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

Wed Apr 8 11:12:07 PDT 2009

Or, if Monty Python and/or Princess Bride doesn't do it for you, you can
keep some these handy:

http://www.petelevin.com/shakespeare.htm

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:59 PM, M'lady Foxy <angellfoxx at yahoo.com> wrote:

> if you'll be sitting yellin off porch can you stay period and scream monty
> python insults?Or princess bride may work too for those monty python insult
> challeged lol
>
>   *sits back to watch and thinks she stirred up wasp nest with clove fruit*
>
> --- On Wed, 4/8/09, chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org <
> chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org> wrote:
>
> From: chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org <chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org>
> Subject: Re: [MR] How Cloven Fruit is Supposed to be done.
> To: "logan" <logan at ebonwoulfe.com>
> Cc: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org, rikkertg at yahoo.com
> Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 11:54 AM
>
>
> 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
> > "If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his
> > vengeance need not be feared"
> > Niccolo Machiavelli
> > www.ebonwoulfe.com
> > www.fighterpractice.com
> >
> > -----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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