Episode 34: Here I Stand, Here You Fall

Episode 34:Here I Stand, Here You Fall

Ep 34 Dolby

Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, was certainly not at the Diet of Worms where Martin Luther defended his stance against the abuses of Catholicism in 1521. No, he began 1521as a Spanish soldier who spent his time stabbing people with daggers over trifles and humping a broad path across the Spanish countryside. Then, a cannonball crushed his leg and, after a serious of horrendously painful surgeries, he spent his time recovering curled up with various religious texts. Only then did he decide to become the super-ascetic we know today.

It is also quite possible that the format of the debates for the Diet of Worms was not actually a no-holds-barred pit match, though unlikely.

On a different note, those of you who watched wrestling in the mid to late 80s need not be told of the power of The Big Leg... Hulk Hogan's signature move, a move so potent that it stops all metabolic activity in an organism for a three count. For the rest of you, you touters of The 619, the Flying Wolverine, the Stinkface... I have nothing but pity.

For more on Franz von Sickingen, the first real Knight of Lutheranism, this is as good a place to start as any.

- Count Dolby von Luckner

Ep 34 Geoff

I feel like we totally missed a joke in this episode involving some play on John Layfield and John Layfield. Perhaps in the future.

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