[Steppes] A Warlord Question

[ironwyrm@juno.com]

Sooo, just whom is responsible for that scam my brother?

Ironwyrm

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 16:50:01 -0500 "John Mays" <john_l_mays at hotmail.com>
writes:
> HFD was a farse. It was created as an excuse for having the ducks 
> present.
> 
> 
> 
> There are 2 rules for success:
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> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: ironwyrm at juno.com
> Reply-To: "Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc." <steppes at ansteorra.org>
> To: hpockets at verizon.net, steppes at ansteorra.org, 
> john_l_mays at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Steppes] A Warlord Question
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:12:43 -0700
> 
> Was it House Flaming Duck or Jon & Gabrielle whom first brought
> the ducks for the Viking encampment?
> 
> Ironwyrm
> 
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:34:29 -0500 "Gerita/Carolle Cox"
> <hpockets at verizon.net> writes:
>  > Greetings Lady Kathryn,
>  >
>  > House Flaming Duck, some four years ago to my knowledge brought 
> a
>  > small
>  > flock of woad-painted ducks to War Lord in an effort to keep the
>  > rain
>  > away.  The ducks were granted a small bucket to swim in, and lo 
> and
>  > behold, we had a bit of a storm on Sunday afternoon.
>  >         A year or so later, representatives of the House were 
> unable
>  > to
>  > attend War Lord and gave the ducks to one Lady Alienor to care 
> for.
>  > She
>  > in her wisdom left the ducks high and dry for the weekend.  
> There
>  > was no
>  > rain.
>  >         Another year or so later, the ducks again attended the 
> event
>  > alone, and took over a small swimming pool brought for the 
> benefit
>  > of
>  > House Arkham.  That event will go down in history, as it rained 
> and
>  > rained, and the wind blew so that even cars were floated away. 
> Our
>  > Baron, the father of Baron Mahdi, sent them to the gaol and 
> decreed
>  > that
>  > they should be punished at Fall Court.
>  >         There was no time at Fall Court to deal with this, and
>  > anyway a
>  > different theme was chosen.  The ducks remained with their 
> gaoler.
>  >         At Gulf Wars XIII, the House Flaming Duck did beg our 
> Baron
>  > for
>  > the lives of these ducks, which were in attendance at the event 
> but
>  > kept
>  > securely jailed and dry.  The Baron did return them to the 
> gaoler,
>  > instructing her to keep them well until he should call for them.
>  > This
>  > she has done.  The ducks are fed well, and occasionally taken 
> out
>  > for a
>  > swim in the same pool from which they allowed havoc to be 
> wreaked
>  > last
>  > year.
>  >         The gaoler awaits the Baron's instructions for further
>  > handling
>  > of these ducks.  You say he might have need of them at War Lord?
>  > Then
>  > they shall surely be in attendance yet again, kept securely away
>  > from
>  > any water at all (beyond the tiny bowl they get from which to 
> drink)
>  > until our Baron shall have use of them.
>  >
>  > Ever in Service to Steppes and her Baron and Baroness,
>  > Gerita del Mare
>  > Gaoler Extraordinaire.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > People are like stained glass windows.  They sparkle and shine 
> when
>  > the
>  > sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their beauty is revealed 
> only
>  > if
>  > there is a light from within. -- Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
>  >
>  >
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