@JB105 @gleick Maybe he thinks Buckingham Palace is a better place for a gig now that Andrew's gone.

Certainly looks the part: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Guard

@gleick Suits him.

@gleick Just what exactly are the pigeons in New York eating?

#SorryNotSorry

@gleick The marching band at my high school wore hats like that, about a half century ago.

@gleick they got it all wrong - it's the current guy who wears a Russian hat

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not widely known but abraham lincoln moonlit as a castle guard for the wicked witch of the west.

o-wee-oh.

@gleick He looks like a color-inverted version of those british soldiers(?) with the funny fuzzy hats.

@gleick Is this how Buckingham palace guards got their hats? Originally they were top hats, but they got a redesign after a particularly snowy winter.

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Ah yes, Marge Simpson's distant ancestor.

@gleick Four score and seven inches of snow our fathers brought plows and shovels…

@gleick No, I am a bronze popsicle

@gleick I didn't realize Abraham Lincoln used to be one of the guards at Buckingham Palace.

@gleick Lincoln still keeping a cool head in the worst times.

@gleick Nice hat.

@gleick - Insulated stovepipe hat!

@gleick "I'm having the biggest brain freeze ever. But I've been holding this position too damn long to show it."

@gleick No wonder he was shot in a theatre - nobody could see anything if they sat behind him. #TooSoon?

@Retreival9096 @gleick It was after his adventures with John Mastodon in the Illinois wild.

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