Uz luv dat gold

From: James Frusetta <gerakkag_at_wam.umd.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 12:13:40 -0500 (EST)


Carl Fink asked:

> Why would a troll want fire-metal, sky-metal, death-metal?

To *eat* it, of course. The automatic uz default.

David Dunham responded:

>Of course, the wily troll may well know that human sky worshippers prize
>gold especially. Gold is thus good to have, you can trade it to humans
>for much food. (Of course, this assumes that gold isn't especially pried
>for its own taste, which is always possible.)

Probably the real reason. But the nasty troll can always just pile up the gold into a big pile in the middle of a troll land, and lurk nearby with his buddies. Sooner or later the local solars will flock in, and dinner is delivered.

And the super-wily troll knows that, by devouring massive amounts of gold (say, a few dozen tons or so) the Solar mode of coinage will be destabilized by scarcity. Ha!

Jamuz Frusetta


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