How is this funny? They have: free food, free medical care, electricity, clean running water and sewer, mobile phones, subsidized or free housing, and don't pay any taxes.

Don't forget dental care, with anesthetics!

Just consider food: the quality and variety of food today is far greater than was available to medieval kings. Like coffee, fresh fruit year round, meat that's free of disease, etc.

Henry 8 suffered horribly from health problems that are easily treated today.

you're right, i was being cynical. but walterbright makes some comments though, seems like his name pops up on every thread