Some classics still have life in them

[jducoeur]

Thanks to msmemory for this tweak on the classic SCA IKA joke:

In the West, if the King says, "Dig a hole!", the populace as one exclaim "Yes, Your Majesty!" -- and then spend four months failing to find a shovel.

In the East, if the King says, "Dig a hole!", the populace digs the hole, but spend the entire time grumbling about what an unreasonable demand it is. And then the next King outlaws shovels.

Any takers for other Kingdoms?

Comments

[dsrtao]

I have a feeling that in Calontir, the King says "Dig a hole!" and the next week the First Regiment of Royal Engineers starts training new recruits in the fine arts of ditch-digging and singing while you work. Later there is beer, and they sing about that, too.

In Lochac, they have heard of digging holes, and there are arguments over the proper period way of doing that. Finally there is a all-Lochac competition, at which the new King ignores all the various documented holes on display and drinks lots of beer... but they all do that.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

... and possibly end up with something that sticks up above ground level. (Based on the version of Rufty-tufty that a bunch of Lochacians showed us years ago.)

[kfitzwarin.livejournal.com]

In Atlantia, they hit you with the shovel.

Except...

[metageek.livejournal.com]

If it's a Northern King, a Southerner tries to hit him with the shovel, while the Northerners defend him and proclaim what a great idea the hole is. If it's a Southern King, vice versa.

[new-man.livejournal.com]

My limited experience with Caid is that they spend a lot of time looking for the best looking shovel possible and then write a screenplay about it.

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

In Northhsield, the King says "Dig a hole!" and the populace then forms a committee to discuss the possiblities of how best to accomplish this.

[peregrinning.livejournal.com]

Sounds more like the Midrealm.

In Northshield, they have four songs so far about how fun it is to dig holes throughout the cold, cruel, unforgiving winter, and how we teach our children to dig holes, because it keeps us warm and we do it together. King? Oh, he's the one with the golden shovel with the compass star handle, made by someone in South Dakota (the goldsmithing class in the local college makes for some great A&S projects).

:-)

[ripresa.livejournal.com]

In Ansteorra, if the King says, "Dig a hole!"

All the peers jump up, yell, "Yes, Your Majesty!", fight with each other over the privledge of digging the hole. Finally gets a hole dug, then congratulate each other about how wonderful the hole is. Get a bard to write a 100 line poem on it. Then drink a lot and reminisce bout how great that hole was.

And how much bigger it is compared to other kingdoms.