You Might Be An Urthling, If...

Mitchell A. Bailey · 18 Jun 1999, 18:49 · from urth-v0027.mbox · original

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From: "Mitchell A. Bailey" <MAB at lindau.net>
Subject: (urth) You Might Be An Urthling, If...
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:49:18
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You=E2=80=99ve tried to explain =E2=80=9Cfuligin=E2=80=9D to the clerk at t=
he costume shop.

You display any of the following bumper stickers ( on an OFF-road
vehicle, natch)

	=E2=80=9CThe Conciliator Saves=E2=80=9D
	=E2=80=9DI Brake for Arsinoithers=E2=80=9D (probably wise!)
	=E2=80=9CApport on Board=E2=80=9D
	=E2=80=9CVodalus for Autarch=E2=80=9D
	=E2=80=9CFree Canog=E2=80=9D
	a parking permit for the Old Yard of the Autarch=E2=80=99s Citadel
	=E2=80=9CSeverian Lives=E2=80=9D
	=E2=80=9CLegalize Alzabo=E2=80=9D
	=E2=80=9CFusils Don=E2=80=99t Kill People, People Kill People=E2=80=9D
	=E2=80=9CDon=E2=80=99t Blame Me , I Voted for Typhon=E2=80=9D

You=E2=80=99ve ever referred to your fanny pack as your sabretache.

You mispronounce quite common words such as urticate, salpinx, or
bordereau.

You=E2=80=99ve ever cited _The Book of the Wonders of Urth and Sky_ or
Blaithmiac=E2=80=99s _Lives of the Seventeen Megatherians_ in a bibliograph=
y.

You=E2=80=99ve shopped for Fechin prints,=20
or an =E2=80=9CEschatology and Genesis=E2=80=9D handbill,=20
or -hoo, mama! - a Jolenta calendar (with a centerfold of Jolenta as
Jahi)

You=E2=80=99ve ever claimed any of the following on your tax return:
	charitable contributions to the Pelerines
	Your other lives you acquired through alzabo, as dependents
	Income from practicing =E2=80=9Cthe mystery of the guild=E2=80=9D freelance

Your will specifies interment in the Garden of Endless Sleep

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