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further discworld con bits

dr martha entertain
Explaining the battle of Agincourt to Andrew using crisp packets and sweet wrappers as the battlefield. Apparently I just can't be arsed to use full sentences to describe battles.

'British in trees. French pissed as farts up this end. Frenchies charge. British mow Frenchies down with arrows. Horsies sink.'
'And then they get to the english?'
'Noooo. *more* arrows. Frenchies try again, only now treading on horsies. Our knights and soldiers come in to cut them down. Frenchies in armour drown.'
'Didn't they try to flank them?'
'Yep. See baggage slaughter. Well, that's the excuse given for our slaughter of the hostages.'
'Ohhh, the 'I was not angry since I came to France' bit.'
'Indeedy. now play with this catapult.'
It was concluded that my history lessons would at least be entertaining.

Sects: The Ioans are...um... not really interested in group activities. Neolodians do it out of pride, as do the evolutionistas. Patina-ites are very organised and scary in their organisation. Offlerians work hard and in bits. Fedexsians - tiny numbers but dedicated. Moon Goddess worshippers are very enthusiastic but utterly bonkers. Tuvelpitians couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery but we can turn up in force, and can sing better than you buggers.

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mymatedave
Aug. 30th, 2012 11:00 pm (UTC)
I really should decide to go to the Con one of these days, I've heard such good things.

Talking of the gods of the disc, were there any representatives of Anoia? I know she's a newbie, trying to get in to the big leagues as god of lost causes but she is up and coming.
burntcopper
Aug. 31st, 2012 06:55 pm (UTC)
not this time. seen some at previous cons. they tend to carry plastic forks.
eruvadhril
Aug. 31st, 2012 09:13 am (UTC)
In my brain you now look like this:

burntcopper
Aug. 31st, 2012 06:56 pm (UTC)
ahhh! flashbacks to Legolas nearly hitting a squirrel during driving lessons!
khitomer
Aug. 31st, 2012 02:44 pm (UTC)
Oh Gods yes. I wish you'd taught me GCSE history. Though even you might have found Joseph Lister and the introduction of antiseptics into medicine difficult to make interesting. Carbolic soap meh!
burntcopper
Aug. 31st, 2012 06:56 pm (UTC)
our history teacher managed to make the Reformation interesting. beat that.
khitomer
Sep. 1st, 2012 11:01 am (UTC)
A Level History
We did the Tudors. As part of the Reformation, we had to understand the difference between the various Sects (Catholics, C of E, Lutherans and Calvinists.) Our history teacher actually made *that* fun.
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