MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 247 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Elves... by Anne Cross 2) Re: A new poll... BAD FICTION! by Anne Cross 3) Re: Elves... by janbinder-+AT+-clo.com (Jerald (Jerry) Anbinder) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 11:28:59 -0500 (EST) From: Anne Cross To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Elves... Message-ID: On Thu, 23 Nov 1995, CHONNI wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Nov 1995, Anne Cross wrote: > > Hey! I -am- a Morris Dancer and I resemble that remark! > > what is a Morris Dancer???? Um. Morris Dancing's just a bit hard to explain (sorry I took so long, I had no net when I was home for vacation.) Okay. Morris Dancing is traditional English Folk Dancing. It's done in a team or "side" of six people (sometimes four, sometimes eight, usually six) and we either do it wearing clogs and waving hankies or wearing bells (around our shins) and waving hankies or clashing sticks. It is highly aerobic and can be extremely silly if it is done wrong. (It can even be silly if it's done right -- not all of us take ourselves seriously. I don't. ;) I don't know if that helps any. But now you have some idea of what is being made fun of when people make fun of Morris Dancing. (On a side note, it is -not- easy to do. We come down with as many injuries as a normal dancer -- I tore a ligement in one dance and was out for three months, and another dancer did something similar and was out for a year!) ____________________________________________________________________________ | Anne Cross | "How many witches does it take | | juniper-+AT+-fledge.watson.org | to change a lightbulb?" | | http://www.watson.org/~juniper/ | "What do you want to change it into?" | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 11:31:52 -0500 (EST) From: Anne Cross To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: A new poll... BAD FICTION! Message-ID: On Wed, 22 Nov 1995, Heather Mina wrote: > What is the worst book you have ever read? This one ranks up there in the top as far as I'm concerned. I cannot remember the author, but it was called "Dagger's Edge" and it's about this girl who's missing a part of her soul and can have no sexual desire or use her magic until she gets it back. Yes, the sex apparently comes before the magic. Bleagh! Think: written in words a ten-year-old would be insulted by. Or grammar that's appalling...I don't know who this woman thought she was writing for (with all the sex, it couldn't have been little kids) but it certainly wasn't for me! ____________________________________________________________________________ | Anne Cross | "How many witches does it take | | juniper-+AT+-fledge.watson.org | to change a lightbulb?" | | http://www.watson.org/~juniper/ | "What do you want to change it into?" | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 13:19:04 -0500 From: janbinder-+AT+-clo.com (Jerald (Jerry) Anbinder) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Elves... Message-ID: <199511261819.NAA06713-+AT+-cyberlink.clo.com> Great Joke...In all my years as a Pagan, I've never heard that one.. :) Aerin Gillespie > ____________________________________________________________________________ > | Anne Cross | "How many witches does it take | > | juniper-+AT+-fledge.watson.org | to change a lightbulb?" | > | http://www.watson.org/~juniper/ | "What do you want to change it into?" | > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Yours Truly Jerry Anbinder ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 247 *********************************