> -----Original Message----- > From: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info > [mailto:dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info] On Behalf Of Felix Eisen > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 1:30 PM > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: [OT]Re: Sword Jokes. > > How many Tsalmoth does it take to sharpen a sword? > You think a Tsalmoth would let a sword get dull? > > > How many Jhegaala does it take to sharpen a sword? > Just one, but it might not be a sword by the time he's done... > > > How many Phoenix does it take to sharpen a sword? > First a phoenix has to pass overhead... > > How many Hawklords does it take to sharpen a sword? > Three; one to sharpen it, and two to decide when it's sharp > -enough-. > > How many Issola does it take to sharpen a sword? > Only one to make the arrangements, but you'll never see the > whetstone. So it just occurred to me, after reading these and countless other sword jokes, that we might be approaching them in the wrong way entirely, if one of our purposes is to contribute jokes similar to the originals. For the most part, we've been offering versions that elicit responses appropriate for those already acquainted in some way with Dragaera and the Houses. There have been some exceptions, but for the most part that is how they have run. However, the brilliance (bright, shining, illumination) of the jokes already written was that they were in fact out-jokes instead of in-jokes. They make use of something everyone who is NOT Dragaeran would be familiar with or would respond to in order to reveal something about the Houses instead of playing on our knowledge of the House to make a funny.