On May 8, 2006, at 5:20 PM, Shawn Burns wrote: > > >> -----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. > So, how many radical lesbian Dzurlords does it take to sharpen a sword?