Florabundi - Revision history

AgProv: The other Florabundi.

2014-03-18T23:17:10Z

The other Florabundi.

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	It is possible the pretender King, Duke [[Leonal Felmet]] of [[Lancre]], was suffering from a touch of Florabundi when he interviewed the Guardsmen who had signally failed to extract any tax from the witches in {{WS}}. His politeness and forbearance could have split granite. He also exhibited a touch of this when enduring entertainment from his [[Verence II\|court jester]].		It is possible the pretender King, Duke [[Leonal Felmet]] of [[Lancre]], was suffering from a touch of Florabundi when he interviewed the Guardsmen who had signally failed to extract any tax from the witches in {{WS}}. His politeness and forbearance could have split granite. He also exhibited a touch of this when enduring entertainment from his [[Verence II\|court jester]].

			A [[Wizards\|wizard]] called Dr. Florabundi is also a very minor character in {{UA}}.

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AgProv: Link. Again.

2014-03-18T22:33:14Z

Link. Again.

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	"No one minds being called a "[[-ing]] -er of a [[-ing]] ------, but that sounded like he [[-ing]] meant it! What ''does'' [[-ing]] "vexing" mean, anyway?"		"No one minds being called a "[[-ing]] -er of a [[-ing]] ------, but that sounded like he [[-ing]] meant it! What ''does'' [[-ing]] "vexing" mean, anyway?"

	It is possible the pretender King, Duke [[Felmet]] of [[Lancre]], was suffering from a touch of Florabundi when he interviewed the Guardsmen who had signally failed to extract any tax from the witches in {{WS}}. His politeness and forbearance could have split granite. He also exhibited a touch of this ~~wnen~~ enduring ~~entetainment~~ from his [[Verence II\|court jester]].		It is possible the pretender King, Duke [[Leonal Felmet]] of [[Lancre]], was suffering from a touch of Florabundi when he interviewed the Guardsmen who had signally failed to extract any tax from the witches in {{WS}}. His politeness and forbearance could have split granite. He also exhibited a touch of this when enduring entertainment from his [[Verence II\|court jester]].

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AgProv: Slight expansion.

2014-03-18T22:31:40Z

Slight expansion.

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	But Floribundi took it to extremes, once provoking a whole regiment to mutiny when he delivered the killing and unforgiveable insult ''You quite vexing gentlemen!''. He was swiftly pensioned off, while the leader of the mutineers, Corporal Harry "Sharpey" Pointer, is recorded as saying at his subsequent court-martial		But Floribundi took it to extremes, once provoking a whole regiment to mutiny when he delivered the killing and unforgiveable insult ''You quite vexing gentlemen!''. He was swiftly pensioned off, while the leader of the mutineers, Corporal Harry "Sharpey" Pointer, is recorded as saying at his subsequent court-martial

	"No one minds being called a "[[-ing]] -er of a [[-ing]] ------, but that sounded like he [[-ing]] meant it! What 'does'' [[-ing]] "vexing" mean, anyway?"		"No one minds being called a "[[-ing]] -er of a [[-ing]] ------, but that sounded like he [[-ing]] meant it! What ''does'' [[-ing]] "vexing" mean, anyway?"

			It is possible the pretender King, Duke [[Felmet]] of [[Lancre]], was suffering from a touch of Florabundi when he interviewed the Guardsmen who had signally failed to extract any tax from the witches in {{WS}}. His politeness and forbearance could have split granite. He also exhibited a touch of this wnen enduring entetainment from his [[Verence II\|court jester]].

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AgProv: minor edits

2014-03-18T22:28:52Z

minor edits

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	Sergeant-Major Charles "Blossom" ~~Floribundi~~ was a senior military man with one of ''those'' embarrassing ailments forensically listed, or at least embalmed, by the [[Guild of Barber-Surgeons]] in their indispensible medical manual ''[[Household Medicine, Hair-Care and Simple Surgery]]''		Sergeant-Major Charles "Blossom" Florabundi was a senior military man with one of ''those'' embarrassing ailments forensically listed, or at least embalmed, by the [[Guild of Barber-Surgeons]] in their indispensible medical manual ''[[Household Medicine, Hair-Care and Simple Surgery]]''

	RSM ~~Floribundi~~ gave his name to a medical condition characterised by an embarrassing tendency, in times of stress, to suffer erratic and professionally detrimental attacks of civility, good manners, and expanded vocabulary. This is not unknown in conventional military circles; the tendency of [[Llamedos]]ian sergeants to avert use of extreme swear words and to invent their own dysphemisms is well [[Dai ~~Dickens~~\|documented]]. Excess politeness is also a known tool of the sarcastic and sadistic, especially if they are otherwise known to freely let rip with the vernacular.		RSM Florabundi gave his name to a medical condition characterised by an embarrassing tendency, in times of stress, to suffer erratic and professionally detrimental attacks of civility, good manners, and expanded vocabulary. This is not unknown in conventional military circles; the tendency of [[Llamedos]]ian sergeants to avert use of extreme swear words and to invent their own dysphemisms is well [[Dai Dickins\|documented]]. Excess politeness is also a known tool of the sarcastic and sadistic, especially if they are otherwise known to freely let rip with the vernacular.

	But Floribundi took it to extremes, once provoking a whole regiment to mutiny when he delivered the killing and unforgiveable insult ''You quite vexing gentlemen!''. He was swiftly pensioned off, while the leader of the mutineers, Corporal Harry "Sharpey" Pointer, is recorded as saying at his subsequent court-martial		But Floribundi took it to extremes, once provoking a whole regiment to mutiny when he delivered the killing and unforgiveable insult ''You quite vexing gentlemen!''. He was swiftly pensioned off, while the leader of the mutineers, Corporal Harry "Sharpey" Pointer, is recorded as saying at his subsequent court-martial

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2014-03-18T22:27:40Z

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Sergeant-Major Charles "Blossom" Floribundi was a senior military man with one of ''those'' embarrassing ailments forensically listed, or at least embalmed, by the [[Guild of Barber-Surgeons]] in their indispensible medical manual ''[[Household Medicine, Hair-Care and Simple Surgery]]''

RSM Floribundi gave his name to a medical condition characterised by an embarrassing tendency, in times of stress, to suffer erratic and professionally detrimental attacks of civility, good manners, and expanded vocabulary. This is not unknown in conventional military circles; the tendency of [[Llamedos]]ian sergeants to avert use of extreme swear words and to invent their own dysphemisms is well [[Dai Dickens|documented]]. Excess politeness is also a known tool of the sarcastic and sadistic, especially if they are otherwise known to freely let rip with the vernacular.

But Floribundi took it to extremes, once provoking a whole regiment to mutiny when he delivered the killing and unforgiveable insult ''You quite vexing gentlemen!''. He was swiftly pensioned off, while the leader of the mutineers, Corporal Harry "Sharpey" Pointer, is recorded as saying at his subsequent court-martial

"No one minds being called a "[[-ing]] -er of a [[-ing]] ------, but that sounded like he [[-ing]] meant it! What 'does'' [[-ing]] "vexing" mean, anyway?"

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