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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