For the key to the word defenestration, we must look at political history...
In 1617, Catholic officials in Bohemia closed protestant chapels that were under construction, despite guarantees of religious freedom that the Protestants had been guaranteed under an earlier emperor. A group of Protestants called an assembly, and two imperial commissioners were found guilty of violating the guarantee of religious rights and were thrown from a window of the palace in Prague. This event, on May 23 1618, became known as the Defenestration of Prague and touched off the Thirty Years War, as protestants from bohemia and neighboring lands joined in a revolt against the authority of the Hapsburg Emperor Ferdinand II.
It is a litle-known fact that the two defenestrated commissioners were booted out of a low window and suffered no injuries. Nonetheless, it's a great story, and since we all like our history enlivened with great stories, the Defenestration of Prague is one that many of us were forced to learn about in high school...
"Defenestration" comes from Latin, formed from de- (out of; away from) and fenestra (a window; French "fenetre"). It is first found in English in 1620, right after the Prague example.
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People love pizza delivery, but what I need is a candy delivery service. "Hello, Candy Hut? Yeah, I'm feeling really fuckin' hungry after dinner. Please send two bags of Hershey Nuggets, a couple 100 Grand bars, a couple Caramellos, some M&Ms, and swing by Dairy Queen n get me a chocolate brownie Blizzard. And a jar of caramel sauce. Thanks, dude."
In 1617, Catholic officials in Bohemia closed protestant chapels that were under construction, despite guarantees of religious freedom that the Protestants had been guaranteed under an earlier emperor. A group of Protestants called an assembly, and two imperial commissioners were found guilty of violating the guarantee of religious rights and were thrown from a window of the palace in Prague. This event, on May 23 1618, became known as the Defenestration of Prague and touched off the Thirty Years War, as protestants from bohemia and neighboring lands joined in a revolt against the authority of the Hapsburg Emperor Ferdinand II.
It is a litle-known fact that the two defenestrated commissioners were booted out of a low window and suffered no injuries. Nonetheless, it's a great story, and since we all like our history enlivened with great stories, the Defenestration of Prague is one that many of us were forced to learn about in high school...
"Defenestration" comes from Latin, formed from de- (out of; away from) and fenestra (a window; French "fenetre"). It is first found in English in 1620, right after the Prague example.
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People love pizza delivery, but what I need is a candy delivery service. "Hello, Candy Hut? Yeah, I'm feeling really fuckin' hungry after dinner. Please send two bags of Hershey Nuggets, a couple 100 Grand bars, a couple Caramellos, some M&Ms, and swing by Dairy Queen n get me a chocolate brownie Blizzard. And a jar of caramel sauce. Thanks, dude."
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as for the candy delivery, i suspect that's the kinda thing some of the more upscale weed-delivery services in large cities should branch out into. "While you're ordering, you may want to pick from our selection of snacks, too -- you know you're gonna want 'em."
Cherry xox