Magic Mandarin Oranges
Jul. 31st, 2005 02:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mundensOn arriving home from the FF LARP last night, I drove over a mandarin orange positioned in the exact centre of our driveway, just past the bridge.
It showed up really well in the headlights as I drove in and I was intrigued. My first thought was that it was some sort of physical component for a spell. Later I thought that perhaps it was some form of warning or sign, perhaps from the local Orangemen.
But there is something I vaguely recall from mediaeval times about oranges, something I can't remember, just that there was some information I knew about them. Was it something related to the usage of cloves in oranges, as often re-enacted at SCA events?
Still, if it is a spell, on the off chance that the person(s) responsible are reading this, and in the interests of scientific research into the efficacy of magic, here's whats happened so far : I drove over it, went back and picked it up, and placed it on the top of a book shelf in our hall. No-one has so far been game to eat it.
Sure and I know that if I suspect a spell, especially an offensive one, it's rather stupid to bring the component inside, but I like risk and I'm interested! Not to mention fully confident of my magical abilities inside my own sanctum!
What to people reckon? Should I eat it too? Or is it perhaps not targeted at me? Should Ele or one of my sons eat it?
It showed up really well in the headlights as I drove in and I was intrigued. My first thought was that it was some sort of physical component for a spell. Later I thought that perhaps it was some form of warning or sign, perhaps from the local Orangemen.
But there is something I vaguely recall from mediaeval times about oranges, something I can't remember, just that there was some information I knew about them. Was it something related to the usage of cloves in oranges, as often re-enacted at SCA events?
Still, if it is a spell, on the off chance that the person(s) responsible are reading this, and in the interests of scientific research into the efficacy of magic, here's whats happened so far : I drove over it, went back and picked it up, and placed it on the top of a book shelf in our hall. No-one has so far been game to eat it.
Sure and I know that if I suspect a spell, especially an offensive one, it's rather stupid to bring the component inside, but I like risk and I'm interested! Not to mention fully confident of my magical abilities inside my own sanctum!
What to people reckon? Should I eat it too? Or is it perhaps not targeted at me? Should Ele or one of my sons eat it?
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Date: 2005-07-31 04:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-31 06:52 am (UTC)Just me being silly - probably unwise to eat a squashed 24-48 hr old mandarin. Must have dried out and gone a bit gross by now.
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Date: 2005-07-31 12:27 pm (UTC)But citris-magic is well out of my field I'm afraid. (Oh, except for basic spells of opening, but they use lemons)
Huh? you say?
It's a lemon-entry
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Date: 2005-08-01 12:08 am (UTC)That's the sort of pun people get killed over!
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Date: 2005-08-01 01:48 am (UTC)But you should know by now, you've been around me long enough!
How are you doing in Newtown?
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