From: Tieka (cmhuston_at_mts.net)
Date: Thu Apr 25 2002 - 08:00:14 PDT
on 4/24/02 7:16 PM, Ed Murphy at emurphy42_at_socal.rr.com wrote: > I scratched my head in Confusion (which is the name of the northwest > coast of the southeastern continent; actually, I wasn't exactly *in* > Confusion, more like on top of it). "But what is 13, then?" > > It turned out that I was not talking to myself after all, as an > extremely thin creature with six red chevrons on her uniform climbed > down from a nearby bonsai tree. "Common, my dear fellow," she > chimed in, "dreadfully common. Not perfect, like me. You see--" > > "I don't." > > "But you will, you see. Now--" > > "I don't." > > "You *will*. Now kindly stop interrupting. Anyway... where was I?" > > (a long pause; then, mouthed silently) "I'm not interrupting." > > "Impertinent child! --Ah, yes, commonality. All non-royal numbers, > as anyone who's anyone really ought to know already, are either common > or noble. 13 is just as common as common can be, but 14 is noble." > > "Yes, but which numbers are noble? In the general case, I mean." > > "Oh, the General only visits Confusion every other day, you see--" > > "I keep telling you, I don't! Are you noble?" > > "If you listen carefully, I've already given you the answer. It is > clear to me now, however, that the fault of your spectacles is surpassed > only by that of your so-called manners. Good day!" And she climbed > back up into the tree, hidden once again by its enormous branches. > "They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope;" We are learning a bit more about the elusive Queen, and we now know where we are. We also have a three tier society of numbers. Not much to tell us exactly what makes a number Royal, noble or common, but we have a start. Valid +1 for story value, +1 for definitions Tieka -- Rule Date: 2002-04-25 15:01:37 GMT
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