Savn saw glowbulbs in Loraan's manor in Athyra >From: "Mark A. Mandel" <thnidu at yahoo.com> >To: Martin Wohlert <martin_wohlert at hotmail.com> >CC: Dragaera list <dragaera at dragaera.info> >Subject: RE: Glowbulbs? Did they go away along with Dragaera City? >Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 14:19:25 -0700 (PDT) > > >--- Martin Wohlert <martin_wohlert at hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > FRIEDA2133 at aol.com wrote > > >Hi, > > > > > >Does anyone remember glowbulbs in any other book? They show up > > >in book search only in 500YA. > > > > > >Who invented them? When? Were they only in use in Dragaera City? > > >Was the spell for them lost in the disaster? > > > > > > > I think that the enhanced Orb is the answer, just as you posit. > > > > But the most important question is of course; how many Dragaerans does >it > > take to change a glowbulb? ;) > > > > /Mrtn > >By Vlad's time this was replaced by the sword-sharpening joke: > >http://www.speakeasy.org/~mamandel/Cracks-and-Shards/jokes.html#lightbulb > >>>> > >How many Easterners does it take to sharpen a sword? > Four: one to hold the sword and three to move the grindstone. >[Yen19] The point: Easterners are stupid. > >How many Dzur does it take to sharpen a sword? > Four: one to sharpen the sword and three to put up enough of a fight to >make it >worthwhile. >[Yen71] The point: Dzur love to fight. > >How many Yendi does it take to sharpen a sword? > Three. One to sharpen the sword and one to confuse the issue. >[Yen177] The point: Yendi confuse the issue. Anything involving Yendi is >confusing. Even >mentioning Yendi confuses the issue. ><<<<< > > >-- Mark A. Mandel > http://cracksandshards.com > a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website > [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.] > > > > >__________________________________ >Yahoo! Mail Mobile >Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. >http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail