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<DIV><SPAN class=373325216-27102005><FONT face="Americana BT">Thanks
Crandal! I really needed a laugh today. These *&#^$^^# Canadians
are getting on my nerves today.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=373325216-27102005><FONT face="Americana BT">Miss you
all,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=373325216-27102005><FONT face="Americana BT">Rebekah the
homesick</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Garamond size=4>If you are reading this, thank a
teacher.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Garamond size=4>If you are reading this in English,
thank a soldier.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Author unknown</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
pcrandal@sbcglobal.net [mailto:pcrandal@sbcglobal.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B>
Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:29 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Barony of
Elfsea<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Elfsea] Needing more Knights? Danger - Joke
Ahead<BR><BR></FONT></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
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