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From: andrew@alberta.UUCP (Andrew Folkins)
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Subject: YAFGS
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Date: Sun, 26-May-85 17:27:12 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 26 17:27:12 1985
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*** Muchies for the line-eater . . . ***

This is originally from Spider Robinson's "Time Travellers Strictly Cash",
containing a series of stories of the adventures of the regulars at a
bar somewhere in New England.  Tuesdays, I think, is their "tall tales night",
where the following was told (paraphrased, I'm sure Mr. Robinson tells it
better) :
 
Once upon a time there was a kingdom ruled by a great bear. The peasants
were not very rich, and one of the few ways to become at all wealthy
was to become a Royal Knight.  This required an interview with the bear. 
If the bear liked you, you were knighted on the spot.  If not, the bear
would just as likely remove your head with one swat of a paw.  However,
the family of these unfortunate would-be knights was compensated with
a beautiful sheepdog from the royal kennels, which was itself a fairly 
valuable possesion. And the moral of the story is :

Line-feed, line-feed, line-feed, . . .
 
The mourning after a terrible knight, nothing beats the dog of the 
bear that hit you.
 
--
 
Andrew Folkins
ihnp4!alberta!andrew
 
On a small planet, circling an insignificant yellow sun, in the outer
reaches of an ordinary galaxy, among "billyuns and billyuns" of other
suns . . . wondering "What's for dinner tonight?"