[MR] Things I didn't know about Barracuda

[Anthony Bryant]

On Apr 29, 2008, at 11:42 AM, firespiter at yahoo.com wrote:

> I love Spike, and shame upon the nay sayers. Spike may be mild in  
> form, but his courage and strength are unequaled. How often have you  
> heard the wispers or read in a Blog "...and then I saw those damned  
> blue seahorses on their helms, I new we were in trouble". SHAME!  
> Shame you for your hubris that you think yourselves too great to be  
> defined by the timid seahorse as your charge. Honi soit qui mal y  
> pense!
> Shame on you all.
> -Cian of Storvik

For me, it's shame on bad heraldry, and shame on bad history, and  
shame on whoever thought this would be a good idea in the first place.

Where, historically in medieval Europe, would *anyone* have ever  
conceived of a seahorse (with a horn, yet -- I suppose butterfly wings  
are right out as it's aquatic!) as a totem for a martial kingdom.

Frankly, it annoys the living hell out of me.


Effingham