bernuetz.oliver_at_... wrote:
>
> Right, like watching a bunch of Meldek poofters who are so scared of
> getting
> scratched that they cover themselves in armour so that their own
> fathers
> couldn't recognize them, that is IF they even know who their fathers
> are
> that is, could come close to the excitement of the cheese roll, the
> Thunder
> Brothers tussle, tossing the caber, lifting the Vogarth Stone, the
> Bull Roar
> and sampling all the goodies the women make! Not to forget tasting
> the mead
> and ale. I'll take the camaraderie and rough and tumble fun we have
> over
> some over organized foreign contest run by a bunch of buggerers any
> day, any
> time!
>
> Branbrig Slayer, Clan Champion of the Amber Clan
>
> Oliver
And after that, we go kick those dirt-eating Black Oaks some more.
> PS Vogarth Stones are found in many tulas, even those that aren't old
> enough
> to have been around when Vogarth lived. These are invariably a series
> of
> stones that range in weight from heavy to bloody heavy to impossibly
> heavy.
> Tradition says that Vogarth was able to lift all these stones and
> would be
> clan strong men compete on Plow Blessing Day and other special
> occasions to
> see who can lift the heaviest one.
Or just lift them in succession....
Can Vogarth grow so big he can't lift himself? =)
Jeff
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