Re: Pendragon the folklorist / GJD
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> George J. Dance wrote: > >> BiteMeSharpEnt wrote: >> >>> HarryLime wrote: >>> >>>> Will-Dockery wrote: >>>> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote: >>>>> Pendragon the folklorist >>>>> >>>>> One Michael Pendragon, in mockery, >>>>> Would lie all the time about Dockery. >>>>> When called on each lie >>>>> He'd whine and he'd cry: >>>>> "That wasn't a lie -- it was folkery!" >>>>> >>>>> - gjd26 >>>> >>>> >>>> So, to continue the continuity of the "folklore," other characters such as Nasty Gene, Senile Senetto and "Voodoo Boy" (as told by Zod) should logically follow? >>>> >>>> 😏 >>> >>> >>> Michael Pendragon, NancyGene, and Jim Senetto each have their own page in the folklore. I have not mentioned any of the above-listed childish names, because none have permanently attached themselves to the persons they were directed at. >>> >>> Folklore comprises the stories that continue to be told about someone long after the events described in them occurred -- assuming that they occurred at all. >>> >>> "Voodoo Boy" was only used by Stinky G -- fell out of usage entirely after a couple of weeks. >>> >>> Compiling a comprehensive list of usernames, aliases, and nicknames for the individual A.A.P.C. members sounds like a worthy project -- but for a history of A.A.P.C., not for a record of its folklore. >>> >>> *I'm getting the distinct impression that you don't understand the difference between folklore and history. >>> >>> Dumbass. >> >> >> The "fokelore" is always hilarious right up until somebody starts fact-checking the legends. > > > Like Ernest Dowson, HarryLiar's "folklore" is true in its own fashion. > > For about 7 years starting in 2017, aapc was infested by a gang of as many a dozen trolls, > nicknamed the "Bandar-Log" after /The Jungle Book/ (Disney version), with Harry as their > Monkey King. He'd make up stories about other people, and they'd repeat them ad nauseam. > Most of them left when google shut down usenet support, but Harry and a couple of > others just couldn't let go. > > The "folklore" series is a true record of the stories the Bandar-Log used to tell, and the > format gives Harry a way of spreading them once again (and, if he's lucky, getting some > new trolling in). At least this time he's admitted the stories are not true, and without his > Bandar-Log subjects there's little chance of them being believed. Well put, GJD. This response appears in the discussion at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=709369910#709369910 -- Via JLA Forums web gateway for alt.arts.poetry.comments: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655