I ATEN'T DEAD
Okay, no time (six minutes before the car leaves for work) but I am throwing out a warm-body check because I have been incommunicado for so long. Personal life went crazy (but not haywire, if you know the difference) --
So, instead of an update (insert mad, ironic laughter - to think there would be time for such a thing!) I'll repost something funny kiped from the Aten list. I hope you all are well and thriving! I miss you!
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Things I´ve learned from British folk ballads
Don´t ignore warnings. If someone tells you to beware of Long Lankin, friggin´ beware of him. If someone tells you not to go by Carterhaugh, stay away. Same goes for your mother asking you not to go out hunting on a particular day.
Portents about weather, particularly when delivered by an old sailor who is not currently chatting up a country maid, are always worth heeding.
If someone says that he´s planning to kill you, believe him.
If someone says he´s going to die, believe him.
Avoid navigable waterways. Don´t let yourself be talked into going down by the wild rippling water, the wan water, the salt sea shore, the strand, the lowlands low, the Burning Thames, and any area where the grass grows green on the banks of some pool. Cliffs overlooking navigable waterways aren´t safe either.
If you´re a brunette, give up.
Not that being a blonde will improve the odds much.
If you are a young lady and an amorous soldier, sailor, ploughboy, blacksmith, cavalry officer, or other young man fails to stop the first time you tell him he´s being too bold, knock off the maidenly protests and take more direct measures. If saying "no" the first time didn´t stop him, you´ve no reason to believe that twice will work any better.
Professions to be particularly wary of: clerks, salty sailors, serving maids, blacksmiths, highwaymen, gamblers, rank robbers, stonemasons, soldiers, tinkers, and millers. Anyone described as "jolly," "bold," or "saucy." Supernatural creatures are best avoided. If they can´t be avoided, they should be addressed respectfully. If a supernatural creature sets you a task you´re well and truly screwed.
So, instead of an update (insert mad, ironic laughter - to think there would be time for such a thing!) I'll repost something funny kiped from the Aten list. I hope you all are well and thriving! I miss you!
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Things I´ve learned from British folk ballads
Don´t ignore warnings. If someone tells you to beware of Long Lankin, friggin´ beware of him. If someone tells you not to go by Carterhaugh, stay away. Same goes for your mother asking you not to go out hunting on a particular day.
Portents about weather, particularly when delivered by an old sailor who is not currently chatting up a country maid, are always worth heeding.
If someone says that he´s planning to kill you, believe him.
If someone says he´s going to die, believe him.
Avoid navigable waterways. Don´t let yourself be talked into going down by the wild rippling water, the wan water, the salt sea shore, the strand, the lowlands low, the Burning Thames, and any area where the grass grows green on the banks of some pool. Cliffs overlooking navigable waterways aren´t safe either.
If you´re a brunette, give up.
Not that being a blonde will improve the odds much.
If you are a young lady and an amorous soldier, sailor, ploughboy, blacksmith, cavalry officer, or other young man fails to stop the first time you tell him he´s being too bold, knock off the maidenly protests and take more direct measures. If saying "no" the first time didn´t stop him, you´ve no reason to believe that twice will work any better.
Professions to be particularly wary of: clerks, salty sailors, serving maids, blacksmiths, highwaymen, gamblers, rank robbers, stonemasons, soldiers, tinkers, and millers. Anyone described as "jolly," "bold," or "saucy." Supernatural creatures are best avoided. If they can´t be avoided, they should be addressed respectfully. If a supernatural creature sets you a task you´re well and truly screwed.