After completing the civil war quests with my highest level character, I quickly moved on to a new build, and hadn't really played much with that character until recently. Went back to Windhelm and got the nasty welcome from the Blacksmith. But what cracked me up was the litany of insults from around the table in the Palace of Kings. At first I wondered what was up, then I noticed Ulfric's still naked body laying on the floor and remembered I hadn't been back since then.
When I held the A button (xbox) and started dragging him (I was hoping to be able to set him back in the throne, or at least on the table), a few people started freaking out, asking me what I was doing. Then someone acted like they'd seen the body for the first time, started asking "what's happened?!". Honestly, I've never had a game keep throwing me surprises after 500+ hours like this one.