NK - wise words

Tamberlin MacKenzie tamberlinofnk at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 27 05:55:33 PDT 2000


This is great.

Tamberlin

--- "Langston, David R" <david.langston at wilcom.com>
wrote:
> I would take credit for this, but everyone knows I
> am a man of few words, so
> I copied these off the net.  
> 	Wynfrith
> 
> 
> Wear Armour 
> If I could offer you only one tip for the future,
> armour would be it. 
> The 
> long-term benefits of armour have been proven by
> Dukes, whereas the rest 
> of 
> my advice has no basis more relaible than my own
> meandering experience. 
> I will dispense this advice now.. 
> Enjoy the power and beauty of your sword. Oh, never
> mind.. You will not 
> understand the power and beauty of your sword until
> it's mushed into a 
> broom. But, thrust me, in twenty rounds you'll look
> back at pictures of 
> yourself and recall in a way you you can't grasp now
> how much 
> possibility 
> lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
> You are not as fat as 
> you 
> imagine.. 
> Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know
> that worrying is as 
> effective as trying to block a Duke's axe by
> screaming in fear. The real 
> blows that ends the fight will are apt to be the
> things that you never 
> saw, 
> the kind that blind side you around your shield.. 
> Do one thing in every bout that scares you.. 
> Sing.. 
> Don't be reckless with other people's ribcages.
> Don't put up with people 
> who 
> are reckless with yours.. 
> "Light.." 
> Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're
> ahead, sometimes 
> you're 
> behind. The bout is long and, in the end, it's only
> with yourself.. and 
> with that guy trying to cave your skull in.. 
> Remember the compliments you recieve. Forget the
> insults. If you succeed 
> in 
> doing this, tell me how.. 
> Keep your old helms. Throw away your old swords.. 
> Stretch.. 
> Don't feel guilty if you don't know how to fight
> your opponent. The most 
> interesting Counts are still surprised they won. The
> very most 
> interesting 
> Dukes didn't know how to fight all their opponents
> either.. 
> Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll
> miss them when 
> they're 
> gone.. 
> Maybe you'll win, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll be
> coronated, maybe you 
> won't. Maybe you'll get knocked out in the first
> round, maybe you'll be 
> in 
> finals. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself
> too much, or 
> berate 
> yourself either. You blows are half chance. So are
> everyone else's.. 
> Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be
> afraid of it or of 
> what 
> other people think of it. It's the greatest
> instrument you'll ever own.. 
> Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but on your
> fallen opponent.. 
> Read the rules of the list, even of you are
> illiterate.. 
> Do not read the Order of Precedence. It will only
> make you feel 
> outclassed. 
> Get to know your Crown. You never know when they'll
> be gone for good. Be 
> nice to your Baron. They're your best link to your
> Crown.. 
> Understand that friends come and go, but with a
> precious few you should 
> hold 
> on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
> lifestyle, because, as 
> Crown, you'll have see more geography and lifestyles
> than you ever 
> imagined.. 
> Live in Atlantia once, but leave before it makes you
> invulnerable to 
> normal 
> blows. 
> Live in the Northern Outlands once, but leave before
> you start accepting 
> near misses as killing shots.. 
> Accept some inalienable truths: Tournaments always
> run longer than 
> expected. 
> Feasts will be late. You, too, will get old. And
> when you do, you'll 
> fantasize that when you were young, tournaments were
> reasonable, feasts 
> were 
> on time, and children respected the Crown.. 
> Respect your Crown.. 
> Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you
> have a squire. Maybe 
> you 
> have a consort. But it's you standing on the list
> field. 
> Don't mess too much with your helm or by the time
> you're 40, it will be 
> 40 
> guage. Be careful whose advice you buy, but be
> patient with those who 
> supply 
> it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is
> a way of fishing the 
> past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over
> the ugly parts and 
> recycling it for more than it's worth.. 
> But trust me on the armour.. 
> ---------------------------------- 
> 


=====
You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself. 
-George Bernard Shaw

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