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From: rmhowe <magnusm at ncsu.edu>
To: Dan at hgo.se <Dan at hgo.se>
Date: Thursday, December 17, 1998 9:45 AM
Subject: [gdh] Forward - Viking Christmas Carol


>Subject: Vicking Christmas Carol
>   Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 15:06:56 -0500
>   From: Mark Mettler <mettler at bulloch.com>
>     To: Atlanti <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
>
>Poster: Mark Mettler <mettler at bulloch.com>
>
>A Viking Christmas Carol
>
>'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Hall
>Not a creature was stirring, not warrior nor thrall.
>And I in my armor, my greaves and my helm
>Was drunker than anyone else in the Realm.
>
>I staggered upstairs and fell into bed
>While four quarts of mead were ablaze in my head.
>Then up from below came the sounds of a brawl
>So I grabbed up my axe and ran down to the Hall.
>
>I missed the last step and crashed down in a heap
>Thinking, "Why can't those low-lifes downstairs go to sleep!"
>When what to my wondering eyes should appear
>But two brawny strangers, wielding mallet and spear.
>
>I said to myself, "We'll soon have them beat!"
>Then I noticed ten warriors laid out at their feet.
>I gave out a yell and leapt into the fray...
>I'll always regret my poor choice of that day.
>
>For the one laid his hammer to the side of my nose
>And up, up, up to the rafters I rose.
>Then came a lone frightened voice from the floor,
>"Those are no mortal warriors -- that's Odin and Thor!"
>
>Then they looked at each other and they said, "Battle's done.
>Now they know who we are, it no longer is fun."
>Then Thor raised his hammer, and his elbow he bent,
>And with a loud crash, through the ceiling they went.
>
>I crawled through the Hall and flung open the door,
>Not really sure that I'd seen them before.
>The snow bathed in starlight, the moon like a glede,
>I saw them ride off on an eight-legged steed.
>
>And I heard them exclaim, 'ere they flew out of sight,
>"TO HELA WITH CHRISTMAS, WE JUST LOVE A GOOD FIGHT!"
>--
>"il est bon de frotter et limer notre cervelle contre celle d'autrui."
>
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