magazine article.

…transformed into a chalky-white Gene Harlow, delicately chomped a banana next to a real blond superstarlet, Carol Koshinskie, while a superloud record of Swan Lake blasted away in the background.