ANST - Order of the Pel

[joelight]

Oh, come now...You're in ANSTEORRA.  We ALL know that Peerage is determined
by who draws the black bean.  (Yep, I was a History Major!)
Ulrica

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> From: Dieterich <cjw at vvm.com>
> To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: Re: ANST - Order of the Pel
> Date: Tuesday, September 23, 1997 5:46 PM
> 
> At 05:32 PM 9/23/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Just for ho-ho's, and I'm sure Sir Galen would not mind, could you on 
> >line pelicans let us in on the secret of how you picked him? This is a 
> >learning process for me. I'd simply like to know.
> >Britta the Red
> >-- 
> 
> 
> I think I can take a stab at answering this one even though I'm not
actually
> in the Order in question...
> 
> 
> You see, at every peerage circle they bring a large lottery hopper with
the
> names of all the people in the kingdom on the ping pong balls.  They roll
a
> four sided dice to determine how many balls will be drawn.  Each ball is
> then announced 'bingo style' and each of the peers in the circle flip a
coin
> to decide whether they will vote 'yes' or 'no'.  A unanimous vote (in the
> affirmative OR the negative) gets the approval of the crown and that
person
> is then elevated.  You might be curious how a person with a unanimously
> negative vote would become elevated... simple: if they did not do this,
> there would never be anything to shout about.
> 
> I'm glad I could help clear that up for you.
> 
> 
> Sir Dieterich  
> 
> P.S.  Sir Daffyd told me this was how they picked me so it *must* be
true.
> 
>
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