October 15, 1520

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1520, King Henry VIII of England signed the orders to have bowling lanes installed at his Whitehall residence. This was back when Henry was still a young man, tall and very athletic. In fact, he was the first rich-boy player who spent his money and used his royal influence to impress his peers and woo the bitches, or as Henry would say, “woo the smoking hot strumpets.” An indoor bowling lane at that time would be like having your own aquarium with tiger sharks today. Rappers and rockstars could take a page from Henry’s playbook on how to live large, except for the one were you chop the head off a nagging and aging wife to avoid alimony. That’s been pretty much ruled illegal for a while now.

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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