[MR] How Cloven Fruit is Supposed to be done.

[chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org]

Greetings Your Highness,

    Would you and those other fine folk kindly slide over a bit so I can
make room on your porch for my rocking chair?  I brought some spare
bird-shot....just in case....;-)

 Crotchety as ever,

  Chagan


> so its an art form now?  really?  just because some people feel its ok to
> "flirt", whatever that means, and then to expect them to "understand the
> context in which it is offered" and then assume that a person should
> simply
> consider the act "a light hearted flirt" and respond to it by accepting a
> person putting their mouth on them (be it hand or mouth) is ok?  really,
> are
> you kidding me?  i promise you that anyone that expects any woman
> associated
> with me in any regard to simply except that some stranger will put his/her
> mouth on them and that they should simply accept it as "an art form" will
> be
> very disappointed to meet me.  painfully disappointed.  if someone is
> interested in this "art form" of mouthing someone they should try talking
> to
> the person, engaging them in conversation, exchanging a number, and then
> going out on a date of five before spewing some bs about expecting the
> recipient to simply "understand" that its a perfectly ok way to "flirt"
> and
> that they should just accept it as harmless and an "art form".  wow......
> i
> must be a prude or something but i find the notion and the practice
> distasteful and im glad its gone.
>
>
> logan
>
>
>
>
>
> "I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it
> was
> hell."
> Harry S Truman
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> vengeance need not be feared"
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> [mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of RIKKER
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:38 PM
> To: Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] How Cloven Fruit is Supposed to be done.
>
>      Let's see here;  Cloven fruit is an art form.  It was and is a way of
> flirting and like all ways of flirting there are those who take pride in
> the
> stylish and skillful execution of Courtly Graces and those who have the
> manners of a wounded elephant in a china shop. 
>    Cloven fruit is much the same as Kissing of the hand.  It is perfectly
> acceptable to politely refuse the offer, either to give or recieve.  With
> cloven fruit understanding the context in which it is offered and the
> venue
> in which it is passed around will do much to avoid embarassment.  If the
> venue is a feast as was the most common place to see Cloven Fruit,  It
> should be considered a light hearted flirt and responded to with a kiss on
> the hand or a peck on the cheek(very risque in period).  If the person
> takes
> you aside at a late evening event and offers it to you in private,  It is
> always good manners to ask what limitations the offering person has on the
> response.  Though this is not historically accurate, some people started
> to
> practice the "If you take the last clove you agree to go home with me"
> scenario.  They also happened to start pulling the clove bud with their
> teeth(someone say it in a movie).  You are supposed to pull the clove
>  with your fingers.  whether you eat the bud is up to you.  That's when
> some
> became dis-illusioned with being arround when the Fruit was being passed. 
> I
> personally like the practice of
> Fruit as a light hearted flirt.  I try to respond to an offer from a Lady
> with as much class and style as I can muster.  I always inquire as to the
> Lady's expected response and so my best to stay well within her range of
> comfort.  Just as in hand kissing,  You never leave a DNA sample the dryer
> and lighter the kiss the better.  Remember "Grace and Style will out!".
>    I would personally love to see the courtly graces practiced more often
> by
> us all.  It makes what we are here to experience  richer andmore
> fulfillng.
>   
>    OK off the soapbox now.  Ending my ramble.
>  
>
>
> When all is said and done,the less said and the more done the better!
>
> Rikker
> per pale counter ermine and ermine a Lion sejant efronte bearing a sheath
> of
> arrows a bag of coin a chief Or with three thistles proper.
>
>
> When all is said and done,the less said and the more done the better!
>
> Rikker
> per pale counter ermine and ermine a Lion sejant efronte bearing a sheath
> of
> arrows a bag of coin a chief Or with three thistles proper.
>
>
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