[Elfsea] Needing more Knights? Danger - Joke Ahead

[Shelly Edwards]

Thanks Crandal!  I really needed a laugh today.  These *&#^$^^#
Canadians are getting on my nerves today.
 
Miss you all,
Rebekah the homesick
 
 
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If you are reading this in English, thank a soldier.
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From: pcrandal at sbcglobal.net [mailto:pcrandal at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:29 PM
To: Barony of Elfsea
Subject: [Elfsea] Needing more Knights? Danger - Joke Ahead



The realm of King Arthur was sorely beset by the encroachments of the
Saxons. Sadly, there were few Knights left to fight them. King Arthur,
despairing the probable downfall of Camelot, turned once again to
Merlin, his friend and wisest advisor.

"Merlin, I fear that this time even your great resources will not avail
us at this critical time. We shall never be able to turn back the Saxons
without many more Knights. The Round Table is sorely depleted, and I
have little hope."

"Fear not, my King" said Merlin. "I have a plan. Bring me parchment and
ink and all your scribes. Then bring me the youth of the nearby
peasants, the stable boys, and the young servants of the castle. I shall
give you your Knights!"

"Merlin, oh Merlin, I fear you've lost your wisdom. It takes years to
become a Knight. One must grow in experience, be tested in battle and
character... It cannot be done" said Arthur.

"Trust me, my King" said Merlin. "I have devised a method of creating
Knights on the instant."

Soon, as bidden, the male youth of the nearby peasantry were summoned to
Camelot, along with the stable boys and the younger servants. Merlin had
them arrayed in a single line that stretched almost as far as the eye
could see. One by one, each young man stepped up to a table beneath a
pavilion where Merlin sat. The humble youth entered, full of fear and
not knowing what to expect. As they passed Merlin, he handed each one a
piece of parchment with the seal of Camelot printed upon it by the
scribes. Each parchment and the image upon it was exactly like the
others. Miraculously, as each young man took the parchment and placed it
on his forehead, a change took place in him.

They all stood taller, stronger -- their eyes flashed with confidence
and power. As they exited the pavilion, each one was truly a powerful
Knight! They were handed their swords and given great horses to ride and
galloped off to do battle. Nearly a thousand of the humble became
Knights that single day. History tells us that they were successful and
helped preserve Camelot for yet another generation.

Merlin, of course, is known to this day, as the inventor of the Printed
Sir Kit.



"In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one
should 
afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, 
contentedly, even happily wrong." 
-John Kenneth Galbraith 

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