>>It's one thing writing a 3-liner (no pun) like I did, but I can't believe someone could be bothered to prepare all that tripe.
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>If you mean Snopes, well, they specialize in investigating all sorts of rumors, so some detailed explanation is justified.

Yes but ... "fornicating under Charles the King " or whatever ... Practically any word can be made into an acro. if you think hard enough. Take PADI (itself an acro: "Professional Association of Diving Instructers" or some such (with whom I have my diving certificates). There are those in the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) who, because of PADI's wont to take money off you for yet another course, say it stands for "Put Another Dollar In" or, because BSAC don't rate PADI's standards, "Panic And Die Instantly". When I heard these I thought, "mmm... BSAC... Being Submerged Act Crazy". Pathetic, I know, but no less that F.U.C.K - I'd say it wasn't even worth dispelling the "urban myth". I suppose when Charles (whichever one it was) died, it then became "fornication under the new king" - FUNK! - then "copulating under new terms", and "Deciding If Charles the King Had Enough Already Darling"

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