Re: [Mid] feelings about court

On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Elise Fleming wrote:

>
> (Curmudgeon-gear firmly engaged) I am hoping that the poster assumed
> that readers would know this should be a joke. Unfortunately, some
> readers won't.

        Maybe, but I doubt it. Your concern is appreciated, and your
warning taken to heart, but I doubt even the silliest of us would be so
outrageous as to start a spitball contest with the king. I mean, with
those lightning reflexes and warrior instincts, very few of us would stand
a chance. Not to mention he has the higher ground, and his guards, and of
course all the knights would have to join in on the side of the king. It's
a losing proposition no matter how you look at it! ;)

        But seriously, some courts are exceedingly long and few of us have
enough of an attention span to sit though 27 AOAs for people we've never
heard of without seeking some other form of entertainment. While many of
the suggested ideas are out of line, they are so much so that they are
funny. Others of them are just funny to think of an entire crown doing
(like braiding one's own hair). It's a top ten list, which is a
traditionally accepted format for a joke, and people recognize it as such.

        I know I, for one, if I were up there on that dais and saw people
doing anything mentioned in the aforementioned list I would take it as a
sign that court was dragging on _way_ too long, and it was time to treat
the assembled populace like an audience. Admittedly, it's difficult to
make 67 awards, 4 oaths of fealty, 8 gifts and 12 miscellaneous items
heartwarming, rousing, silly or solemn, every weekend for six months (or
longer) but there are ways. A joke every fifth award works fine, and
there's no crime in repeating your material from one audience to the next.
Heck, Moonwulf does it all the time.

        Hmm. I could go on and on about this topic, but it's not what I
really meant to talk about. I suppose if someone really wants to hear it,
they'll reply. There are certainly enough former royalty, landed barons
and court heralds here to generate opinions.

        Corwyn Draca,
        Shire of Mynydd Seren

From: Aaron Bilodeau <abilodea@indiana.edu>
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Received on Sat Jan 24 13:05:30 1998