Conference thebay::joyoflex

I'll take a guess that it refers to the fact popular regal colors
were a dark (royal) blue and purple. 

Then permutate "He's got nobility in his blood" for a few hundred
years. 

- dave

My dictionary says: "Translation of Spanish sangre azul; probably from the
blue color of the veins of fair-complexioned aristocrats."

(Also, one of you has a bad NOTES$TIMEZONE.)

					Val

Any connection between blue blood and hemophelia, the bane of European royalty?

By the way, I have heard that "bloody", as in "bloody curious", is a contraction
of "By our Lady".  If you listen to a Scotsman say "By our Lady" and "bloody",
the linkage is much easier to discern, so presumably the contraction is
Scottish in origin.  This bit of speculation (disinformation?) courtesy of a
friend and sometime resident of Scotland.

Morgan Robinson

Isac Asimov, in his non-fiction THE HUMAN BODY, agrees with
reply #2. Aristocrats, a group of traditionally untanned
people, have produced no keritin in the skin. The result is
a more transparent condition which allows more ultraviolet
light into the regions that produce vitamin D. 

(excuse plse, the name is Isaac, not Isac)   -pc

    re .3
    
    Compare the derivation of the sadly underused "Strewth!", a corruption
    of "God's truth".
    
    Chris