Happy Hollidays

UnOrthOdOx · December 20, 2003, 12:33

How the Glory of War Stole the Peace Deal
By the Glory of War

Every Stormian
Down in Estonia
Liked their peace deal a lot...

But the Warmongers,
Who lived just West of Estonia,
Did NOT!

The Warmongers hated Peace Deals! The whole peaceful posting!
No, they all liked their wars, and War Chickens for Roasting.
It could be that their heads weren't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that their armor was too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason to date
May have been that their stomachs lacked food on their plate.

But,
Whatever the reason,
Whether armor or tummy,
They went riding for chicken, it looking quite yummy,
Staring out from their hills with rumbling belly
At the plump clucking War Chickens and Stormian jelly.
For they knew that the enemy shared similar vices:
Honor, Pride, original herbs and spices.

And they've called for a meeting!" Aggie proclaimed with a grin.
"Claiming a wish to ally, to help us to win!"
Then he growled with a curse mocking this greeting,
"I MUST find a poor soul, perhaps two, to attend to this meeting!"
For, the meeting, he knew...

...All those attending, Stormians or not
Would be stuck in the chatroom. Patiently awaiting to talk.
And then! Oh, the Talk! Oh, the Talk! Talk! Talk! Talk!
That's one thing he hated! The TALK! TALK! TALK! TALK!

Then the Stormians, and Warmongers alike, would sit down to hash.
And they'd hash! And they'd hash!
And they'd HASH! HASH! HASH! HASH!
They would start on the border, and who got the west or the east!
A concept that he knew some warmongers would not stand for, at least!

And THEN
They'd do something most appalling of all!
All Stormians present, or active at all
Would stand firm in their stance, no sign of bowing.
They'd stand so steadfast. "Roleplay must live" they'ld be vowing!

They'd vow! And they'd vow!
AND they'd VOW! VOW! VOW! VOW!
And the more King Aggie thought of the Stormian-Roleplay-Vow.
The more that he thought, "Why is this happening now?
"Why twas not long ago we gave them a chance or two!
I MUST send someone to keep their cool
...But WHO?"

Then he got an idea!
An awful idea!
KING AGGIE
GOT A WONDERFUL, AWFUL IDEA!

"I know just who to send!" King Aggie grinned making for his PM box.
And he made a quick message to Master Zen and to 'dOx.
And he chuckled, and clucked, "What a great Warmonger team!
"With UnOrthOdOx and Zen, what info we could ream!"

"I'll make up the outline..."
UnO exclaimed with some pride.
Believing in his heart, on organization all would ride.
And they sat there for hours....
when UnOrthOdOx finally said,
"Can we get to a point, I need to get to bed!"
For several hours he sat, digesting all that he read
Where GS took hours, UnO took five minutes instead.

THEN
With the chat all finished
The proposals wrote up
The Warmongers went home
And they slapped a vote up.

Then Ghengis cried out
"I can't live with this junk!
Just look over at Roleplay,
All Spain smells like skunk!"

It was outside of Pamplona, down in some trees
GS forces had gathered, responding to Spain's pleas
But soon ND forces ran down and slaughtered with ease.
"Look down on all those chickens" Old King Aggie spat
"They're ripe for the plucking, we can't miss on that."

The warmongers flew from the Alamo with glee.
And joined in with ND in the mass killing spree.
They fought possessed, spurred on with hunger pain,
and soon the WarChickens were falling like rain.
Donegeal looked over the carnage, he knew what to do.
"These Chickens," he grinned, "Will be just great in a stew!"

They felt not but respect, as the War Chickens they plucked.
GS had fought hard, their choice of allies just sucked!
Nuggets! And Stews! Ratatouille! Buffalo Wings!
They ate Curry! Marsalla! Dijon! a la King!
And they stuffed all their faces. It all tasting quite yummy.
And they went to bed that night, each one with a full tummy!

And Darekill went out to the forum, with a poem he wrote.
He posted it up, not of ND meaning to gloat.
But OPD was watching and as quick as a flash.
"Why" he replied "do you guys keep posting this trash!"

This angered UnOrthOdOx, enough to make his lips quiver.
"Oh GS!" He went and shouted, "Go cry me a River!"

And GS gathered 'round OPD, perhaps some thought it a sport
And soon sides were exchanging each in fiery retort.
As the forum errupted for all out there to see!
It gained the attention of all, even the one known as NYE.

And both sides lobbed volleys by those who were bitter
Or perhaps from a few not wanting to be dubbed as a quitter.
Asleepatthewheel attempted to get some sanity back,
As he called out for peace and to pass the prozac.

But, you know, that old UnO was just an ornery old grouch
“Removing GS is my quest” he did vouch
"I’m tired of them, as they save whereitsat’s life”
"It’s even come to a point where they’ve pissed off my wife.”
"I made them an offer I felt fair not long ago.”
"I wonder if it’s looking better to them yet, or no?"

And not many seemed to care for this recent upheaval
Nor of UnOrthOdOx or of his portrayal of evil.
In the end what they thought he could care less,
And only the slightest remorse did he feel for starting this mess!

To the game all minds turned
The situations to assess.
And the Glory of War sought at last to progress.
And the fled from the Alamo praying to the RNG for success.

And they found forces of GS
All camped out on a hill
They went into the fight, hoping for more chickens to grill.

Then
They enjoyed once again
A feast of chickens and jelly

And they smiled
And they laughed
Once again with food in their belly!

It was back on the forum...
The old bastard spoke
MrWhereItsAt, still in hiding
and he posted a joke,
A plea to “save roleplay! The Pope! And the squid!
The stench! And even that woman with beard! Let none forbid!”

And there in the forum, the one that is secret,
Ennet rode in wearing his allecret.
Sounding quite eloquent with his rhymes and his prose.
And Donegeal there a suggestion did propose
And Ennet went to the public with a fine dissertation
And posted it up before every nation
Then waited to see whether met with contempt or elation.

"Oh brother," grumbled UnO,
with a grimace and a growl.
”As soon as they see it all of GS will cry foul.”
And he watched and he waited, looking for any reply.
That would in some way wrong doing imply...

But the replies weren’t mocking!
Why, they sounded quite pleasant!
It couldn't be so!
But it WAS, at least from those present!

He stared down at Estonia!
Old UnO popped his eyes!
Then he shook!
What he saw was a shocking surprise!

Every Stormian down in Estonia, the short and the grown,
at least all of those who made themselves known
They didn’t seem to angry it seemed!
They laughed!
And it appeared that they actually sat down for a draft!

And old ‘dOx, with his brows furrowed in a row,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?
I don’t see complaints! I don’t see any flames!
"They aren’t so much as calling out names!"
And he puzzled three hours, `till his puzzler was sore.
Then Old UnO thought of his tattered rapport,
"Maybe this forum," he thought, "I don’t need to ignore.
"Maybe...perhaps...I just got a bit too grumpy before!"

From whence would this poem come...?
Well...in GoW they say
That UnO’s bottled anger,
just seemed to melt right away!
And when he saw all the others delight,
He locked himself in the private forum to write.
Inspired by the likes of WhereItsAt and of Ennet!
that he...

...HE HIMSELF...!
UnOrthOdOx sat down to pen it!

UnOrthOdOx · December 20, 2003, 12:40

Just for reference: http://www.everwonder.com/david/thegrinch/story.html

MrWhereItsAt · December 20, 2003, 12:55

:jawdroppedsmiley:

To be posted as soon as I find an appropriate smiley...

You have surpassed yourself AGAIN!

Check out the link guys, the rhyming lines are PERFECT relative to the orignal...

BTW Merry Christmas.

UnOrthOdOx · December 20, 2003, 13:16

I must thank both Ghengis and Trip for their suggestions and corrections as well.

Ennet · December 20, 2003, 13:34

cheers UnO, your timing couldn't have been better

Aggie · December 20, 2003, 14:57

A masterpeice, no words suffice. This is truly excellent.
Aggie

Jon Shafer · December 20, 2003, 15:16

Master Zen · December 20, 2003, 16:53

ZargonX · December 20, 2003, 17:38

Awesomeness

Hot_Enamel · December 20, 2003, 18:21

notyoueither · December 20, 2003, 19:29

Quite good.

From one old grump to another, Merry Christmas.

asleepathewheel · December 20, 2003, 19:50

excellent

merry christmas

Beta · December 20, 2003, 22:17

UnO - what can we say? It is superb!

One of, if not THE, best literary effort I have read on Poly.

Merry Christmas!!!

And may the ptwdg be fun again....

GhengisFarb™ · December 20, 2003, 22:22

Quote:

Originally posted by Beta
One of, if not THE, best literary effort I have read on Poly.

Is that a nomination?

Great work, Uno.

I had a friend in college whose nickname was UnO, but for obvious reasons..............

Darekill · December 21, 2003, 04:21

fine, just fine. My king has sealed my mouth so I can't comment to the latest events but well it seems like war is finally the solution that was choosen....

Aro · December 21, 2003, 09:51

UnO, you're a natural. A masterpiece!
And reading this nice poem, I feel "saudades"... and that means "I miss you guys very much"!
Merry Cristmas UnO! Merry Cristmas, friends!

UnOrthOdOx · December 21, 2003, 11:52

Dear lord, a christmas miracle, Aro returns!!!

Where you been? Is you email addy changed?

vondrack · December 21, 2003, 12:35

Plain wonderful, UnO! Being a non-native speaker, I do not think I am able to fully enjoy the beauty, but even the rhytm and sound of the poem is great!

MrWhereItsAt · December 22, 2003, 02:23

Quote:

Originally posted by UnOrthOdOx
Dear lord, a christmas miracle, Aro returns!!!

Where you been? Is you email addy changed?

Just call his presence here MY present to you.

Tiberius · December 22, 2003, 04:57

That's great, UnO

Merry Christmas to all

Beta · December 22, 2003, 08:13

Quote:

Originally posted by vondrack
Plain wonderful, UnO! Being a non-native speaker, I do not think I am able to fully enjoy the beauty, but even the rhytm and sound of the poem is great!

The rhythm is a cross between T'Was the Night Before Christmas, and Dr. Seuss, if I've got ir right. Once you get that down, it reads amazingly well.

And Aro - hello my friend! Great to hear from you!

Cort Haus · December 22, 2003, 11:38

Great work, Uno!

UnOrthOdOx · December 22, 2003, 12:01

Quote:

Originally posted by Beta

The rhythm is a cross between T'Was the Night Before Christmas, and Dr. Seuss, if I've got ir right. Once you get that down, it reads amazingly well.

And Aro - hello my friend! Great to hear from you!

No cross.

See my reference link. It's How the Grinch stole christmas verse for verse.

The original was posted in the forum, and it was worked verse by verse, sometimes out of order, till it was done.

Aggie · December 22, 2003, 13:07

Aro, your returning is indeed a great christmas present. it has been far to long since you honored us with your presence. how all is well and you will return to stay.
Aggie