ANST - A&S "skill ranks"...34~
Timothy A. McDaniel
tmcd at crl.com
Tue Jan 6 09:38:51 PST 1998
George wrote:
> Please tell me, if you can, what is the difference between a "N" herald and
> or...say... an "A", "B", or even "G" herald........?
Oddly enough, you've hit upon initials for some of the standard
subdivisions of SCA heralds:
N: name
A: armory
B: book (name and/or armory research, conflict-mongering, and
rule-splitting ("Yes, but Maimonides says ..."))
G: I dunno. "Groupies"? In my dreams! Goofy? Giggly? Grumpy? (I
know the principal of the latter group ...)
Others:
F: field ("Foo and Bar, take the field! Baz and
Quux, arm yourselves! Fubar and Snafu, make ye ready! ...
Combattants, salute whom ye will!" That stuph.)
C: court
big-H: having the titled rank of Herald (e.g., Star Herald, Asterisk
Herald) versus the area of interest of heraldry (e.g., a
pursuivant).
OK, OK, I'll 'fess up: one-letter abbrevs aren't used. I just wanted
to wander off onto a digression. I was using "N" in the mathematical
sense, as in "Consider N johns and M prostitutes. What is the minimum
number of condoms C required to make sure that all N johns can have
vaginal intercourse with each of the M prostitutes with nobody coming
in contact with anyone else's bodily fluids? Assume that no condoms
break."
(I don't know the general answer. For N = 2, M = 2, then C = 2, but
you must allow reversing and double-bagging.)
Amra calling me "legendary" is misleading -- Idi Amin is legendary
too. I'm notable for silliness, ribaldry (if not obscenity), and
stupid puns.
Daniel de Lincoln
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