[Bards] bla bla bla......

[John Cole]

> For brevity's sake, I have spared my contemporaries the need, the
> obligation, the - how shall I say - chore? of reading my words, flowery
> though they may be, once more
    <SNIP>  .....you know the sound of the old style hedge shears?...ja,
that's the one...

?????brevity?????

> Now I, rightfully challenged
     bla...bla...bla...bla...bla.....<SNIP>......oh my gosh there they go
again....

> "Yup."

Aethelstan takes in Big breath in order to correctly respond to Stephen
Mac"windy"Thomas.........

*exhales*.......na....ain't worth it...

wanders back to his workbench

Aethelstan
going back to sharpen his shears, which somehow got nicked trimming all that
down :)