SC - Smithsonian dinner

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Since Huette von Ahrens brought it up (heh heh):
 
> --- Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com> wrote:
> 
> > This is where I would have asked how many Laurels it
> > takes to change a
> > candle,

<snip>

> This is my answer:
> 
> One to notice the need to change the candle and bring
> up the problem at the next Laurel Council.
> 
> 45 (or however many show up to that Laurel Council) to
> discuss the need to change the candle and how best to
> do so.
> 
> 5 to form a committee to research period methods of
> candle making and period candle sticks and report back
> to the Laurel Council two years later with their
> research.
> 
> The same 45 (or so) at that Council meeting two years
> later to vote on doing said project, and, if passed,
> 
> The same 5 to make the candle and candle stick, with a
> two year deadline to finish said project.
> 
> At the same time 5 other Laurels will research period
> candle changing ceremonies [with proper consultation
> of the College of Heralds] and write said ceremony for
> presentation as the nearest Court Event after the
> Candle and Candle Stick have been finished.
> 
> The day the Court Event arrives, and all Laurels have
> assembled to make their presentation, it will be found
> that the candle had been changed 7 years prior by a
> passing Pelican.
> 
> Huette
> [this is just my opinion and does not reflect the
> opinions of the Laurel Council] :-)

Good aaansuh. Around here, specifically in the Eastrealm, we have a
basically similar response, differing only in detail:

11.

1 to note that it needs to be done.

1 to put 17 apprentices on the job of researching which species of bee
ought to be obtained to create the wax and how it ought to be processed,
and 14 more to research the appropriate fiber and manufacture of the wick.

9 more Laurels to argue as to whether this was done correctly.

4 SCA e-lists on which to cross-post this argument.

1 gentle to cross-post a message, preferably on rec.org.sca as well as
the 4 e-lists, about how inherently evil peers are, conspiring against
The People to keep them in the dark.

1 Maunche to actually create the candle.

Oh, and one Silver Crescent with a match.

In another Kingdom, you can insert Oak, or Willow (depending on whether
candle-changing is deemed an art or a science), or Sycamore, or whatever
your Kingdom has as a Kingdom-specific A&S award/order, for the East's
Maunche, and any appropriate service award for the Silver Crescent.

Huette, yours is an excellent answer as well!
  
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com