Against the Shadows VII - A Faded Glory Story Hour (Re-Updated - 5/17)

[Plane Sailing]

Re: Oversize Dwarves (tee, hee)...

Alex,

How was the Golden Jubilee?

OT, but - Fantastic. On two consecutive days one MILLION people converged on London for the free concerts, the pageants, the flypast. During that time there were only four arrests - everyone was SO good natured. First time in a long time where it made one proud to be British

There was a tremendous community spirit across the country - numerous street parties where whole roads were closed off and all the neighbours had a big party together with bunting across the houses. Earlier in the year the nay-sayers had anticipated a big flop, and pundits were saying that "nobody really wanted a monarchy any more". How wrong they were!

Good old Queen

... and now you will be returned to your scheduled programme...

Cheers

 

[Darklone]

Long live the whatever-as-long-as-it-makes-us-feel -special

Old One: Great updates. Dougal and me gonna try that one more often!

Btw: do you send the players home with similar cliffhangers? If I would have done that to mine, they couldn't have worked for a whole week!

 

[Lela]

Re: Re: Oversize Dwarves (tee, hee)...

There was a tremendous community spirit across the country - numerous street parties where whole roads were closed off and all the neighbours had a big party together with bunting across the houses. Earlier in the year the nay-sayers had anticipated a big flop, and pundits were saying that "nobody really wanted a monarchy any more". How wrong they were!

Cheers

No one in America. You'll be happy to know that whenever someone mentions England, I immediatlly think of the Queen.

Darklone: Do you still want me to try and do a Story Hour? I think I might be able to find some time for it.


Oh, and by the way, what's "bunting"? Or do I even want to know?

 

[Darklone]

Lela: storyhour yes. I think I'll manage another one yet!

 

[Plane Sailing]

Re: Re: Re: Oversize Dwarves (tee, hee)...

Oh, and by the way, what's "bunting"?

Guess which!

A) Strings with lots of little flags attached.

B) An ancient medieval tradition where sheeps bladders are filled with a sweet stuffing and hurled from house to house; it mustn't touch the ground.

C) a form of flirting in public.

D) [removed at the request of Erics Grandmother]

 

[Rel]

I really, Really, REALLY wish it was "B"!

Really.

 

[Lela]

What's the difference between B and C?

 

[Darklone]

What's the difference between B and C?

Flirting in public for halforcs. That's B.

C is for discriminated races such as humans.

 

[Valgrath]

Flirting in public for halforcs. That's B.

Valgrath only do B is he really interested in girl. Use goat bladder for other girls.

 

[Old One]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Oversize Dwarves (tee, hee)...

Guess which!

A) Strings with lots of little flags attached.

B) An ancient medieval tradition where sheeps bladders are filled with a sweet stuffing and hurled from house to house; it mustn't touch the ground.

C) a form of flirting in public.

D) [removed at the request of Erics Grandmother]

P_S -

You forgot the real answer...(E) All of the Above...

You see, Bunting is string with lots of little flags attached that is used to tie up the sheep's bladders filled with sweet stuffing. The earliest recorded record of the "bunt tossing" pastime (taking its name from the string) occurs in a fragment of an Anglo-Saxon book, found in Northumbria and dated c. 701 AD.

The practice was most often associated with the "bunt tossing" was for couples to send secret messages to each other under the noses of over-protective parents. Northumbrian girls would weave messages with the bunting and young men would hide small gifts in the sweet stuffing.

This type of public flirting often led to the final meaning of bunting, which public decorum prevents us from mentioning here!

~ Old One