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Not-your-lawyer- t1_izbkrcg wrote

Reply to comment by lightms1729 in Swans: The ultimate gift from your true love [OC] by TrueBirch

Also, "ladies" can be pretty status-neutral, but "Lords" isn't exactly ambiguous.

I find it hard to believe that you hiring titled nobility to dance for you comes that cheap. $1398 each? Since when did the aristocracy sell themselves for so little?

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JadeDolphi t1_izbtzbg wrote

Everyone is assuming they were hired and not captured in battle.

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Grason20 t1_izbx88k wrote

It is thought that this song originates in 1780, which is relative peace (12 years before french revolutionary wars)

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ReddFro t1_izbut1y wrote

While I agree your historic lords would be very pricy, there may be some budget options.

  • Do people like Michael Flatley - “lord of the dance” count? Not sure what he’s doing now but might go for less than $2k
  • What about drug lords?

If we’re going with more traditional titled options:

  • There are about 785 lords in the UK parliament per a few websites, which seems like a lot so a few of them might go cheap
  • Also you can apparently pay to “Become a Lord or Lady” by buying a presumed title for prices like £195. Not sure its very legally binding, but this seems like a cheap route
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AuburnElvis t1_izc9gvw wrote

I bet they counted Jesus as one of lords and that's where they got the savings.

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Redburned t1_izcycol wrote

Naw that “established titles” shit is a scam

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Chemputer t1_izerieg wrote

>Also you can apparently pay to “Become a Lord or Lady” by buying a presumed title for prices like £195. Not sure its very legally binding, but this seems like a cheap route

Yes, and you can also have bridges and stars named after you, too. All of them are scams.

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BrightNooblar t1_izbyt61 wrote

I think its the total cost to hire Lorde to do one leap.

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PM_me_oak_trees t1_izdbzqh wrote

I think you don't pay them directly. For that much money, you can throw a party good enough to attract nobility, and when they've had enough to drink, the lords will start dancing voluntarily.

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4737CarlinSir t1_izc7lqk wrote

Lord's in the House of Lords get an allowance of £323 a day - just under $400. But many of them are doddery old buggars and I can't see many of them leaping.

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adzz182 t1_izf8806 wrote

They're pretty cheap nowadays. Members of the UK House of Lords don't even get a salary, just a £166/day attendance allowance and you only need 10 of them, which is like $2030...

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