Another show of ignorance... Canute attempted to hold the tide back to convince his subjects and cronies that he DIDN'T have godlike powers... he didn't expect to hold the waters back, he expected to get his feet wet so renting a deckchair would have been rather counterproductive to the desired effect...
Oh and waving my fists is not something likely to change things in the real world as I am physically unable to do this and would find gnashing teeth to be extremely difficult but then it's always easy to take cheap shots at potential physical disabilities... better not done without knowledge... still pretty much in line with a lot of comments in the thread...
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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Just like gnashing your teeth and waving your fists doesn't change what happens in the real world. There was a reason King Canute got his feet wet. He would have been better off renting deckchairs.
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