[Bards] Traditions and Courtesies

[Ihon Vinson macFergus]

At 12:33 PM 7/12/2002 -0500, you wrote:
><snip>
>The custom is to always, and I stress always, pay tribute to the landed
>nobility - regardless of whether or not you live in a barony, shire or
>whatever. This tribute can come in the form of goods or services, but cash
>(preferably twenties) is always a winner. Beer, chocolate and custom
>furniture are usually good bets, but nothings says "Howdy, Your Excellency -
>gosh you're neat!" like a crisp stack of twenty dollar bills.
<snip>

Anyone (besides me, old enough to remember what happened to Soupy Sales
when he tried this?
--ihon

per pale gules and vert in chief a hand in benediction argent
semper perge eos coniciendum