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Originally Posted by Happinow

After coming home from church, I noticed the smell of septic. Not a good way to start the day so I called the plumber. He told me that when they put the pipe in for the drain they did a botch job and the pipe leaked. After fixing the drain, it was time for my cooking class with the youth group. We cooked kettle corn and sat by the fire. A good way to end the day.

A funny story about the consequences of Napoleon Bonaparte's various military actions which touches on septic tanks, youth, kettles from which diners shared food often grabbed just with the fingers, botched opportunities and other matters. -- 1808 - Words Without Borders

Crossing the Atlantic had been an adventure replete with hardship and suffering. The old, poorly-equipped Portuguese ships and frigates were brimming with people. Overcrowding and the lack of hygiene and sanitation favored the proliferation of pests. On the ship Alfonso de Albuquerque, on which Princess Carlota Joaquina, wife of the crown prince, had traveled, a lice infestation had obliged the noblewomen to shave their heads and throw their wigs into the sea. Their bald heads were anointed with pig fat and dusted with antiseptic powder. This resulted in one of the most comic episodes in the history of the Brazilian court. To protect their heads when they disembarked in Rio de Janeiro, Carlota, her daughters, and other ladies-in-waiting wore turbans. When they saw the princesses dressed like that, the women of Rio de Janeiro assumed it was the latest fashion in Europe. In no time, almost all of them had cut their hair and were using turbans to imitate the Portuguese noblewomen.

Thus began the most noteworthy period of transformation


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