by Aldus Marius on Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:26 am
Salvete iterum, amici Romani!
...Now, see, this is what happens when you go and tell the SVR leadership that you are Socially Awkward.
You see, 'long about Census-time we had the Gods' own boatload of people to contact, letters to send, questions, responses, replies... All of which had your humble Aedilis up with the night-sweats. I'd all but spavined my wrist-tendons just getting the lists of names, e-addies, and dates-last-seen of everyone on the Board whom we even suspected might have ever been a Sodalis. Now they wanted me to talk to 'em too...? So I told my Curial fellows that someone had to follow up with our strays, and that it might ought to be someone with actual customer-service skills; in several words, and I quote, "...I am not the speaking half of the horse," and I did not want to leave such a delicate task up to "Mari's pawing and snorting."
As happens in the Curia (an interesting place, mi Iohanne; I think you'll like it there!), debate ensued. "But...Mari..." (inquit a colleague), "...if you're not the speaking half of the horse, which half are you?" I said I was the half with the large driving muscles that make the whole critter go, don'tchaknow. And I opined that if one must insist on labelling that portion of the beast a "horse's-ass", then our OP Expats could rest assured that I was still quite skilled at impersonating early Nova Roman Consulars. >({|;-)
But, as also happens at times in the Curia, nothing much got settled; the final fallback position was that, since technically a horse does not speak, I could be either end. Bene, I thought that was the agreement, and I thought no more of it. But have those clever fellows resolved the issue after all? They've decreed me a public horse; and I suppose myself and said animal are now free to sort out our respective merits and stations in life.
...Bene'st, the Roman Bard has been honored; he returns the compliment with this little tale. It may or may not explain anything...but hopefully you've enjoyed it! >({|:-)
Gratias omnes vobis ago!
Fabulator Societatis...
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Aldus Marius on Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:37 am, edited 1 time in total.
Aldus Marius Peregrinus.