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Re: Excellenter news!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 6 Jan 2006 02:14:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> See L. Sprague de Camp's "The Goblin Tower" (and the entire Novarian series):
> the king rules for some set period. After that time period, good king or bad,
> his head is chopped off, which becomes a grisly prize when it is tossed to the
> waiting audience and the new king is selected by whomever catches the head.
> Someone always wanted to catch the head even though they knew the outcome x
> years down the line.
I've been to weddings like that.
Dave!
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| (...) See L. Sprague de Camp's "The Goblin Tower" (and the entire Novarian series): the king rules for some set period. After that time period, good king or bad, his head is chopped off, which becomes a grisly prize when it is tossed to the waiting (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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