But man?

[Magrat2005]

Originally posted by le pire
Wow, what a coincidence, because I want the creature of the night to do me too!

I never got into Rocky Horror, although I had friends who would go to the midnight screenings every week and dress up and get up on stage (I was in the drama club). I felt that if I was going to get up on stage and humiliate myself I should at least do my own material.


etienne


p.s. Jester, get a room.

I love RHPS, I do a really good Columbia impression when singing 'Rose Tint My World' doing her little dance...mad I know

and Etienne, you heard what I said to Scot, and your going to get a room where you can play with your thumbs and talk yourself in to maddess, if I get a room it wouldnt matter, I alreadly play with my thumbs and Ive alreadly talk myself into maddes

[Magrat2005]

another thing, etienne, I dont know about you, but I'm still lookig for my 'creature of the night'.....anyone? hehehe

[Magrat2005]

Originally posted by jester
Only a mediocrity would put a fool in his place.

what 'mediocrity' just put what 'fool' into place....me confused

[jester]

Scot tried to put me in my place by saying Get a room.

A jester is an "assumed fool." Scot not only tried to put me down with a low calibre verbal bullett (lower than a starting pistol) he then cheered himself afterwards.

Man is a social animal, and instinctively jostles to gain height in social hierarchy. As we have become civilised, we have stopped hitting each other (well most of us have) and replaced physical punches with little verbal attacks on each others self esteem.

In modern popular culture the less able of us leap at every opportunity to establish a foothold somewhere up the heirarchy with put downs.

The Jester position works by being on the very bottom to start with, it means that if you are above the bottom (most people live near to the bottom, but only a select few live on the very bottom.) you are in a vulnerable position. You wouldn't achieve much by insulting a lunatic, a drunk, a half wit. In fact there is a danger you would be seen as spiteful. And if you find you can't hold your ground really easiliy with the person you started on you would look very stupid.

However, dumb people still think that shouting at the homeless, reminding people with learning difficulties that they are not smart, mocking the unfashionable for wearing last months training shoes, etc, makes them look cool.

So when Scott responded with a lame put down, he then cheered himself on (he is his own massive fan base) because he felt he had hit me back.

This was all done in good humour obviously, Scott doesn't get melancholicly spiteful and rarely gets ugly. But I in equally good humour pointed out what he had done.

Now Jesters would often win over the court by getting into arguments with people who had a lot to lose in social status if they weren't careful. For example, if a bishop lost a spat with a Jester he would look stupid, if a jester loses to a battle to a bishop nobody is too surprised.

I hope that explains that one Magrat.

[Magrat2005]

yeah thanks, I think I understand, another question....where can me and Etienne find a 'creature of the night?' hehehe

[jester]

http://quizilla.com/users/Tatiyana/quizzes/What%20Evil%20Creature%20of%20the%20Night%20are%20you%3F/

I am a warrior of the light.

[Magrat2005]

jester - you posted the wrong link its moved here and I tried taking the 'evil creature of the night' but it wont let me have my result, and I tried the 'inner animal' but it wont even show the questions

[le pire]

Jester,

Scot wasn't cheering himself, he was telling YOU how to spell his name. There's one thing you forgot to mention in the long winded justification of your existance: a jester is FUNNY.

Oh and a Jester who lost a spat with a bishop, back in the day, would be jailed and possibly tortured and executed. And nobody would be surprised.

etienne

[Magrat2005]

I done it!!! my evil 'creature of the night' is a vampire!!! I hope a 'warroir of light' aint no slayer type person.....I'm off to do the others now

my inner animal is a frog - how the hell did that happen?!?!
my rose colour is yellow - I dont even like yellow
my prime element is fire - me not complaing there
and my symbol of goodness is a kitten

there is something seriously screwed up about those tests

[jester]

OKay Ettiene.

No historicly recorded jester was ever tortured or executed. And one famous jester Will Sommers frequently pissed off the Arch Bishop of Canturbury. The thing is, when The King is your Patron you generally get away with stuff like that. That is why Jesters were so Sycophantic. Will Sommers often was threatened by Henry the VIII but they were such good friends that nobody took those threats seriously.

Yes Jesters were funny. I didn't say so because it is obviously self evident from my numerous hilarious posts on these boards.

That is why I'm a jester and you are a geneticly modified tangerine that plays the tuba.

My cheap shots are funnier than your cheap shots.

Nernahnernahnah!

[Magrat2005]

Originally posted by jester
That is why I'm a jester and you are a geneticly modified tangerine that plays the tuba.

dont say that about Etienne, hes a creature of the night, and a very good looking one,

[Peter Voice]

They're cheaper, too.

[le pire]

Blah blah blah blah blah blah Will Somers blah blah blah blah.

Name a different jester please. Why is it that every wanna be in a jangly hat always screams out "WILL SOMERS is my hero!" like he's the David Beckham of the renaissance?

So Somers was able to play metaphorical footsies with a syphillis bloated Henry VIII while his wives heads rolled. Great. Just great. Who the fuck cares? (rhetorical question. Rhetorical answer: Jester).

No historicly recorded jester was ever tortured or executed

a lot of history was never recorded, or misrecorded to suit who ever was writing it... even you know that. There was a great article on street performing (and I can't remember who wrote it) which said "The only written history of street performing is the legislation prohibiting it." Funny people not wearing jangly hats have been silenced throughout history and it still happens today.

I mentioned FUNNY because yet again you go on and on lecturing and explaining your jokes without even an attempt at doing so with humor. After all, it is humor that makes the jester, not the ability to dissect a joke.

So let me get this straight: Jesters entertained & mocked Kings, Clergy and Nobility to their faces. So the difference between a Jester and a loud mouthed schmuck on the street is a matter of patronage. So I guess that makes you a loud mouthed schmuck on the street with a stupid hat and a broken leg. Okay that was low-- so I'll just go lower: Why don't you break your jaw and both your hands next time?

shaddap yer face jester, or I'll photoshop you again...

Love and Kisses,


etienne

[Magrat2005]

Originally posted by le pire
So the difference between a Jester and a loud mouthed schmuck on the street is a matter of patronage. So I guess that makes you a loud mouthed schmuck on the street with a stupid hat and a broken leg. Okay that was low-- so I'll just go lower: Why don't you break your jaw and both your hands next time?

I'm not sticking up for Jester, cuz I know (by what I've read) he can stand up for himself, but your right Etienne, that was low, and it wasnt nice......now say sorry....please.....

[lucky john]

wholy crap! listen to all this school yard banter...when ya read it, it makes you feel like you're walking barefoot through a public bathroom......at the beach!

you guys should either hose yourself down or choose your weapons and take ten paces.

ooops gotta go, time to get the stench from all the trash talking off my clothes.



lucky john