[Ansteorra] The Sable Thrown

morgancain at earthlink.net morgancain at earthlink.net
Thu Jan 23 13:11:19 PST 2003


>>> Ok, I'm not laughing *at* the person who said this, but ROTFLAMO.
>>> This is a malaprop I've not seen before. So, what is the Sable
>>> Thrown: a large black bear hide? rabbit? mink? Inquiring minds
>>> want to know. Or is it a new game where big burly fighter-types
>>> pick up the Throne and see how far they can throw it?

Given that a sable is a real animal - Martes zibellina, a carnivore in
northern Europe and Asia - from which you get the lovely dark soft pelts
that people have as sable coats and other clothing, I should think this is
merely a PC version of "dwarf tossing."

So either the big burly fighter types are tossing around fuzzy dark
animals, or they are throwing around fur capes, cloaks, and the like.

(What, you thought the heralds made up all those funny code words for
colours???)

                              ---= Morgan <with vbg,tic>


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