This is the BUMBLE thread! - Page 10

Sazerac · 05-14-2001, 03:18 PM

hehehe, Mal! In the ancient days, a Bard had to know three things: how to make people laugh, how to make them cry, and how to put them to sleep...the last one so they could escape!

One thing I found funny...in ancient Norse culture, if a Bard was REAALY bad, the norsemen would quietly go up to the stage and lay a rotten cabbage on it...symbolically saying, "You stink worse than this." It was a gentle but grim warning to shut up and leave. Most Bards so "cabbaged" did so. I have a feeling that the propensity for vaudeville audiences to throw tomatoes at villains and bad performers was based on this ancient tradition...a little more violent, though!

-Sazerac

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Malthaussen · 05-14-2001, 03:38 PM

Saz;

A rotten cabbage, oh my. Picture a guy going to the local dive with a bunch of 'em in his pouch, in case the bard of the evening sucked...

Putting that chicken wire around the stages at the local honky tonks really spoils the fun...

-- Mal

Wyvern · 05-15-2001, 07:04 PM

The "Ides of May"
What a terrible day!
How could it get any worse?
From dawn's early light
straight on until night
I've open my mouth "foot first".

Wyv

Serath · 05-16-2001, 05:51 PM

Even before we received our quest
We were bumbling from the start
It's true, we chose a strong leader
Unfortunately he wasn't very smart

He led us o'er hill and dale
And to parts we're not sure where
Bumbled to and fro, we did
Never did quite get there

Just through here he insisted
Was he right this time perhaps?
Like fools we bumbled after him
Oh my goodness, Mantraps!

A bumbling flight we did take
To get away from danger
Our leader is a bumbling idiot
So did insist our ranger

He knows not what he speaks
We said, as we discussed our plight
Perhaps he was dropped as a child
Methinks he wears his helm too tight

This must stop, we agreed
For continued bumbling around this wood
We'll end up as a Mantrap meal
Surely that will do us no good

And so we did leave him
Alone and by himself
With nary a soul around him
Not pixie, nor stout, nor elf

Years pass,new fortunes found
Of the bumbler I've heard hide nor hair
Mayhap his own riches he has gained
But truthfully, I could not care

Serath

Wyvern · 05-16-2001, 06:01 PM

Serath!!!!! LOL!!!!!

What fun!!!

Wyv

Sazerac · 05-16-2001, 06:04 PM

Serath: Hilarious! Way to go!

What talent we have here!

And Wyvern: I see what you mean! Very good.

-Sazerac

Serath · 05-16-2001, 06:12 PM

Thanks all. Yes Saz, there is surely a bounty of talent on this board. I am off. Until tomorrow friends...

Serath

05-16-2001, 06:14 PM

Loving all these new Bumbles!
So glad you started this thread Wyvern!
Best Bumblin' I ever did see!

Moni

05-16-2001, 08:58 PM

Hi Moni, Saz, Wyv ,Sky, and May
I have a bumble for you today.
RudeDawg is giving his all ok
I'm sure he has reloaded, floppy in tray
Scouting about, in his own way
We all know, he will manage his way
Hacking about, with no dismay
RudeDawg's mount, a great horse named Tornado
Mybe a sunset in the Geal Serran
Will calm his soul, from Kera's beyond
Conan

[This message has been edited by Conan (edited 05-17-2001).]

Wyvern · 05-16-2001, 09:02 PM

Who would have thought ALL this creativity would just spring out?

Keep the bumbles coming folks!! I love them all!!!!!

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05-14-2001, 03:18 PM	#91
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 60 Posts: 7,387	hehehe, Mal! In the ancient days, a Bard had to know three things: how to make people laugh, how to make them cry, and how to put them to sleep...the last one so they could escape! One thing I found funny...in ancient Norse culture, if a Bard was REAALY bad, the norsemen would quietly go up to the stage and lay a rotten cabbage on it...symbolically saying, "You stink worse than this." It was a gentle but grim warning to shut up and leave. Most Bards so "cabbaged" did so. I have a feeling that the propensity for vaudeville audiences to throw tomatoes at villains and bad performers was based on this ancient tradition...a little more violent, though! -Sazerac [This message has been edited by Sazerac (edited 05-14-2001).]

05-14-2001, 03:38 PM	#92
Malthaussen Manshoon Join Date: May 10, 2001 Location: Horsham, PA USA Age: 68 Posts: 151	Saz; A rotten cabbage, oh my. Picture a guy going to the local dive with a bunch of 'em in his pouch, in case the bard of the evening sucked... Putting that chicken wire around the stages at the local honky tonks really spoils the fun... -- Mal

05-15-2001, 07:04 PM	#93
Wyvern Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Rural Paradise, MI Posts: 5,701	The "Ides of May" What a terrible day! How could it get any worse? From dawn's early light straight on until night I've open my mouth "foot first". Wyv

05-16-2001, 05:51 PM	#94
Serath Manshoon Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Regina, SK, Canada Posts: 166	Even before we received our quest We were bumbling from the start It's true, we chose a strong leader Unfortunately he wasn't very smart He led us o'er hill and dale And to parts we're not sure where Bumbled to and fro, we did Never did quite get there Just through here he insisted Was he right this time perhaps? Like fools we bumbled after him Oh my goodness, Mantraps! A bumbling flight we did take To get away from danger Our leader is a bumbling idiot So did insist our ranger He knows not what he speaks We said, as we discussed our plight Perhaps he was dropped as a child Methinks he wears his helm too tight This must stop, we agreed For continued bumbling around this wood We'll end up as a Mantrap meal Surely that will do us no good And so we did leave him Alone and by himself With nary a soul around him Not pixie, nor stout, nor elf Years pass,new fortunes found Of the bumbler I've heard hide nor hair Mayhap his own riches he has gained But truthfully, I could not care Serath

05-16-2001, 06:01 PM	#95
Wyvern Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Rural Paradise, MI Posts: 5,701	Serath!!!!! LOL!!!!! What fun!!! Wyv

05-16-2001, 06:04 PM	#96
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 60 Posts: 7,387	Serath: Hilarious! Way to go! What talent we have here! And Wyvern: I see what you mean! Very good. -Sazerac

05-16-2001, 06:12 PM	#97
Serath Manshoon Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Regina, SK, Canada Posts: 166	Thanks all. Yes Saz, there is surely a bounty of talent on this board. I am off. Until tomorrow friends... Serath

05-16-2001, 06:14 PM	#98
Moni Guest Posts: n/a	Loving all these new Bumbles! So glad you started this thread Wyvern! Best Bumblin' I ever did see! Moni

05-16-2001, 08:58 PM	#99
Conan Guest Posts: n/a	Hi Moni, Saz, Wyv ,Sky, and May I have a bumble for you today. RudeDawg is giving his all ok I'm sure he has reloaded, floppy in tray Scouting about, in his own way We all know, he will manage his way Hacking about, with no dismay RudeDawg's mount, a great horse named Tornado Mybe a sunset in the Geal Serran Will calm his soul, from Kera's beyond Conan [This message has been edited by Conan (edited 05-17-2001).]

05-16-2001, 09:02 PM	#100
Wyvern Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Rural Paradise, MI Posts: 5,701	Who would have thought ALL this creativity would just spring out? Keep the bumbles coming folks!! I love them all!!!!!

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