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color=#0000ff size=2>Worthy of a "Callahan's"
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[mailto:elfsea-bounces+glen.d.wilkerson=lmco.com@ansteorra.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>pcrandal@sbcglobal.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:29
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Barony of Elfsea<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Elfsea] Needing more
Knights? Danger - Joke Ahead<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P>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.</P>
<P>"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."</P>
<P>"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!"</P>
<P>"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.</P>
<P>"Trust me, my King" said Merlin. "I have devised a method of creating Knights
on the instant."</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>Merlin, of course, is known to this day, as the inventor of the Printed Sir
Kit.</P></DIV><BR><BR>"In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily,
also, one should <BR>afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are
comfortably, <BR>contentedly, even happily wrong." <BR>-John Kenneth Galbraith
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