[Bards] A mildly amusing thought on bowing courtesies.

[T'Star]

Yet another comparison to the military... You don't argue with cooks,
quartermasters, or anyone who actually is in charge of filing your pay
paperwork.  No matter what your rank is!

~Svetlana

> Officially?  No.  But our crowns and nobles are not fools; they understand
> real life.
>
> Once, many years ago, a woman staggered into the fire ring struggling with
> an enormous pot, which contained the stew for that night's feast.  Around
> the ring were the King and Queen of Atenveldt, the Prince and Princess of
> Ansteorra, the Baron of Stargate, and various peers.  She yelled out, "Get
> out of the way.  I outrank all of you -- I'm the cook."
>
> They moved.
>
> Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin