AEther Salon: Clausology III (Edited Transcript)

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Welcome, everyone, to December's Aether Salon. We thank you for finding the time to attend, and hope you'll enjoy today's topic.
Ceejay Writer: Elleon, I got that gift once and it vanished in a puff of steam
Elleon Bergamasco: drats
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Before we begin, a few housekeeping items:
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Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: 7) Edited and unedited transcripts of these proceedings will be posted at aethersalon.blogspot.com.
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: And lastly:
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: 8) Tea and treats are set out - help yourself!
Elleon Bergamasco: /me applauds and eyes the treats
Jimmy Branagh: An' don't stare directly inta th' Boiler Elf's oyes.  'ee'll take it as a challenge.
[Myrtil Igaly: /me applauds
Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
Ceejay Writer: /me dons sunglasses
Wulfriðe Blitzen: /me applauds
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Our speaker today almost needs no introduction. He has been visiting New Babbage annually for some time accompanying Steam Santa, and examining children's souls before they sit on the fabled lap.
Zantabraxus: /me applauds
Darlingmonster Ember: grins
Fauve Aeon: /me escap...erm Missed...Santa, it seems... :D
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: This is the third year he has been willing to break his busy schedule to discuss the origins, traditions and personages of Christmas with us. I give you the Boiler Elf.
Jimmy Branagh: /me applauds
Lady Sumoku: /me claps
Fauve Aeon: YAY!
Elleon Bergamasco: /me applauds
Myrtil Igaly: Yay!!
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me applauds
Jimmy Branagh: Yay Boiler Elf!
Dee Wells Dagger: /me shudders
Ceejay Writer: YAY!
Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
Wulfriðe Blitzen: /me claps
Zantabraxus: /me applauds
Mosseveno Tenk: look at all those naughty children out there!
Timothy Sootworth: ooo
Mosseveno Tenk: i'm going to have so much fun with you when you get to the pole
Jimmy Branagh: /me turns around and looks
Magda Kamenev: /me cheers!
Fauve Aeon: where???
Elleon Bergamasco: /me hides behind Jimmy
Myrtil Igaly: Awww he's got a tiny pet rat with a Santa hat!
Mosseveno Tenk: Merry Christmas!
Mosseveno Tenk: /me puts his hand to his ear
Jimmy Branagh: Merry Christmas!
Elleon Bergamasco: Merry Christmas!
Magda Kamenev: Merry Christmas!
Dr. Henry Jekyll: /me raises an eyebrow, like he thinks the boiler elf looks like someone else.
Joey: rat=\
Mosseveno Tenk: oh com on now, we do this every year
Lady Sumoku: Mumble That-mas!
Joey: =
Joey: yummm
Mosseveno Tenk: all christians this year? i sort of doubt that....
Fauve Aeon: Happy Merrymas!
Ceejay Writer: /me whispers, 'he comes from a large family I think'
Mosseveno Tenk: let's try again...
Mosseveno Tenk: Merry Christmas!
Jimmy Branagh: shouts: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Garth Goode: /me thinks, "No one wil see past my disguise, bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
Lady Sumoku: Merry Christmas!
Myrtil Igaly: Joyeux Noël!
Dr. Henry Jekyll: Merry Christmas!
Dee Wells Dagger: Merry Christmas!
Timothy Sootworth: merrycristmas
Fauve Aeon: God Jul
Ceejay Writer: HAPPY COAL WEEK!
Elleon Bergamasco: Merry Christmas! Mele Kaliki Maka!
Mosseveno Tenk: I like a sincere greeting,
Mosseveno Tenk: as almost evrey culture has a celebration near the solstice, i would expect to hear the one you celebrate!
Darlingmonster Ember: /me flutters her eyelashes at Boiler Elf
Mosseveno Tenk: so
Mosseveno Tenk: i looked over last years transcript to try and remebe what we were talking about
Mosseveno Tenk: i believe we left off in scandinavia
Mosseveno Tenk: so here's a little cartoon to get you in the mood
Mosseveno Tenk: http://satwcomic.com/christmas-traditions
Magda Kamenev: /me wonders if she missed Spain's miraculous ... er, log.
Wildstar Beaumont: /me waves silently
Ceejay Writer: Muahahaha
Myrtil Igaly: hehehe
Darlingmonster Ember: giggles
Jimmy Branagh: /me laughs
Mosseveno Tenk: last year we talke about some of the more unusual characters, and miss kameneve was kind enough to educate me on the spanish 'shitting man' that we were looking at
Mosseveno Tenk: i'll show you a picture
Timothy Sootworth: /me giggles
Dee Wells Dagger: 0.O
Dr. Henry Jekyll: /me looks over the comic. "EH heh heh... Interesting."
Garth Goode: ha
Mosseveno Tenk: what is his proper name, miss K?
Mosseveno Tenk: if you don't belive this, please google image it
Ceejay Writer: Looks delicious. Yes, delicious is the word I am thinking of
Mosseveno Tenk: now he is a nativity character. the story is thus:
Myrtil Igaly: it really looks like a log
Mosseveno Tenk: while at the nativity, he had to relieve himself
Mosseveno Tenk: so he did, in a corner of the manger
Mosseveno Tenk: and baby Jesus smiled at him
Mosseveno Tenk: and his feces turned to candy fudge
Ceejay Writer: (that wasn' a smile, it was gas)
Mosseveno Tenk: and it seems that this was a lifelong condition
Fauve Aeon: whispers: ewww
Dee Wells Dagger: I did try to forget this story, and he opens with it -.-
Mosseveno Tenk: for the rest of his life, when children saw him
Darlingmonster Ember: /me takes furious notes
Mosseveno Tenk: they would chase him down and beat him with sticks to make him number two
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me nosepinches
Mosseveno Tenk: and he didn't seem to have a problem wtih this, beucase it made the children happy
Liz Wilner: goodness
Myrtil Igaly: Awwww!
Jimmy Branagh: What happened when a fake Shitting Man showed up?
Lady Sumoku: Now that's what I call Christmas.
Mosseveno Tenk: so when it came time for him to pass on, he met with sait peter at the gates of heaven
Fauve Aeon: /me giggles
Mosseveno Tenk: and asked if there was a way he could stay
Joey: Is dat why lil kids are often terds?
Mosseveno Tenk: so he was transformed into ... A LOG!
Fauve Aeon: Yul log?
Lady Sumoku: Everyone loves LOG.
Jimmy Branagh: /me chuckles
Mosseveno Tenk: which is how we know him today. the spanish christmas log
Jimmy Branagh: LOG is fab
Dr. Henry Jekyll: /me tries to smile, even though he clearly seemed a bit fightened. "....Charming tale."
Mosseveno Tenk: and as you see, he still make delicious candy when you beat him with a stick
Ceejay Writer: Its big its heavy THATS NOT WOOD
Dee Wells Dagger: /me decides to go with the pie
Myrtil Igaly: Yes it does look yummy
Lady Sumoku: /me laughs.
Lady Sumoku: It's better than naughty, it's nice!
Mosseveno Tenk: so there it is. his name is uncle christmas, or somethign to that effect
Elleon Bergamasco: this is SO wrong!
Ceejay Writer: I love awful traditions
Stereo Nacht: /me waves quietly
Mosseveno Tenk: and i think when you go visit santa in the mall in spain, the exit slide is often out a giant rear end
Fauve Aeon: /me will brb
Zantabraxus: /me smiles at Liz
Magda Kamenev: /me claps!
Dee Wells Dagger: Eeeewwww
Jimmy Branagh: /me chuckles
Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
Mosseveno Tenk: did i get that right Mags?
Liz Wilner: /me smiles back at Zanta
Magda Kamenev: I believe so!
Ceejay Writer: I need to find some Mexican sims in SL and see what's up
Magda Kamenev: But I defer to your expert wisdom in all matter Nöel.
Mosseveno Tenk: another character that got passed over was from france. where we have 'Pere Noel'
Myrtil Igaly: Yay!!
Mosseveno Tenk: here he is from an antique postcard
Dr. Henry Jekyll: Oh, isn't that France's awnser to St. Nicholas?
Mosseveno Tenk: now we talked about the 'followers' of nicholas, often pagan creatures that had been tamed by nicholas and were allowed to roam for a brief time to scare children during the midwinter season
Mosseveno Tenk: now pere noel, to me, has the most disturbing follower of them all.
Joey: Scaring kids...now we talking fun
Mosseveno Tenk: and his name is pere fouettard
Mosseveno Tenk: which i believe translates to 'whipping man', is that right, myrtil?
Myrtil Igaly: yup
Ceejay Writer: eeek!
Darlingmonster Ember: /me shivers
Jimmy Branagh: He looks like Saruman
Myrtil Igaly: Father Whipper
Elleon Bergamasco: ouch
Dr. Henry Jekyll: ... Wait, so he kept another man as a pet?
Mosseveno Tenk: now as you may expect from the french, this is a gastronomic tale
Elleon Bergamasco: Father Whipper... Whipper snapper?
Joey: Doesnt eveyone?
Mosseveno Tenk: fouettard was ....
Mosseveno Tenk: a butcher
Mosseveno Tenk: him, or his wife
Mosseveno Tenk: lured three boys into the shop
Ceejay Writer: /me cries
Darlingmonster Ember: oh no
Mosseveno Tenk: where he slaughtered, dressed, and salted them
Dee Wells Dagger: 0.O
Mosseveno Tenk: but
Dr. Henry Jekyll: .....
Darlingmonster Ember: /me faints
Joey: /me puts paws over ears
Mosseveno Tenk: then saint nicholas just happened by
Mosseveno Tenk: he resurrected the boys
Joey: yeah
Mosseveno Tenk: and fouetard, in penance, now is one of the dark followers of nicholas
Ceejay Writer: Did the boys get therapy? Cause... memories, like the corners of my mind
Elleon Bergamasco: Best result!
Lady Sumoku: I hope that includes redress and unsalting.
Mosseveno Tenk: /me shakes it off
Jimmy Branagh: After thet, they wos known as The Salty Boys
Myrtil Igaly: oh the boys were happy, they felt as if they just had a good sleep and dreamed
Ceejay Writer: whew
Dr. Henry Jekyll): ... Erm.
Mosseveno Tenk: and there's the rest of the story. thank you miss myrtil
Myrtil Igaly: You're welcome!
Darlingmonster Ember: /me suddenly decides to pick up smoking again
Mosseveno Tenk: /me changes pictures
Mosseveno Tenk: now we left off in scandinavia, where mr. holmes was telling us how sixth graders got to dress up like nuttipukki and go scare the kindergarten class
Mosseveno Tenk: which means finland is an awesome place to grow up
Darlingmonster Ember: charming!
Jimmy Branagh: SOunds like it
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me chuckles
Mosseveno Tenk: and here we have an antique postcard showing the christmas goat, scaring little kids at home
Myrtil Igaly: Look how the parents look happy in the background
Lady Sumoku: /me wonders what the High Schoolers do to the sixth graders.
Dr. Henry Jekyll: That... is disturbing.
Joey: Glad to see somestill remember the true meanie of Chrsitmas
Dee Wells Dagger: Hehe Myrtil
Magda Kamenev: /me snorts.
Mosseveno Tenk: the yule goat in scandinavia is a very ancient character, going back to prechristian times,
Fauve Aeon: whispers: sper {{goat}}
Dr. Henry Jekyll: Hang on, does that goat have human legs?
Mosseveno Tenk: which remeber, wasn't as long ago as other places, as finland wasnt' christenized utnil the 14th centry
Mosseveno Tenk: we're not quite sure how it ties in
Joey: Don't that just get your goat?
Mosseveno Tenk: in ancient times, the last sheaf of grain harvested was set aside because it had magical properties. it was called the 'julbocken'
Mosseveno Tenk: or yule goat
Darlingmonster Ember: The Yule Goat is not that old, nor does he have his own pinup calendar....
Mosseveno Tenk: the straw goat, here, which is still made to this day for the holidays
Joey: oooooo pinup goats (licks chops)
Fauve Aeon: /me frowns
Lady Sumoku: Aww cute
Mosseveno Tenk: we know thor drove a cart pulled by 2 goats, but its conjecture to point to that as an origin
Lady Sumoku: Thor had class.
Mosseveno Tenk: now the yule goat, like krampus, or theotehr followers,
Joey: Thor = Santa??
Joey: nnahhhh
Mosseveno Tenk: was a street mummer show
Mosseveno Tenk: orignally, the goat would demand gifts
Mosseveno Tenk: somehow this changed in the late 18th and early 19th century
Mosseveno Tenk: when the goat became the gift giver
Fauve Aeon: O.o
Fauve Aeon: nuuuu
Lady Sumoku: Now that is just wrong.
Mosseveno Tenk: i'll show you another antique postcard
Mosseveno Tenk: here the goat is bringing gifts, rather than scaring the kids
Joey: Extortion maybe?
Mosseveno Tenk: and the kids don't seem frightened of him anymore
Myrtil Igaly: ummmm
Joey: Kids got the goat on him
Elleon Bergamasco: perhaps he's wearing pajamas..
Mosseveno Tenk: the goat in the 20th century passed his name, as the giftgiver, onto their national versions of Santa Claus
Lady Sumoku: They seem surrounded by goats.
Mosseveno Tenk: Jultomte in Sweden
Joey: Probably mom and dad dressing up as goats
Mosseveno Tenk: julnisse in norway and denmark
Mosseveno Tenk: and joulupukki in finland
Jimmy Branagh: /me scribbles
Mosseveno Tenk: all which mean 'yule goat'
Mosseveno Tenk: well, that wraps my my series
Joey: Very nice history
Mosseveno Tenk: i believe i have covered ALL of the christmas characters
Fauve Aeon: YAY!
Mosseveno Tenk: yes, all of thme. that's right. i have
Darlingmonster Ember: YAY!
Ceejay Writer: Yule goat very far with your knowledge of holiday lore, sir.
Elleon Bergamasco: /me applauds
Mosseveno Tenk: /me waits for it....
Darlingmonster Ember: but...
Mosseveno Tenk: /me looks around
Myrtil Igaly: What about the Boiler Elf?
Dee Wells Dagger: Ummmm
Lady Sumoku: /me holds her breath.
Dee Wells Dagger: Yeah
Joey: Makes me hungry for a leg of lamb now
Jimmy Branagh: I missed the first two.  Glad I could make this one
Dr. Henry Jekyll: Hm. It seems I've missed the first two as well.
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me smiles
Joey: with the mint jelly
Lady Sumoku: /me turns slightly blue.
Darlingmonster Ember: Yes...the story of Boiler Elf, please
Magda Kamenev: What about the elves??
Mosseveno Tenk: what?
Mosseveno Tenk: what about the elves?
Timothy Sootworth: do we get presents?
Mosseveno Tenk: well, what about them?
Ceejay Writer: They previous transcripts should be at the website.
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Indeed they are.
Mosseveno Tenk: ah, i've been caught. I'm not done
Dee Wells Dagger: Yes, what about them? Come on
Mosseveno Tenk: there is one character i have been ignoring
Ceejay Writer: Oh really?
Mosseveno Tenk: and it stands before you like a gorilla in the room
Lady Sumoku: /me lets out her breath with a gasp.
Darlingmonster Ember: /me settles back
Dr. Henry Jekyll: Yourself?
Joey: Gorilla???? where???
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me coughs
Timothy Sootworth: grilla?
Wildstar Beaumont: Mr Biggins ?
Lady Sumoku: The Yule Gorilla.
Jimmy Branagh: Hmmmmm
Joey: lemme at em
Ceejay Writer: /me grins in satisfaction.
Lady Sumoku: Or Jebus.
Jimmy Branagh: The Christmas Tiger?
Mosseveno Tenk: ah ys, i've been avoiding this since 2007
Mosseveno Tenk: the elves. yes
Myrtil Igaly: Yay!!
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me raises an intrigued eyebrow and waits
Mosseveno Tenk: remeber i asked you to imagine western europe like a bowl, wtih a drain at the bottom located at Rome
Darlingmonster Ember: /me tries to do the math of Rome draining Europe
Mosseveno Tenk: and the bowl is filling up, romanizing, or christenizing, whichever way you want to look at it, the whole of europe, and flushing out the native cultures
Ceejay Writer: does that drain counter or clockwise?
Mosseveno Tenk: so wehn we looked for our christmas monsters, we looked at the fringes, like scandinavia
Mosseveno Tenk: and up in the mountains, like the alps and the pyrenees
Mosseveno Tenk: but
Mosseveno Tenk: there's one character that survived intact
Mosseveno Tenk: he was not tamed by nicholas, per se
Mosseveno Tenk: nor was he christenized
Mosseveno Tenk: and that is, the elves. the short elves.
Joey: The Abominable Snowman?
Lady Sumoku: The Danny Elf-man?
Dee Wells Dagger: The short bus elves?
Mosseveno Tenk: these characters are so overlooked, that if you walk into an otherkin forum portraying yourself as one, they will laugh you out, or think you are trying to make fun of them
Mosseveno Tenk: short bus elves, yes
Dee Wells Dagger: Good Lord
Mosseveno Tenk: you can google image their names if you don't believe me
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me snorts
Mosseveno Tenk: in finland, he is tontu
Mosseveno Tenk: in sweden, tomte
Jimmy Branagh: Ahhhhhhh
Mosseveno Tenk: norway and denmark have the nisse, in barns, in norway, and in attics, in the more urban denmark
Mosseveno Tenk: in scotland, the brownie
Mosseveno Tenk: in england, the hob
Mosseveno Tenk: in ireland, the old man that sleeps under the roof beam
Mosseveno Tenk: france has lutins living in the basement
Timothy Sootworth: thas a long name
Mosseveno Tenk: the dutch call them kabouter
Mosseveno Tenk: the germans were so intimate with them that some of their names were preserved,  like King Goldemar of Castel Hardenstein
Ceejay Writer: Sensing a Nightvalian theme
Myrtil Igaly: that's an elf?
Mosseveno Tenk: or Hödekin of Hidlesheim, who wore his hate down low on his eyes
Mosseveno Tenk: the germans called them gnomes or kobolds
Mosseveno Tenk: if they lived on a ship, they were called klaboutermann
Ceejay Writer: Kobolds I've heard of
Mosseveno Tenk: and in Cologne, the heinzelmann
Mosseveno Tenk: to which there is a monument to them this very day
Mosseveno Tenk: the colners were lazy folk, as the heinzelmanner did all the work
Mosseveno Tenk: until one day the bakers wife wanted to see what they looked like, and spread dried peas on the steps
Mosseveno Tenk: they triped on them, waking her,, and she took her lantern up to see
Mosseveno Tenk: and that was the last anyone ever saw of them. now people in cologne must do their own housework
Mosseveno Tenk: in the slavic east, they are the domovoi
Ceejay Writer: She vanished, but a lovely pot of split pea soup was found on the stove
Mosseveno Tenk: they were known to anglo saxons as the cofgodas, or king of hte room
Mosseveno Tenk: ancient rome had the lares which protected the hearth
Mosseveno Tenk: and back to greece, the more mischievious kobolos
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: The Lares, eh?
Joey: Wonders why Italy picked a witch to celebrate the holidays
Mosseveno Tenk: and i will make a strong arguement for the egyptian god Bes, as aslo one of us
Dee Wells Dagger: Wow
Mosseveno Tenk: yes, the lares. you will see them portrayed as miniature adults, as is towards the roman artistic ethic of beauty
Dee Wells Dagger: Intriguing
Ceejay Writer: Interesting notion! *scribbles*  I'd like to look at Bes in such light
Mosseveno Tenk: in all cases except rome, they are descripted as short, around 2 foot
Mosseveno Tenk: and very ugly
Mosseveno Tenk: these survived the onslaught of roman christianity
Dr. Henry Jekyll: Now... What do these creatures have to do with Christmas, then?
Joey: they were all made into a fruit cake?
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me chuckles
Mosseveno Tenk: but maybe not enitriely, for farmers would accuse their neighbors of harboring a brownie if they thought he was getting a little too prosperous, and complain to the priest
Ceejay Writer: brownies are pests
Mosseveno Tenk: and when the scandinavians came to america in teh mid 19th centuyr, the elves came with them
Mosseveno Tenk: now mr hyde asks how do we get from there to the north pole?
Stereo Nacht: Brownies are nummy! ;-)
Mosseveno Tenk: i'm glad you asked!
Mosseveno Tenk: watch it, nacht.....
Stereo Nacht: (Maybe not the same kind, mind you!)
Mosseveno Tenk: i'll bring out the nutcracker
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me chuckles
Mosseveno Tenk: now santa as we know him is approaching his 200th birthday
Dr. Henry Jekyll: Wha?
Ceejay Writer: Still looking very spry
Mosseveno Tenk: in 1822, he got assoicated with reindeeer, which pushed him north
Dr. Henry Jekyll: Oh no, not you too.
Mosseveno Tenk: 1822 being when 'the night before christmas' was published
Mosseveno Tenk: but the elves don't show up until 1850
Mosseveno Tenk: in a an unpublished poem or novel called the christmas elves
Dee Wells Dagger: He hadn't got around anti-slavery laws until then
Mosseveno Tenk: by lousia may alcott
Ceejay Writer: Practically a modern tale for New Babbage
Mosseveno Tenk: that was before 'little women'
Mosseveno Tenk: the next sighting was in 1857
Mosseveno Tenk: in Harper's Weekly
Mosseveno Tenk: wthe poem was called 'the wonders of santa claus' and it should google.
Mosseveno Tenk: let me set up some images
Mosseveno Tenk: if you look closely, you can see the first ever image of a christmas elf
Ceejay Writer: At the very top?
Mosseveno Tenk: from these harpers weekly images from 1857
Mosseveno Tenk: to quote
Mosseveno Tenk: In his house upon the top of a hill / And almost out of sight / He keeps a great many elves at work/ All working with all their might.
Dee Wells Dagger: Heartless old bugger
Mosseveno Tenk: i'll light up the pictures
Dee Wells Dagger: Where was the elf union?
Myrtil Igaly: he's kind of like old Popplefot and the elves are us urchins in the workhouse
Lady Sumoku: It's a Festivus miracle!
Fauve Aeon: aw, they are cute, look at the little hats...
Mosseveno Tenk: so they lived in an 'astonishing castle' on top a hill
Mosseveno Tenk: yes, the red hat, carried over from the traditional little people, who tended to dress in scarlet and grey
Mosseveno Tenk: the next elf sighting is in 1873, on the december issue of Godey's Lady's Book, which i dived into the archives and found for you after the ball last night
Dee Wells Dagger: Nicely preserved images
Mosseveno Tenk: complete with library stamp
Mosseveno Tenk: the first image of santa's workshop
Myrtil Igaly: Ooooh
Mosseveno Tenk: so the legend is growing
Darlingmonster Ember: :D
Ceejay Writer: So elves exist because of the social media of the day.
Myrtil Igaly: there's one stealing from his pocket
Mosseveno Tenk: a tales that takes on more detail every time it is told
Mosseveno Tenk: much fo the lore was told without words, by magazine illustrators
Darlingmonster Ember: nice
Dee Wells Dagger: Wow
Mosseveno Tenk: here in 1922, Norman Rockwell had a go at them
Dee Wells Dagger: Ah, yes
Mosseveno Tenk: and once norman rockwell paints you, you've gone into the canon, i would think
Lady Sumoku: /me nods.
Mosseveno Tenk: now notice this is all american work. surprising, eh?
Mosseveno Tenk: later in the century, in the coca cola ads
Dee Wells Dagger: Santa looks haggard
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Americans are sentimentalists.
Timothy Sootworth: ee looks drunk
Mosseveno Tenk: and into our own memories, by rankin bass christmas specials of 1962
Ceejay Writer: Our Santas elves are much newer than I ever realized.
Dr. Henry Jekyll: /me nods...
DJ Rock And Roll: Drunk? No, but deep into the final run-up to Christmas Eve, and working very hard!
Mosseveno Tenk: and i love the movie Elf, becuase they went to this image... suggesting that the pole changes with our memory of it
Jimmy Branagh: You'd look haggard too if you visited 5 billion chimneys
Jimmy Branagh: In 24 hrs.
Mosseveno Tenk: now i never noticed before, but hermie there has round ears. i dont' think he was really an elf
Timothy Sootworth: /me giggles
Dee Wells Dagger: The one drinking coke is smiling because of the main ingredient back then
Lady Sumoku: I'd be haggard after one.
Mosseveno Tenk: and that, i believe, is where the elves came from.
Magda Kamenev: /me cheers!
Darlingmonster Ember: woo hoo
Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
Mosseveno Tenk: which even i didn't know until last night. these little buggers are very hard to find information on
Stereo Nacht:  `*.¸.*´ APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´
Myrtil Igaly: /me applauds
Elleon Bergamasco: /me cheers!
Dee Wells Dagger: Excellent
Jimmy Branagh: /me applauds
Wulfriðe Blitzen: /me Applauds
Lady Sumoku: Sneaky little things.
Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
Ceejay Writer: He know the true meaning of Coca
Max Islay: so the original santa was a drugged delusional man? :P
Dee Wells Dagger: Very well done, Mr Boiler Elf
Lady Sumoku: /me claps
Mosseveno Tenk: i encourage you to google image the names i said, and make your own mind up on whether my hypothesis is correct or not
Jimmy Branagh: Great presentation!
Elleon Bergamasco: Barvo!
Dr. Henry Jekyll: /me looks bemused, but applauds anyway.
Mosseveno Tenk: and for a craft, my entire collection of christmas and krampus postcards
Mosseveno Tenk: now, the end of the story i started last year
Ceejay Writer: Thank you, boiler elf. I learned a lot, and took some notes of avenues I want to explore more.
Myrtil Igaly: Yay!!
Mosseveno Tenk: how little kevin wanted to beleive , but could not
Mosseveno Tenk: becauyse the man in the back of the macy's store had a fake beard
Ceejay Writer: GAsp! Generous
Liza Veliz: aplauds
Mosseveno Tenk: and the only night his parents closed the bedroom door was on christmas eve
Mosseveno Tenk: and they didn't close it all the way, even then
Dee Wells Dagger: Kinky
Mosseveno Tenk: so one year, after finals were over, i followed someone into second life
Ceejay Writer: goodness.
Mosseveno Tenk: and i came off orientation island much as you see me now, but a bit taller
Dee Wells Dagger: 0.O
Darlingmonster Ember: o.O
Mosseveno Tenk: i gave myself 2 rules, which i will nto tell you, that my caused my personality to form
Magda Kamenev: Only a bit?
Ceejay Writer: he yam what he yam
Dee Wells Dagger: Was there a radiation leak?
Mosseveno Tenk: and i gave myself a quest
Mosseveno Tenk: yes, i was taller, buecase of the deformity that comes with getting this short. that took me a while to get used to
Lady Sumoku: What is your favorite color?
Mosseveno Tenk: clear
Dee Wells Dagger: -.-
Jimmy Branagh: /me chuckles
Darlingmonster Ember: I hope there is a calendar in this story....
Mosseveno Tenk: my quest, to make second life interesting
Mosseveno Tenk: was to find santa
Mosseveno Tenk: and i met many santas
Ceejay Writer: :)
Mosseveno Tenk: but they were kinda.. well
Dee Wells Dagger: And pick up some x ray goggles
Mosseveno Tenk: perverts
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me knows Duchess Highlands is not going to let go of that.
Darlingmonster Ember: gasp
Magda Kamenev: /me snorts.
Mosseveno Tenk: there was one named christmas mornignton that was probably the best of them
Lady Sumoku: Perverts in Second Live?
Mosseveno Tenk: but i wasn't satisfied
Lady Sumoku: *life
Mosseveno Tenk: because i knew, that the real santa would ask me to ride in his sleigh with him
Mosseveno Tenk: and one day, without prompting
Dr. Henry Jekyll: No relation to Victor Mornington?
Mosseveno Tenk: i got am IM from soeone i barely knew
Mosseveno Tenk: asking me to ride in the sleigh to peirmont landing
Mosseveno Tenk: that was before tenk was a mayor
Mosseveno Tenk: so
Timothy Sootworth: cor
Mosseveno Tenk: dreams do come true, eh?
Mosseveno Tenk: i get to ride the sleigh
Elleon Bergamasco: /me grins
Jimmy Branagh: /me applauds
Darlingmonster Ember: /me shivers with excitement
Mosseveno Tenk: and that's my story.
Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
Myrtil Igaly: They do!
Mosseveno Tenk: thank you.
Lady Sumoku: /me claps
Magda Kamenev: /me cheers again!
Timothy Sootworth: yay!
Magda Kamenev: .-'`'-. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE .-'`'-.
Stereo Nacht:  `*.¸.*´ APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´
Myrtil Igaly: /me claps
Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
Jimmy Branagh: Thank you!
Liza Veliz: applauds
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me applauds
Mosseveno Tenk: /mbow
Ceejay Writer: oh wow - didn't know Piermont brought you in!
Wulfriðe Blitzen: /me claps and smiles
Dee Wells Dagger: And act as chief prosecutor
Jimmy Branagh: Great Salon!
Mosseveno Tenk: /mbow
Darlingmonster Ember: YAY!
Magda Kamenev: Thank you!
Mosseveno Tenk: no gestures, aye
Dr. Henry Jekyll: /me applauds without the use of gestures.
Joey: applauds
Mosseveno Tenk: tips will be going into the clockwork kraken meter
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me nods
Magda Kamenev: /me waves.
Ceejay Writer: Well done sir! This was so enjoyable. When I wasn't scared out of my socks
Lady Sumoku: Krakens need Giftmas too.
DJ Rock And Roll: /me applauds wildly
Joey: Got to run...but Merry Christmas to all
Myrtil Igaly: Thank you, I learnt a lot!
Mosseveno Tenk: i dont' like coca cola santa. he's creepy
Dee Wells Dagger: Yes, and high
Ceejay Writer: He's too fluffy.
Jimmy Branagh: Yeh 'ee's loike Popplefart
Timothy Sootworth: fanks mister
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: /me thinks he heard a capsule.
Dee Wells Dagger: Hehe Jimmy
Stereo Nacht: Good night Mr. Joey!
Jimmy Branagh: Oy dun loike Cloke neither
Mosseveno Tenk: that was a cool avatar joey had
Stereo Nacht: And good night Ms. Igaly!
Ceejay Writer: Merry Christmas, and/or whatever way you celebrate, and I must be off to finish writing a New Years legend, myself!
Myrtil Igaly: Good night Miss Stereo!
Dee Wells Dagger: Take care, those leaving :)
Liza Veliz: Thanks for good story adn history  telling
Jimmy Branagh: Merry Christmas, Mr. Boiler!  Merry Christmas everyone!
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Danke, Herr Boiler Elf, for another fascinating presentation.
Liza Veliz: Merry Chritmas
DJ Rock And Roll: I think the modern-day Grateful Dead wrote a song about the Coca-Cola Santa. "Driving that sleigh, high on cocaine, Santa Claus you'd better watch your speed.....", but their management team told them to change it to a song about Casey Jones.
Liza Veliz: christmas*
Mosseveno Tenk: ill be in town the rest the day if you need boiler elf to do anything
Stereo Nacht: Good night Mr. Michigan, Dr. Jekyll, Clockwinder, Mr. Branagh, Ms. Dagger, Ms. Kate, Ms. Writer, Ms. Ember, Ms. Sumoku, Ms. Bergamasco, Admiral Beaumont, Duchess Liz and everyone!
Stereo Nacht: /me curtsies
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Gute Nacht, those leaving.
Miss Kate: i always wondered what the aether salon was all about...  :)
Dr. Henry Jekyll: I myself have some business to attend to at the hospital. Thank you for the lecture, Mr. Boiler Elf.
Ceejay Writer: Good night Stereo!
Lady Sumoku: /me waves
DJ Rock And Roll: Good night to those leaving
Lady Sumoku: Merry that-mas!
Dr. Henry Jekyll: Good night, merry Christmas.
Jimmy Branagh: Noight awl!
Wulfriðe Blitzen: /me waves to those leaving
Myrtil Igaly: Good night everyone!
Wildstar Beaumont: good night everybody !
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Any more tips for our speaker?
Liz Wilner: goodnight everyone :)
Ceejay Writer: off with me!  Hope to see you all soon.
Darlingmonster Ember: /me smiles
Lady Sumoku: /me waves some more
Lady Sumoku: I think I've fed the Krakens enough for today.
Wulfriðe Blitzen: Photos of tonight's meeting will be appearing presently in the Flikr Aether group
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Heh.
Liz Wilner: /me waces to all...and relocates
Darlingmonster Ember: So glad I had time to come today.
Darlingmonster Ember: thank you all!!
Dee Wells Dagger: :)
Mosseveno Tenk: was that ok?
Dee Wells Dagger: It was excellent

AEther Salon: Clausology III (Unedited Transcript)

[2015/12/20 13:58:05]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Well, the doors are open.
[2015/12/20 13:58:07]  Myrtil Igaly: 'ello everyone!
[2015/12/20 13:58:08]  Jimmy Branagh: !
[2015/12/20 13:58:08]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): Hello, Jimmy.
[2015/12/20 13:58:09]  Darlingmonster Ember: Yes, a small flurry may have followed me in
[2015/12/20 13:58:13]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): /me waves
[2015/12/20 13:58:17]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Hallo, Herr Jimmy, Fraulein Myrtil.
[2015/12/20 13:58:23]  Miss Kate (katelynn.inglewood): hello everyone
[2015/12/20 13:58:36]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): /me waves to Myrtil and Jimmy :)
[2015/12/20 13:58:38]  Darlingmonster Ember: hullo Myrtil, Jimmy, and Kate
[2015/12/20 13:58:40]  Ceejay Writer: 'appy 'olidays all!  I'll just be standing by the horse for warmth.
[2015/12/20 13:58:47]  Elleon Bergamasco: Hoy Urchins~
[2015/12/20 13:58:52]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): /me waves to Ceejay and Miss Kate
[2015/12/20 13:58:53]  Elleon Bergamasco: Ceeejay~
[2015/12/20 13:58:55]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): Hello Myrtil, Miss Kate, Miss Ceejay.
[2015/12/20 13:58:56]  Jimmy Branagh: /me waves all around
[2015/12/20 13:59:01]  Ceejay Writer: /me grins and waves back
[2015/12/20 13:59:04]  Elleon Bergamasco: Hallooooooo
[2015/12/20 13:59:25]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas): Greetings, Ceejay, Jimmy *beams*
[2015/12/20 13:59:28]  Ceejay Writer: Elleooooooooooooooooooooon!
[2015/12/20 13:59:41]  Myrtil Igaly: straw?
[2015/12/20 13:59:41]  Elleon Bergamasco: /me cheers "great to see you! "
[2015/12/20 13:59:56]  Elleon Bergamasco: We can't miss the Boiler Elf!
[2015/12/20 14:00:02]  Myrtil Igaly: He's gonna actually make the Nativity scene?
[2015/12/20 14:00:09]  Ceejay Writer: I totally missed the Boiler Elf earlier this weekend, so maybe I will take a flying leap at his lap here.
[2015/12/20 14:00:12]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Fraulein Ceejay, excellent!
[2015/12/20 14:00:19]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas): Greetings, Myrtil *smiles*
[2015/12/20 14:00:33]  Elleon Bergamasco: /me laughs "It would be perfect for the Nativity"
[2015/12/20 14:00:34]  Ceejay Writer: Evening Baron!
[2015/12/20 14:00:34]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): ((Everyone just turned into  cloud. I think I need to relog.))
[2015/12/20 14:00:40]  Myrtil Igaly: 'ello everyone who said 'ello!
[2015/12/20 14:00:48]  Myrtil Igaly: and even those who didn't hehe
[2015/12/20 14:00:48]  Jimmy Branagh: Hallo Frau Baronin, and Baron
[2015/12/20 14:00:49]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): He should be back in just a moment.
[2015/12/20 14:00:50]  Joey (joey.aboma): Hello
[2015/12/20 14:00:54]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me sighs, hoping for Steam Santa to remember her gift
[2015/12/20 14:01:04]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Erm.. Goat?
[2015/12/20 14:01:18]  Myrtil Igaly: the Boiler Elf pinup calendar Miss DME?
[2015/12/20 14:01:23]  Fauve Aeon: sir?
[2015/12/20 14:01:26]  Elleon Bergamasco: Can Steam Santa give me the gift of time? :P
[2015/12/20 14:01:28]  Darlingmonster Ember: erm, yessssss
[2015/12/20 14:01:39]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me fans herself
[2015/12/20 14:01:41]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas): /me snickers
[2015/12/20 14:01:42]  Myrtil Igaly: I tried Miss Elleon, they didn't want
[2015/12/20 14:01:42]  Darlingmonster Ember: discreetly
[2015/12/20 14:01:48]  Myrtil Igaly: hehe
[2015/12/20 14:01:49]  Lady Sumoku: Don't ask for time, you'll get a glaring.
[2015/12/20 14:01:51]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas): "The Soot Edition"
[2015/12/20 14:01:54]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Welcome, everyone, to December's Aether Salon. We thank you for finding the time to attend, and hope you'll enjoy today's topic.
[2015/12/20 14:02:02]  Ceejay Writer: Elleon, I got that gift once and it vanished in a puff of steam
[2015/12/20 14:02:10]  Elleon Bergamasco: drats
[2015/12/20 14:02:11]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Before we begin, a few housekeeping items:
[2015/12/20 14:02:29]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 1) To ensure you can hear the speaker, stand or sit on the patterned carpet.
[2015/12/20 14:02:43]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 2) If you do not have a wearable chair and wish one, please contact me in IM.
[2015/12/20 14:02:55]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 3) Please remove all lag-feeding thingamajigs you might be wearing.
[2015/12/20 14:03:17]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 4) A tip jar is out for our speaker. Do please show your appreciation!
[2015/12/20 14:03:42]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 5) Any tips to help support the establishment will also be welcome - just click on one of the support signs or this handsome clank floating above us.
[2015/12/20 14:04:01]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 6) If you're not a member of the AEther Salon group, there are signs that will let you join up. You'll be most heartily welcome.
[2015/12/20 14:04:14]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Lady Sumoku!
[2015/12/20 14:04:17]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 7) Edited and unedited transcripts of these proceedings will be posted at aethersalon.blogspot.com.
[2015/12/20 14:04:22]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): And lastly:
[2015/12/20 14:04:36]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 8) Tea and treats are set out - help yourself!
[2015/12/20 14:04:55]  Luncheon Plate Mk 2: Have some petit fours.
[2015/12/20 14:04:55]  Elleon Bergamasco: /me applauds and eyes the treats
[2015/12/20 14:05:01]  Jimmy Branagh: An' don't stare directly inta th' Boiler Elf's oyes.  'ee'll take it as a challenge.
[2015/12/20 14:05:04]  Myrtil Igaly: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:05:16]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:05:19]  Ceejay Writer: /me dons sunglasses
[2015/12/20 14:05:22]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas): /me suddenly has a truly horrifying image of a Boiler Elf pinup calendar themed "Goggles and Giggles"
[2015/12/20 14:05:24]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:05:39]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Our speaker today almost needs no introduction. He has been visiting New Babbage annually for some time accompanying Steam Santa, and examining children's souls before they sit on the fabled lap.
[2015/12/20 14:05:46]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas): /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:05:48]  Darlingmonster Ember: grins
[2015/12/20 14:06:22]  Fauve Aeon: /me escap...erm Missed...Santa, it seems... :D
[2015/12/20 14:06:30]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): This is the third year he has been willing to break his busy schedule to discuss the origins, traditions and personages of Christmas with us. I give you the Boiler Elf.
[2015/12/20 14:06:39]  Jimmy Branagh: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:06:40]  Lady Sumoku: /me claps
[2015/12/20 14:06:41]  Fauve Aeon: YAY!
[2015/12/20 14:06:41]  Elleon Bergamasco: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:06:43]  Myrtil Igaly: Yay!!
[2015/12/20 14:06:45]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:06:46]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Magdalena Kamenev!
[2015/12/20 14:06:47]  Jimmy Branagh: Yay Boiler Elf!
[2015/12/20 14:06:49]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): /me shudders
[2015/12/20 14:06:49]  Ceejay Writer: YAY!
[2015/12/20 14:06:50]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:06:52]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): /me claps
[2015/12/20 14:06:57]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas): /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:06:57]  Mosseveno Tenk: look at all those naughty children out there!
[2015/12/20 14:07:06]  Timothy Sootworth (timothysootworth): ooo
[2015/12/20 14:07:07]  Mosseveno Tenk: i'm going to have so much fun with you when you get to the pole
[2015/12/20 14:07:08]  Jimmy Branagh: /me turns around and looks
[2015/12/20 14:07:08]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): /me cheers!
[2015/12/20 14:07:09]  Fauve Aeon: where???
[2015/12/20 14:07:10]  Elleon Bergamasco: /me hides behind Jimmy
[2015/12/20 14:07:16]  Myrtil Igaly: Awww he's got a tiny pet rat with a Santa hat!
[2015/12/20 14:07:18]  Mosseveno Tenk: Merry Christmas!
[2015/12/20 14:07:24]  Mosseveno Tenk: /me puts his hand to his ear
[2015/12/20 14:07:27]  Jimmy Branagh: Merry Christmas!
[2015/12/20 14:07:28]  Elleon Bergamasco: Merry Christmas!
[2015/12/20 14:07:36]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): Merry Christmas!
[2015/12/20 14:07:36]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): /me raises an eyebrow, like he thinks the boiler elf looks like someone else.
[2015/12/20 14:07:37]  Joey (joey.aboma): rat=\
[2015/12/20 14:07:38]  Mosseveno Tenk: oh com on now, we do this every year
[2015/12/20 14:07:38]  Lady Sumoku: Mumble That-mas!
[2015/12/20 14:07:39]  Joey (joey.aboma): =
[2015/12/20 14:07:53]  Joey (joey.aboma): yummm
[2015/12/20 14:07:53]  Mosseveno Tenk: all christians this year? i sort of doubt that....
[2015/12/20 14:07:54]  Fauve Aeon: Happy Merrymas!
[2015/12/20 14:07:54]  Ceejay Writer: /me whispers, 'he comes from a large family I think'
[2015/12/20 14:08:01]  Mosseveno Tenk: let's try again...
[2015/12/20 14:08:07]  Mosseveno Tenk: Merry Christmas!
[2015/12/20 14:08:10]  Jimmy Branagh: shouts: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
[2015/12/20 14:08:10]  Garth Goode: /me thinks, "No one wil see past my disguise, bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
[2015/12/20 14:08:15]  Lady Sumoku: Merry Christmas!
[2015/12/20 14:08:16]  Myrtil Igaly: Joyeux Noël!
[2015/12/20 14:08:18]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): Merry Christmas!
[2015/12/20 14:08:21]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Merry Christmas!
[2015/12/20 14:08:22]  Timothy Sootworth (timothysootworth): merrycristmas
[2015/12/20 14:08:24]  Fauve Aeon: God Jul
[2015/12/20 14:08:28]  Ceejay Writer: HAPPY COAL WEEK!
[2015/12/20 14:08:36]  Elleon Bergamasco: Merry Christmas! Mele Kaliki Maka!
[2015/12/20 14:08:39]  Mosseveno Tenk: I like a sincere greeting,
[2015/12/20 14:08:58]  Mosseveno Tenk: as almost evrey culture has a celebration near the solstice, i would expect to hear the one you celebrate!
[2015/12/20 14:09:06]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me flutters her eyelashes at Boiler Elf
[2015/12/20 14:09:06]  Mosseveno Tenk: so
[2015/12/20 14:09:22]  Mosseveno Tenk: i looked over last years transcript to try and remebe what we were talking about
[2015/12/20 14:09:31]  Mosseveno Tenk: i believe we left off in scandinavia
[2015/12/20 14:09:38]  Mosseveno Tenk: so here's a little cartoon to get you in the mood
[2015/12/20 14:09:47]  Mosseveno Tenk: http://satwcomic.com/christmas-traditions
[2015/12/20 14:09:52]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): /me wonders if she missed Spain's miraculous ... er, log.
[2015/12/20 14:10:16]  Wildstar Beaumont: /me waves silently
[2015/12/20 14:10:24]  Ceejay Writer: Muahahaha
[2015/12/20 14:10:24]  Myrtil Igaly: hehehe
[2015/12/20 14:10:30]  Darlingmonster Ember: giggles
[2015/12/20 14:10:32]  Jimmy Branagh: /me laughs
[2015/12/20 14:10:36]  Mosseveno Tenk: last year we talke about some of the more unusual characters, and miss kameneve was kind enough to educate me on the spanish 'shitting man' that we were looking at
[2015/12/20 14:10:41]  Mosseveno Tenk: i'll show you a picture
[2015/12/20 14:10:47]  Timothy Sootworth (timothysootworth): /me giggles
[2015/12/20 14:10:51]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): 0.O
[2015/12/20 14:10:52]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): /me looks over the comic. "EH heh heh... Interesting."
[2015/12/20 14:11:05]  Garth Goode: ha
[2015/12/20 14:11:12]  Mosseveno Tenk: what is his proper name, miss K?
[2015/12/20 14:11:28]  Mosseveno Tenk: if you don't belive this, please google image it
[2015/12/20 14:11:33]  Ceejay Writer: Looks delicious. Yes, delicious is the word I am thinking of
[2015/12/20 14:11:43]  Mosseveno Tenk: now he is a nativity character. the story is thus:
[2015/12/20 14:11:46]  Myrtil Igaly: it really looks like a log
[2015/12/20 14:11:51]  Mosseveno Tenk: while at the nativity, he had to relieve himself
[2015/12/20 14:11:57]  Mosseveno Tenk: so he did, in a corner of the manger
[2015/12/20 14:12:04]  Mosseveno Tenk: and baby Jesus smiled at him
[2015/12/20 14:12:14]  Mosseveno Tenk: and his feces turned to candy fudge
[2015/12/20 14:12:16]  Ceejay Writer: (that wasn' a smile, it was gas)
[2015/12/20 14:12:22]  Mosseveno Tenk: and it seems that this was a lifelong condition
[2015/12/20 14:12:24]  Fauve Aeon: whispers: ewww
[2015/12/20 14:12:32]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): I did try to forget this story, and he opens with it -.-
[2015/12/20 14:12:34]  Mosseveno Tenk: for the rest of his life, when children saw him
[2015/12/20 14:12:46]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me takes furious notes
[2015/12/20 14:12:49]  Mosseveno Tenk: they would chase him down and beat him with sticks to make him number two
[2015/12/20 14:12:58]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me nosepinches
[2015/12/20 14:13:02]  Mosseveno Tenk: and he didn't seem to have a problem wtih this, beucase it made the children happy
[2015/12/20 14:13:06]  Liz Wilner: goodness
[2015/12/20 14:13:10]  Myrtil Igaly: Awwww!
[2015/12/20 14:13:11]  Jimmy Branagh: What happened when a fake Shitting Man showed up?
[2015/12/20 14:13:13]  Lady Sumoku: Now that's what I call Christmas.
[2015/12/20 14:13:20]  Mosseveno Tenk: so when it came time for him to pass on, he met with sait peter at the gates of heaven
[2015/12/20 14:13:21]  Fauve Aeon: /me giggles
[2015/12/20 14:13:27]  Mosseveno Tenk: and asked if there was a way he could stay
[2015/12/20 14:13:27]  Joey (joey.aboma): Is dat why lil kids are often terds?
[2015/12/20 14:13:34]  Mosseveno Tenk: so he was transformed into ... A LOG!
[2015/12/20 14:13:45]  Fauve Aeon: Yul log?
[2015/12/20 14:13:47]  Lady Sumoku: Everyone loves LOG.
[2015/12/20 14:13:47]  Jimmy Branagh: /me chuckles
[2015/12/20 14:13:48]  Mosseveno Tenk: which is how we know him today. the spanish christmas log
[2015/12/20 14:13:54]  Jimmy Branagh: LOG is fab
[2015/12/20 14:14:02]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): /me tries to smile, even though he clearly seemed a bit fightened. "....Charming tale."
[2015/12/20 14:14:03]  Mosseveno Tenk: and as you see, he still make delicious candy when you beat him with a stick
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[2015/12/20 14:14:10]  Ceejay Writer: Its big its heavy THATS NOT WOOD
[2015/12/20 14:14:17]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): /me decides to go with the pie
[2015/12/20 14:14:17]  Myrtil Igaly: Yes it does look yummy
[2015/12/20 14:14:18]  Lady Sumoku: /me laughs.
[2015/12/20 14:14:35]  Lady Sumoku: It's better than naughty, it's nice!
[2015/12/20 14:14:37]  Mosseveno Tenk: so there it is. his name is uncle christmas, or somethign to that effect
[2015/12/20 14:14:37]  Elleon Bergamasco: this is SO wrong!
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[2015/12/20 14:14:49]  Ceejay Writer: I love awful traditions
[2015/12/20 14:14:53]  Stereo Nacht: /me waves quietly
[2015/12/20 14:15:02]  Mosseveno Tenk: and i think when you go visit santa in the mall in spain, the exit slide is often out a giant rear end
[2015/12/20 14:15:03]  Fauve Aeon: /me will brb
[2015/12/20 14:15:04]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas): /me smiles at Liz
[2015/12/20 14:15:10]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): /me claps!
[2015/12/20 14:15:13]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Eeeewwww
[2015/12/20 14:15:15]  Jimmy Branagh: /me chuckles
[2015/12/20 14:15:18]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:15:18]  Mosseveno Tenk: did i get that right Mags?
[2015/12/20 14:15:18]  Liz Wilner: /me smiles back at Zanta
[2015/12/20 14:15:24]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): I believe so!
[2015/12/20 14:15:35]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Stereo Nacht!
[2015/12/20 14:15:36]  Ceejay Writer: I need to find some Mexican sims in SL and see what's up
[2015/12/20 14:15:44]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): But I defer to your expert wisdom in all matter Nöel.
[2015/12/20 14:16:21]  Mosseveno Tenk: another character that got passed over was from france. where we have 'Pere Noel'
[2015/12/20 14:16:28]  Myrtil Igaly: Yay!!
[2015/12/20 14:16:30]  Mosseveno Tenk: here he is from an antique postcard
[2015/12/20 14:16:49]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): Oh, isn't that France's awnser to St. Nicholas?
[2015/12/20 14:17:15]  Mosseveno Tenk: now we talked about the 'followers' of nicholas, often pagan creatures that had been tamed by nicholas and were allowed to roam for a brief time to scare children during the midwinter season
[2015/12/20 14:17:30]  Mosseveno Tenk: now pere noel, to me, has the most disturbing follower of them all.
[2015/12/20 14:17:45]  Joey (joey.aboma): Scaring kids...now we talking fun
[2015/12/20 14:17:49]  Mosseveno Tenk: and his name is pere fouettard
[2015/12/20 14:18:10]  Mosseveno Tenk: which i believe translates to 'whipping man', is that right, myrtil?
[2015/12/20 14:18:15]  Myrtil Igaly: yup
[2015/12/20 14:18:16]  Ceejay Writer: eeek!
[2015/12/20 14:18:22]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me shivers
[2015/12/20 14:18:23]  Jimmy Branagh: He looks like Saruman
[2015/12/20 14:18:23]  Myrtil Igaly: Father Whipper
[2015/12/20 14:18:24]  Elleon Bergamasco: ouch
[2015/12/20 14:18:32]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): ... Wait, so he kept another man as a pet?
[2015/12/20 14:18:44]  Mosseveno Tenk: now as you may expect from the french, this is a gastronomic tale
[2015/12/20 14:18:44]  Elleon Bergamasco: Father Whipper... Whipper snapper?
[2015/12/20 14:18:57]  Joey (joey.aboma): Doesnt eveyone?
[2015/12/20 14:18:57]  Mosseveno Tenk: fouettard was ....
[2015/12/20 14:18:59]  Mosseveno Tenk: a butcher
[2015/12/20 14:19:04]  Mosseveno Tenk: him, or his wife
[2015/12/20 14:19:09]  Mosseveno Tenk: lured three boys into the shop
[2015/12/20 14:19:16]  Ceejay Writer: /me cries
[2015/12/20 14:19:18]  Darlingmonster Ember: oh no
[2015/12/20 14:19:18]  Mosseveno Tenk: where he slaughtered, dressed, and salted them
[2015/12/20 14:19:20]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): 0.O
[2015/12/20 14:19:22]  Mosseveno Tenk: but
[2015/12/20 14:19:23]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): .....
[2015/12/20 14:19:25]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me faints
[2015/12/20 14:19:25]  Joey (joey.aboma): /me puts paws over ears
[2015/12/20 14:19:32]  Mosseveno Tenk: then saint nicholas just happened by
[2015/12/20 14:19:39]  Mosseveno Tenk: he resurrected the boys
[2015/12/20 14:19:42]  Joey (joey.aboma): yeah
[2015/12/20 14:19:57]  Mosseveno Tenk: and fouetard, in penance, now is one of the dark followers of nicholas
[2015/12/20 14:19:59]  Ceejay Writer: Did the boys get therapy? Cause... memories, like the corners of my mind
[2015/12/20 14:20:00]  Elleon Bergamasco: Best result!
[2015/12/20 14:20:02]  Lady Sumoku: I hope that includes redress and unsalting.
[2015/12/20 14:20:04]  Mosseveno Tenk: /me shakes it off
[2015/12/20 14:20:14]  Jimmy Branagh: After thet, they wos known as The Salty Boys
[2015/12/20 14:20:16]  Myrtil Igaly: oh the boys were happy, they felt as if they just had a good sleep and dreamed
[2015/12/20 14:20:24]  Ceejay Writer: whew
[2015/12/20 14:20:29]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): ... Erm.
[2015/12/20 14:20:30]  Mosseveno Tenk: and there's the rest of the story. thank you miss myrtil
[2015/12/20 14:20:40]  Myrtil Igaly: You're welcome!
[2015/12/20 14:20:50]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me suddenly decides to pick up smoking again
[2015/12/20 14:20:51]  Mosseveno Tenk: /me changes pictures
[2015/12/20 14:21:29]  Mosseveno Tenk: now we left off in scandinavia, where mr. holmes was telling us how sixth graders got to dress up like nuttipukki and go scare the kindergarten class
[2015/12/20 14:21:40]  Mosseveno Tenk: which means finland is an awesome place to grow up
[2015/12/20 14:21:49]  Darlingmonster Ember: charming!
[2015/12/20 14:21:51]  Jimmy Branagh: SOunds like it
[2015/12/20 14:21:59]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me chuckles
[2015/12/20 14:22:13]  Mosseveno Tenk: and here we have an antique postcard showing the christmas goat, scaring little kids at home
[2015/12/20 14:22:14]  Myrtil Igaly: Look how the parents look happy in the background
[2015/12/20 14:22:15]  Lady Sumoku: /me wonders what the High Schoolers do to the sixth graders.
[2015/12/20 14:22:25]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): That... is disturbing.
[2015/12/20 14:22:25]  Joey (joey.aboma): Glad to see somestill remember the true meanie of Chrsitmas
[2015/12/20 14:22:29]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Hehe Myrtil
[2015/12/20 14:22:38]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): /me snorts.
[2015/12/20 14:22:42]  Mosseveno Tenk: the yule goat in scandinavia is a very ancient character, going back to prechristian times,
[2015/12/20 14:22:56]  Fauve Aeon: whispers: sper {{goat}}
[2015/12/20 14:23:02]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): Hang on, does that goat have human legs?
[2015/12/20 14:23:04]  Mosseveno Tenk: which remeber, wasn't as long ago as other places, as finland wasnt' christenized utnil the 14th centry
[2015/12/20 14:23:18]  Mosseveno Tenk: we're not quite sure how it ties in
[2015/12/20 14:23:37]  Joey (joey.aboma): Don't that just get your goat?
[2015/12/20 14:23:48]  Mosseveno Tenk: in ancient times, the last sheaf of grain harvested was set aside because it had magical properties. it was called the 'julbocken'
[2015/12/20 14:23:52]  Mosseveno Tenk: or yule goat
[2015/12/20 14:24:08]  Darlingmonster Ember: The Yule Goat is not that old, nor does he have his own pinup calendar....
[2015/12/20 14:24:14]  Mosseveno Tenk: the straw goat, here, which is still made to this day for the holidays
[2015/12/20 14:24:32]  Joey (joey.aboma): oooooo pinup goats (licks chops)
[2015/12/20 14:24:38]  Fauve Aeon: /me frowns
[2015/12/20 14:24:45]  Lady Sumoku: Aww cute
[2015/12/20 14:24:46]  Mosseveno Tenk: we know thor drove a cart pulled by 2 goats, but its conjecture to point to that as an origin
[2015/12/20 14:25:00]  Lady Sumoku: Thor had class.
[2015/12/20 14:25:05]  Mosseveno Tenk: now the yule goat, like krampus, or theotehr followers,
[2015/12/20 14:25:09]  Joey (joey.aboma): Thor = Santa??
[2015/12/20 14:25:13]  Joey (joey.aboma): nnahhhh
[2015/12/20 14:25:14]  Mosseveno Tenk: was a street mummer show
[2015/12/20 14:25:24]  Mosseveno Tenk: orignally, the goat would demand gifts
[2015/12/20 14:25:39]  Mosseveno Tenk: somehow this changed in the late 18th and early 19th century
[2015/12/20 14:25:46]  Mosseveno Tenk: when the goat became the gift giver
[2015/12/20 14:25:56]  Fauve Aeon: O.o
[2015/12/20 14:25:59]  Fauve Aeon: nuuuu
[2015/12/20 14:26:01]  Lady Sumoku: Now that is just wrong.
[2015/12/20 14:26:10]  Mosseveno Tenk: i'll show you another antique postcard
[2015/12/20 14:26:21]  Mosseveno Tenk: here the goat is bringing gifts, rather than scaring the kids
[2015/12/20 14:26:27]  Joey (joey.aboma): Extortion maybe?
[2015/12/20 14:26:29]  Mosseveno Tenk: and the kids don't seem frightened of him anymore
[2015/12/20 14:26:36]  Myrtil Igaly: ummmm
[2015/12/20 14:26:38]  Joey (joey.aboma): Kids got the goat on him
[2015/12/20 14:26:50]  Elleon Bergamasco: perhaps he's wearing pajamas..
[2015/12/20 14:27:05]  Mosseveno Tenk: the goat in the 20th century passed his name, as the giftgiver, onto their national versions of Santa Claus
[2015/12/20 14:27:07]  Lady Sumoku: They seem surrounded by goats.
[2015/12/20 14:27:15]  Mosseveno Tenk: Jultomte in Sweden
[2015/12/20 14:27:17]  Joey (joey.aboma): Probably mom and dad dressing up as goats
[2015/12/20 14:27:21]  Mosseveno Tenk: julnisse in norway and denmark
[2015/12/20 14:27:29]  Mosseveno Tenk: and joulupukki in finland
[2015/12/20 14:27:30]  Jimmy Branagh: /me scribbles
[2015/12/20 14:27:35]  Mosseveno Tenk: all which mean 'yule goat'
[2015/12/20 14:27:49]  Mosseveno Tenk: well, that wraps my my series
[2015/12/20 14:28:00]  Joey (joey.aboma): Very nice history
[2015/12/20 14:28:03]  Mosseveno Tenk: i believe i have covered ALL of the christmas characters
[2015/12/20 14:28:05]  Fauve Aeon: YAY!
[2015/12/20 14:28:11]  Mosseveno Tenk: yes, all of thme. that's right. i have
[2015/12/20 14:28:11]  Darlingmonster Ember: YAY!
[2015/12/20 14:28:16]  Ceejay Writer: Yule goat very far with your knowledge of holiday lore, sir.
[2015/12/20 14:28:16]  Elleon Bergamasco: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:28:17]  Mosseveno Tenk: /me waits for it....
[2015/12/20 14:28:20]  Darlingmonster Ember: but...
[2015/12/20 14:28:20]  Mosseveno Tenk: /me looks around
[2015/12/20 14:28:22]  Myrtil Igaly: What about the Boiler Elf?
[2015/12/20 14:28:23]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Ummmm
[2015/12/20 14:28:25]  Lady Sumoku: /me holds her breath.
[2015/12/20 14:28:27]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Yeah
[2015/12/20 14:28:28]  Joey (joey.aboma): Makes me hungry for a leg of lamb now
[2015/12/20 14:28:30]  Jimmy Branagh: I missed the first two.  Glad I could make this one
[2015/12/20 14:28:36]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): Hm. It seems I've missed the first two as well.
[2015/12/20 14:28:37]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me smiles
[2015/12/20 14:28:38]  Joey (joey.aboma): with the mint jelly
[2015/12/20 14:28:49]  Lady Sumoku: /me turns slightly blue.
[2015/12/20 14:29:02]  Darlingmonster Ember: Yes...the story of Boiler Elf, please
[2015/12/20 14:29:05]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): What about the elves??
[2015/12/20 14:29:10]  Mosseveno Tenk: what?
[2015/12/20 14:29:19]  Mosseveno Tenk: what about the elves?
[2015/12/20 14:29:20]  Timothy Sootworth (timothysootworth): do we get presents?
[2015/12/20 14:29:26]  Mosseveno Tenk: well, what about them?
[2015/12/20 14:29:28]  Ceejay Writer: They previous transcripts should be at the website.
[2015/12/20 14:29:28]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Fauve Aeon!
[2015/12/20 14:29:32]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Wildstar Beaumont!
[2015/12/20 14:29:37]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Indeed they are.
[2015/12/20 14:29:37]  Mosseveno Tenk: ah, i've been caught. I'm not done
[2015/12/20 14:29:38]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Darlingmonster Ember!
[2015/12/20 14:29:39]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Yes, what about them? Come on
[2015/12/20 14:29:40]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, TimothySootworth Resident!
[2015/12/20 14:29:45]  Mosseveno Tenk: there is one character i have been ignoring
[2015/12/20 14:29:54]  Ceejay Writer: Oh really?
[2015/12/20 14:29:57]  Mosseveno Tenk: and it stands before you like a gorilla in the room
[2015/12/20 14:30:01]  Lady Sumoku: /me lets out her breath with a gasp.
[2015/12/20 14:30:03]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me settles back
[2015/12/20 14:30:05]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): Yourself?
[2015/12/20 14:30:11]  Joey (joey.aboma): Gorilla???? where???
[2015/12/20 14:30:12]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me coughs
[2015/12/20 14:30:12]  Timothy Sootworth (timothysootworth): grilla?
[2015/12/20 14:30:19]  Wildstar Beaumont: Mr Biggins ?
[2015/12/20 14:30:20]  Lady Sumoku: The Yule Gorilla.
[2015/12/20 14:30:21]  Jimmy Branagh: Hmmmmm
[2015/12/20 14:30:23]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Ancasta Resident!
[2015/12/20 14:30:24]  Joey (joey.aboma): lemme at em
[2015/12/20 14:30:28]  Ceejay Writer: /me grins in satisfaction.
[2015/12/20 14:30:39]  Lady Sumoku: Or Jebus.
[2015/12/20 14:30:39]  Jimmy Branagh: The Christmas Tiger?
[2015/12/20 14:30:47]  Mosseveno Tenk: ah ys, i've been avoiding this since 2007
[2015/12/20 14:30:55]  Mosseveno Tenk: the elves. yes
[2015/12/20 14:30:58]  Myrtil Igaly: Yay!!
[2015/12/20 14:31:11]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Patty Gummibaum!
[2015/12/20 14:31:13]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me raises an intrigued eyebrow and waits
[2015/12/20 14:31:25]  Mosseveno Tenk: remeber i asked you to imagine western europe like a bowl, wtih a drain at the bottom located at Rome
[2015/12/20 14:31:56]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me tries to do the math of Rome draining Europe
[2015/12/20 14:32:02]  Mosseveno Tenk: and the bowl is filling up, romanizing, or christenizing, whichever way you want to look at it, the whole of europe, and flushing out the native cultures
[2015/12/20 14:32:03]  Ceejay Writer: does that drain counter or clockwise?
[2015/12/20 14:32:19]  Mosseveno Tenk: so wehn we looked for our christmas monsters, we looked at the fringes, like scandinavia
[2015/12/20 14:32:30]  Mosseveno Tenk: and up in the mountains, like the alps and the pyrenees
[2015/12/20 14:32:33]  Mosseveno Tenk: but
[2015/12/20 14:32:40]  Mosseveno Tenk: there's one character that survived intact
[2015/12/20 14:32:52]  Mosseveno Tenk: he was not tamed by nicholas, per se
[2015/12/20 14:33:00]  Mosseveno Tenk: nor was he christenized
[2015/12/20 14:33:09]  Mosseveno Tenk: and that is, the elves. the short elves.
[2015/12/20 14:33:15]  Joey (joey.aboma): The Abominable Snowman?
[2015/12/20 14:33:36]  Lady Sumoku: The Danny Elf-man?
[2015/12/20 14:33:39]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): The short bus elves?
[2015/12/20 14:33:40]  Mosseveno Tenk: these characters are so overlooked, that if you walk into an otherkin forum portraying yourself as one, they will laugh you out, or think you are trying to make fun of them
[2015/12/20 14:33:45]  Mosseveno Tenk: short bus elves, yes
[2015/12/20 14:33:53]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Good Lord
[2015/12/20 14:33:59]  Mosseveno Tenk: you can google image their names if you don't believe me
[2015/12/20 14:33:59]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me snorts
[2015/12/20 14:34:11]  Mosseveno Tenk: in finland, he is tontu
[2015/12/20 14:34:16]  Mosseveno Tenk: in sweden, tomte
[2015/12/20 14:34:34]  Jimmy Branagh: Ahhhhhhh
[2015/12/20 14:34:37]  Mosseveno Tenk: norway and denmark have the nisse, in barns, in norway, and in attics, in the more urban denmark
[2015/12/20 14:34:43]  Mosseveno Tenk: in scotland, the brownie
[2015/12/20 14:34:46]  Mosseveno Tenk: in england, the hob
[2015/12/20 14:35:01]  Mosseveno Tenk: in ireland, the old man that sleeps under the roof beam
[2015/12/20 14:35:10]  Mosseveno Tenk: france has lutins living in the basement
[2015/12/20 14:35:12]  Timothy Sootworth (timothysootworth): thas a long name
[2015/12/20 14:35:22]  Mosseveno Tenk: the dutch call them kabouter
[2015/12/20 14:35:47]  Mosseveno Tenk: the germans were so intimate with them that some of their names were preserved,  like King Goldemar of Castel Hardenstein
[2015/12/20 14:36:00]  Ceejay Writer: Sensing a Nightvalian theme
[2015/12/20 14:36:02]  Myrtil Igaly: that's an elf?
[2015/12/20 14:36:04]  Mosseveno Tenk: or Hödekin of Hidlesheim, who wore his hate down low on his eyes
[2015/12/20 14:36:24]  Mosseveno Tenk: the germans called them gnomes or kobolds
[2015/12/20 14:36:35]  Mosseveno Tenk: if they lived on a ship, they were called klaboutermann
[2015/12/20 14:36:36]  Ceejay Writer: Kobolds I've heard of
[2015/12/20 14:36:47]  Mosseveno Tenk: and in Cologne, the heinzelmann
[2015/12/20 14:36:56]  Mosseveno Tenk: to which there is a monument to them this very day
[2015/12/20 14:37:15]  Mosseveno Tenk: the colners were lazy folk, as the heinzelmanner did all the work
[2015/12/20 14:37:33]  Mosseveno Tenk: until one day the bakers wife wanted to see what they looked like, and spread dried peas on the steps
[2015/12/20 14:37:46]  Mosseveno Tenk: they triped on them, waking her,, and she took her lantern up to see
[2015/12/20 14:38:05]  Mosseveno Tenk: and that was the last anyone ever saw of them. now people in cologne must do their own housework
[2015/12/20 14:38:20]  Mosseveno Tenk: in the slavic east, they are the domovoi
[2015/12/20 14:38:27]  Ceejay Writer: She vanished, but a lovely pot of split pea soup was found on the stove
[2015/12/20 14:38:36]  Mosseveno Tenk: they were known to anglo saxons as the cofgodas, or king of hte room
[2015/12/20 14:38:49]  Mosseveno Tenk: ancient rome had the lares which protected the hearth
[2015/12/20 14:39:00]  Mosseveno Tenk: and back to greece, the more mischievious kobolos
[2015/12/20 14:39:14]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): The Lares, eh?
[2015/12/20 14:39:21]  Joey (joey.aboma): Wonders why Italy picked a witch to celebrate the holidays
[2015/12/20 14:39:24]  Mosseveno Tenk: and i will make a strong arguement for the egyptian god Bes, as aslo one of us
[2015/12/20 14:39:39]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Wow
[2015/12/20 14:39:46]  Mosseveno Tenk: yes, the lares. you will see them portrayed as miniature adults, as is towards the roman artistic ethic of beauty
[2015/12/20 14:39:47]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Intriguing
[2015/12/20 14:39:54]  Ceejay Writer: Interesting notion! *scribbles*  I'd like to look at Bes in such light
[2015/12/20 14:40:05]  Mosseveno Tenk: in all cases except rome, they are descripted as short, around 2 foot
[2015/12/20 14:40:10]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Myrtil Igaly!
[2015/12/20 14:40:12]  Mosseveno Tenk: and very ugly
[2015/12/20 14:40:33]  Mosseveno Tenk: these survived the onslaught of roman christianity
[2015/12/20 14:40:38]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): Now... What do these creatures have to do with Christmas, then?
[2015/12/20 14:40:54]  Joey (joey.aboma): they were all made into a fruit cake?
[2015/12/20 14:41:02]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me chuckles
[2015/12/20 14:41:15]  Mosseveno Tenk: but maybe not enitriely, for farmers would accuse their neighbors of harboring a brownie if they thought he was getting a little too prosperous, and complain to the priest
[2015/12/20 14:41:38]  Ceejay Writer: brownies are pests
[2015/12/20 14:41:48]  Mosseveno Tenk: and when the scandinavians came to america in teh mid 19th centuyr, the elves came with them
[2015/12/20 14:42:01]  Mosseveno Tenk: now mr hyde asks how do we get from there to the north pole?
[2015/12/20 14:42:08]  Stereo Nacht: Brownies are nummy! ;-)
[2015/12/20 14:42:09]  Mosseveno Tenk: i'm glad you asked!
[2015/12/20 14:42:16]  Mosseveno Tenk: watch it, nacht.....
[2015/12/20 14:42:19]  Stereo Nacht: (Maybe not the same kind, mind you!)
[2015/12/20 14:42:20]  Mosseveno Tenk: i'll bring out the nutcracker
[2015/12/20 14:42:27]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me chuckles
[2015/12/20 14:42:39]  Mosseveno Tenk: now santa as we know him is approaching his 200th birthday
[2015/12/20 14:42:55]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): Wha?
[2015/12/20 14:42:55]  Ceejay Writer: Still looking very spry
[2015/12/20 14:42:56]  Mosseveno Tenk: in 1822, he got assoicated with reindeeer, which pushed him north
[2015/12/20 14:43:05]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): Oh no, not you too.
[2015/12/20 14:43:09]  Mosseveno Tenk: 1822 being when 'the night before christmas' was published
[2015/12/20 14:43:23]  Mosseveno Tenk: but the elves don't show up until 1850
[2015/12/20 14:43:42]  Mosseveno Tenk: in a an unpublished poem or novel called the christmas elves
[2015/12/20 14:43:48]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): He hadn't got around anti-slavery laws until then
[2015/12/20 14:43:48]  Mosseveno Tenk: by lousia may alcott
[2015/12/20 14:43:55]  Ceejay Writer: Practically a modern tale for New Babbage
[2015/12/20 14:44:01]  Mosseveno Tenk: that was before 'little women'
[2015/12/20 14:44:16]  Mosseveno Tenk: the next sighting was in 1857
[2015/12/20 14:44:22]  Mosseveno Tenk: in Harper's Weekly
[2015/12/20 14:44:45]  Mosseveno Tenk: wthe poem was called 'the wonders of santa claus' and it should google.
[2015/12/20 14:44:52]  Mosseveno Tenk: let me set up some images
[2015/12/20 14:45:51]  Mosseveno Tenk: if you look closely, you can see the first ever image of a christmas elf
[2015/12/20 14:46:07]  Ceejay Writer: At the very top?
[2015/12/20 14:46:08]  Mosseveno Tenk: from these harpers weekly images from 1857
[2015/12/20 14:46:23]  Mosseveno Tenk: to quote
[2015/12/20 14:46:25]  Mosseveno Tenk: In his house upon the top of a hill / And almost out of sight / He keeps a great many elves at work/ All working with all their might.
[2015/12/20 14:46:48]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Heartless old bugger
[2015/12/20 14:47:01]  Mosseveno Tenk: i'll light up the pictures
[2015/12/20 14:47:11]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Where was the elf union?
[2015/12/20 14:47:17]  Myrtil Igaly: he's kind of like old Popplefot and the elves are us urchins in the workhouse
[2015/12/20 14:47:17]  Lady Sumoku: It's a Festivus miracle!
[2015/12/20 14:47:20]  Fauve Aeon: aw, they are cute, look at the little hats...
[2015/12/20 14:47:22]  Mosseveno Tenk: so they lived in an 'astonishing castle' on top a hill
[2015/12/20 14:47:47]  Mosseveno Tenk: yes, the red hat, carried over from the traditional little people, who tended to dress in scarlet and grey
[2015/12/20 14:48:25]  Mosseveno Tenk: the next elf sighting is in 1873, on the december issue of Godey's Lady's Book, which i dived into the archives and found for you after the ball last night
[2015/12/20 14:48:34]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Nicely preserved images
[2015/12/20 14:48:55]  Mosseveno Tenk: complete with library stamp
[2015/12/20 14:49:06]  Mosseveno Tenk: the first image of santa's workshop
[2015/12/20 14:49:10]  Myrtil Igaly: Ooooh
[2015/12/20 14:49:13]  Mosseveno Tenk: so the legend is growing
[2015/12/20 14:49:13]  Darlingmonster Ember: :D
[2015/12/20 14:49:21]  Ceejay Writer: So elves exist because of the social media of the day.
[2015/12/20 14:49:23]  Myrtil Igaly: there's one stealing from his pocket
[2015/12/20 14:49:23]  Mosseveno Tenk: a tales that takes on more detail every time it is told
[2015/12/20 14:49:41]  Mosseveno Tenk: much fo the lore was told without words, by magazine illustrators
[2015/12/20 14:49:51]  Darlingmonster Ember: nice
[2015/12/20 14:49:56]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Wow
[2015/12/20 14:50:11]  Mosseveno Tenk: here in 1922, Norman Rockwell had a go at them
[2015/12/20 14:50:22]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Ah, yes
[2015/12/20 14:50:28]  Mosseveno Tenk: and once norman rockwell paints you, you've gone into the canon, i would think
[2015/12/20 14:50:41]  Lady Sumoku: /me nods.
[2015/12/20 14:50:41]  Mosseveno Tenk: now notice this is all american work. surprising, eh?
[2015/12/20 14:51:06]  Mosseveno Tenk: later in the century, in the coca cola ads
[2015/12/20 14:51:17]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Santa looks haggard
[2015/12/20 14:51:25]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Americans are sentimentalists.
[2015/12/20 14:51:29]  Timothy Sootworth (timothysootworth): ee looks drunk
[2015/12/20 14:51:38]  Mosseveno Tenk: and into our own memories, by rankin bass christmas specials of 1962
[2015/12/20 14:51:43]  Ceejay Writer: Our Santas elves are much newer than I ever realized.
[2015/12/20 14:51:52]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): /me nods...
[2015/12/20 14:51:53]  DJ Rock And Roll (rockandroll.michigan): Drunk? No, but deep into the final run-up to Christmas Eve, and working very hard!
[2015/12/20 14:52:03]  Mosseveno Tenk: and i love the movie Elf, becuase they went to this image... suggesting that the pole changes with our memory of it
[2015/12/20 14:52:11]  Jimmy Branagh: You'd look haggard too if you visited 5 billion chimneys
[2015/12/20 14:52:19]  Jimmy Branagh: In 24 hrs.
[2015/12/20 14:52:22]  Mosseveno Tenk: now i never noticed before, but hermie there has round ears. i dont' think he was really an elf
[2015/12/20 14:52:24]  Timothy Sootworth (timothysootworth): /me giggles
[2015/12/20 14:52:26]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): The one drinking coke is smiling because of the main ingredient back then
[2015/12/20 14:52:27]  Lady Sumoku: I'd be haggard after one.
[2015/12/20 14:52:43]  Mosseveno Tenk: and that, i believe, is where the elves came from.
[2015/12/20 14:52:53]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): /me cheers!
[2015/12/20 14:52:53]  Darlingmonster Ember: woo hoo
[2015/12/20 14:52:56]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:53:01]  Mosseveno Tenk: which even i didn't know until last night. these little buggers are very hard to find information on
[2015/12/20 14:53:03]  Stereo Nacht:  `*.¸.*´ APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´
[2015/12/20 14:53:05]  Myrtil Igaly: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:53:06]  Elleon Bergamasco: /me cheers!
[2015/12/20 14:53:08]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Excellent
[2015/12/20 14:53:10]  Jimmy Branagh: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:53:12]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): /me Applauds
[2015/12/20 14:53:13]  Lady Sumoku: Sneaky little things.
[2015/12/20 14:53:14]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:53:17]  Ceejay Writer: He know the true meaning of Coca
[2015/12/20 14:53:18]  Max Islay: so the original santa was a drugged delusional man? :P
[2015/12/20 14:53:23]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Very well done, Mr Boiler Elf
[2015/12/20 14:53:29]  Lady Sumoku: /me claps
[2015/12/20 14:53:31]  Mosseveno Tenk: i encourage you to google image the names i said, and make your own mind up on whether my hypothesis is correct or not
[2015/12/20 14:53:34]  Jimmy Branagh: Great presentation!
[2015/12/20 14:53:34]  Elleon Bergamasco: Barvo!
[2015/12/20 14:53:44]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Jimmy Branagh!
[2015/12/20 14:53:49]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): /me looks bemused, but applauds anyway.
[2015/12/20 14:54:03]  Mosseveno Tenk: and for a craft, my entire collection of christmas and krampus postcards
[2015/12/20 14:54:10]  Mosseveno Tenk: now, the end of the story i started last year
[2015/12/20 14:54:11]  Ceejay Writer: Thank you, boiler elf. I learned a lot, and took some notes of avenues I want to explore more.
[2015/12/20 14:54:14]  Myrtil Igaly: Yay!!
[2015/12/20 14:54:19]  Mosseveno Tenk: how little kevin wanted to beleive , but could not
[2015/12/20 14:54:29]  Mosseveno Tenk: becauyse the man in the back of the macy's store had a fake beard
[2015/12/20 14:54:33]  Ceejay Writer: GAsp! Generous
[2015/12/20 14:54:37]  Liza Veliz: aplauds
[2015/12/20 14:54:43]  Mosseveno Tenk: and the only night his parents closed the bedroom door was on christmas eve
[2015/12/20 14:54:49]  Mosseveno Tenk: and they didn't close it all the way, even then
[2015/12/20 14:55:02]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Kinky
[2015/12/20 14:55:05]  Mosseveno Tenk: so one year, after finals were over, i followed someone into second life
[2015/12/20 14:55:05]  Ceejay Writer: goodness.
[2015/12/20 14:55:21]  Mosseveno Tenk: and i came off orientation island much as you see me now, but a bit taller
[2015/12/20 14:55:30]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): 0.O
[2015/12/20 14:55:35]  Darlingmonster Ember: o.O
[2015/12/20 14:55:43]  Mosseveno Tenk: i gave myself 2 rules, which i will nto tell you, that my caused my personality to form
[2015/12/20 14:55:44]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): Only a bit?
[2015/12/20 14:55:44]  Ceejay Writer: he yam what he yam
[2015/12/20 14:55:46]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Was there a radiation leak?
[2015/12/20 14:55:49]  Mosseveno Tenk: and i gave myself a quest
[2015/12/20 14:56:05]  Mosseveno Tenk: yes, i was taller, buecase of the deformity that comes with getting this short. that took me a while to get used to
[2015/12/20 14:56:09]  Lady Sumoku: What is your favorite color?
[2015/12/20 14:56:13]  Mosseveno Tenk: clear
[2015/12/20 14:56:20]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): -.-
[2015/12/20 14:56:24]  Jimmy Branagh: /me chuckles
[2015/12/20 14:56:27]  Darlingmonster Ember: I hope there is a calendar in this story....
[2015/12/20 14:56:31]  Mosseveno Tenk: my quest, to make second life interesting
[2015/12/20 14:56:37]  Mosseveno Tenk: was to find santa
[2015/12/20 14:56:44]  Mosseveno Tenk: and i met many santas
[2015/12/20 14:56:46]  Ceejay Writer: :)
[2015/12/20 14:56:51]  Mosseveno Tenk: but they were kinda.. well
[2015/12/20 14:56:51]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): And pick up some x ray goggles
[2015/12/20 14:56:53]  Mosseveno Tenk: perverts
[2015/12/20 14:56:55]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me knows Duchess Highlands is not going to let go of that.
[2015/12/20 14:57:03]  Darlingmonster Ember: gasp
[2015/12/20 14:57:08]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): /me snorts.
[2015/12/20 14:57:08]  Mosseveno Tenk: there was one named christmas mornignton that was probably the best of them
[2015/12/20 14:57:13]  Lady Sumoku: Perverts in Second Live?
[2015/12/20 14:57:15]  Mosseveno Tenk: but i wasn't satisfied
[2015/12/20 14:57:22]  Lady Sumoku: *life
[2015/12/20 14:57:29]  Mosseveno Tenk: because i knew, that the real santa would ask me to ride in his sleigh with him
[2015/12/20 14:57:36]  Mosseveno Tenk: and one day, without prompting
[2015/12/20 14:57:38]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): No relation to Victor Mornington?
[2015/12/20 14:57:42]  Mosseveno Tenk: i got am IM from soeone i barely knew
[2015/12/20 14:57:54]  Mosseveno Tenk: asking me to ride in the sleigh to peirmont landing
[2015/12/20 14:57:58]  Mosseveno Tenk: that was before tenk was a mayor
[2015/12/20 14:58:00]  Mosseveno Tenk: so
[2015/12/20 14:58:02]  Timothy Sootworth (timothysootworth): cor
[2015/12/20 14:58:07]  Mosseveno Tenk: dreams do come true, eh?
[2015/12/20 14:58:13]  Mosseveno Tenk: i get to ride the sleigh
[2015/12/20 14:58:14]  Elleon Bergamasco: /me grins
[2015/12/20 14:58:14]  Jimmy Branagh: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:58:17]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me shivers with excitement
[2015/12/20 14:58:19]  Mosseveno Tenk: and that's my story.
[2015/12/20 14:58:21]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:58:21]  Myrtil Igaly: They do!
[2015/12/20 14:58:22]  Mosseveno Tenk: thank you.
[2015/12/20 14:58:23]  Lady Sumoku: /me claps
[2015/12/20 14:58:25]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): /me cheers again!
[2015/12/20 14:58:26]  Timothy Sootworth (timothysootworth): yay!
[2015/12/20 14:58:27]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): .-'`'-. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE .-'`'-.
[2015/12/20 14:58:27]  Stereo Nacht:  `*.¸.*´ APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´
[2015/12/20 14:58:27]  Myrtil Igaly: /me claps
[2015/12/20 14:58:27]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:58:28]  Jimmy Branagh: Thank you!
[2015/12/20 14:58:31]  Liza Veliz: applauds
[2015/12/20 14:58:31]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me applauds
[2015/12/20 14:58:31]  Mosseveno Tenk: /mbow
[2015/12/20 14:58:32]  Ceejay Writer: oh wow - didn't know Piermont brought you in!
[2015/12/20 14:58:35]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): /me claps and smiles
[2015/12/20 14:58:36]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): And act as chief prosecutor
[2015/12/20 14:58:37]  Jimmy Branagh: Great Salon!
[2015/12/20 14:58:38]  Mosseveno Tenk: /mbow
[2015/12/20 14:58:46]  Darlingmonster Ember: YAY!
[2015/12/20 14:58:51]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): Thank you!
[2015/12/20 14:58:51]  Mosseveno Tenk: no gestures, aye
[2015/12/20 14:58:53]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Lady Sumoku!
[2015/12/20 14:59:06]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): /me applauds without the use of gestures.
[2015/12/20 14:59:11]  Joey (joey.aboma): applauds
[2015/12/20 14:59:12]  Mosseveno Tenk: tips will be going into the clockwork kraken meter
[2015/12/20 14:59:20]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me nods
[2015/12/20 14:59:26]  Magda Kamenev (magdalena.kamenev): /me waves.
[2015/12/20 14:59:30]  Ceejay Writer: Well done sir! This was so enjoyable. When I wasn't scared out of my socks
[2015/12/20 14:59:38]  Lady Sumoku: Krakens need Giftmas too.
[2015/12/20 14:59:41]  DJ Rock And Roll (rockandroll.michigan): /me applauds wildly
[2015/12/20 14:59:42]  Joey (joey.aboma): Got to run...but Merry Christmas to all
[2015/12/20 14:59:44]  Myrtil Igaly: Thank you, I learnt a lot!
[2015/12/20 14:59:45]  Mosseveno Tenk: i dont' like coca cola santa. he's creepy
[2015/12/20 14:59:53]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Yes, and high
[2015/12/20 14:59:55]  Ceejay Writer: He's too fluffy.
[2015/12/20 15:00:04]  Jimmy Branagh: Yeh 'ee's loike Popplefart
[2015/12/20 15:00:04]  Timothy Sootworth (timothysootworth): fanks mister
[2015/12/20 15:00:08]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): /me thinks he heard a capsule.
[2015/12/20 15:00:12]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Hehe Jimmy
[2015/12/20 15:00:17]  Stereo Nacht: Good night Mr. Joey!
[2015/12/20 15:00:26]  Jimmy Branagh: Oy dun loike Cloke neither
[2015/12/20 15:00:29]  Mosseveno Tenk: that was a cool avatar joey had
[2015/12/20 15:00:29]  Stereo Nacht: And good night Ms. Igaly!
[2015/12/20 15:00:30]  Ceejay Writer: Merry Christmas, and/or whatever way you celebrate, and I must be off to finish writing a New Years legend, myself!
[2015/12/20 15:00:42]  Myrtil Igaly: Good night Miss Stereo!
[2015/12/20 15:00:49]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): Take care, those leaving :)
[2015/12/20 15:01:02]  Liza Veliz: Thanks for good story adn history  telling
[2015/12/20 15:01:02]  Jimmy Branagh: Merry Christmas, Mr. Boiler!  Merry Christmas everyone!
[2015/12/20 15:01:03]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Danke, Herr Boiler Elf, for another fascinating presentation.
[2015/12/20 15:01:07]  Liza Veliz: Merry Chritmas
[2015/12/20 15:01:11]  DJ Rock And Roll (rockandroll.michigan): I think the modern-day Grateful Dead wrote a song about the Coca-Cola Santa. "Driving that sleigh, high on cocaine, Santa Claus you'd better watch your speed.....", but their management team told them to change it to a song about Casey Jones.
[2015/12/20 15:01:13]  Liza Veliz: christmas*
[2015/12/20 15:01:16]  Mosseveno Tenk: ill be in town the rest the day if you need boiler elf to do anything
[2015/12/20 15:01:24]  Stereo Nacht: Good night Mr. Michigan, Dr. Jekyll, Clockwinder, Mr. Branagh, Ms. Dagger, Ms. Kate, Ms. Writer, Ms. Ember, Ms. Sumoku, Ms. Bergamasco, Admiral Beaumont, Duchess Liz and everyone!
[2015/12/20 15:01:35]  Stereo Nacht: /me curtsies
[2015/12/20 15:01:35]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Gute Nacht, those leaving.
[2015/12/20 15:01:37]  Miss Kate (katelynn.inglewood): i always wondered what the aether salon was all about...  :)
[2015/12/20 15:01:38]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): I myself have some business to attend to at the hospital. Thank you for the lecture, Mr. Boiler Elf.
[2015/12/20 15:01:39]  Ceejay Writer: Good night Stereo!
[2015/12/20 15:01:40]  Lady Sumoku: /me waves
[2015/12/20 15:01:41]  DJ Rock And Roll (rockandroll.michigan): Good night to those leaving
[2015/12/20 15:01:45]  Lady Sumoku: Merry that-mas!
[2015/12/20 15:01:48]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): Good night, merry Christmas.
[2015/12/20 15:01:50]  Jimmy Branagh: Noight awl!
[2015/12/20 15:01:54]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): /me waves to those leaving
[2015/12/20 15:02:04]  Myrtil Igaly: Good night everyone!
[2015/12/20 15:02:31]  Wildstar Beaumont: good night everybody !
[2015/12/20 15:02:35]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Any more tips for our speaker?
[2015/12/20 15:02:40]  Liz Wilner: goodnight everyone :)
[2015/12/20 15:02:46]  Ceejay Writer: off with me!  Hope to see you all soon.
[2015/12/20 15:02:46]  Darlingmonster Ember: /me smiles
[2015/12/20 15:02:53]  Lady Sumoku: /me waves some more
[2015/12/20 15:03:06]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, RockAndRoll Michigan!
[2015/12/20 15:03:12]  Lady Sumoku: I think I've fed the Krakens enough for today.
[2015/12/20 15:03:18]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): Photos of tonight's meeting will be appearing presently in the Flikr Aether group
[2015/12/20 15:03:19]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Liz Wilner!
[2015/12/20 15:03:24]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Heh.
[2015/12/20 15:03:39]  Liz Wilner: /me waces to all...and relocates
[2015/12/20 15:03:43]  Darlingmonster Ember: So glad I had time to come today.
[2015/12/20 15:03:48]  Darlingmonster Ember: thank you all!!
[2015/12/20 15:03:49]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): :)
[2015/12/20 15:03:51]  Mosseveno Tenk: was that ok?
[2015/12/20 15:03:57]  Dee Wells Dagger (promiscute): It was excellent

AEther Salon: Firefighters (Edited Transcript)

[2015/11/15 14:01:28]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Welcome, everyone, to November's Aether Salon. We thank you for finding the time to attend, and hope you'll enjoy today's topic.
[2015/11/15 14:02:12]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Fraulein Bookworm Hienrichs has collected some fascinating information on Firefighting for us today.
[2015/11/15 14:02:18]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Before we begin, a few housekeeping items:
[2015/11/15 14:02:35]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: 1) To ensure you can hear the speaker, stand or sit on the patterned carpet.
[2015/11/15 14:02:59]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: 2) If you do not have a wearable chair and wish one, please contact me in IM.
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[2015/11/15 14:05:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: And lastly,
[2015/11/15 14:05:08]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: 8) Tea and treats are set out - help yourself!
[2015/11/15 14:05:32]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Our speaker today is a long time resident of New Babbage.
[2015/11/15 14:06:20]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: She was one of the first members of the Ladies Fire Brigade of New Babbage, and is now a captain in its successor, the Babbage Fire Protection Brigade.
[2015/11/15 14:06:53]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: She has been with the Salon as one of its organisers since ownership was transferred, and has been a pillar of support.
[2015/11/15 14:07:17]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: I give you, Fraulein Fire-Captain Bookworm Hienrichs.
[2015/11/15 14:07:42]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Thank you all for coming.
[2015/11/15 14:08:16]  Bookworm Hienrichs: On the 29th of June, 1861, a funeral cortege made its way through the streets of London.  Now, the Londoners of Victorian times loved a large funeral, but this one was remarkable even for them.
[2015/11/15 14:08:31]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Shops had closed, and along the route, shutters and blinds were drawn to show respect.  Bells in every City church (except for St. Paul’s) rang out a funeral peal.
[2015/11/15 14:08:51]  Bookworm Hienrichs: The funeral procession stretched for a mile and a half, with thousands of policemen and brigade members joining the mourning family and friends.  It even included the private carriages of the Duke of Sutherland and the Earl of Caithness - and at a time when sending just the empty carriage was considered a significant mark of respect, the Duke and the Earl were actually in them.
[2015/11/15 14:09:10]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Thousands upon thousands of bystanders lined the streets, pressing in so close that it took the procession three hours to travel four miles to Abney Park Cemetery.
[2015/11/15 14:09:33]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Who was this man being honored with such a public outpouring of mourning and respect?  James Braidwood.  A firefighter.  What had he done to earn all this?  Well… we’ll get to that.
[2015/11/15 14:10:01]  Bookworm Hienrichs: The history of organized firefighting really starts with the ancient Romans.  Marcus Licinius Crassus formed the first fire brigade in Rome, some 500 men strong.
[2015/11/15 14:10:16]  Bookworm Hienrichs: They would rush to the scene of a fire… but upon arrival, would refuse to do anything until the building owner paid what they demanded.  If he didn’t, they’d simply leave the building to burn to the ground, and Crassus would offer to buy it at a fraction of its former value.
[2015/11/15 14:10:56]  Bookworm Hienrichs: During the time of Nero, a group called the Vigiles was created.  Partly, they were night watchmen, stationed in small barracks around the city and hauling off nocturnal miscreants, whether cut-throats, or simply drunken party-goers getting too rambunctious.
[2015/11/15 14:11:10]  Bookworm Hienrichs: However, the main job of the Vigiles was to fight fires.  Most Roman buildings were too flammable for traditional bucket-chains to do much good, so they usually didn’t try that.
[2015/11/15 14:11:21]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Their job was to assess the direction and speed of the fire’s spread, and to knock down the buildings in the way, in order to contain the fire.  They had trained specialists able to rip off roofs, flatten walls, and drag anything flammable out of the way of the fire with great speed.
[2015/11/15 14:11:37]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Of course, the owners of the buildings that were torn down seldom agreed with the Vigiles that it was necessary, and so their efforts were not often met with much appreciation.
[2015/11/15 14:11:57]  Bookworm Hienrichs: (And those of you who think the New Babbage Fire Brigade doesn’t have the best of records in fighting fires, at least we manage to contain them to one building without doing this!)
[2015/11/15 14:12:02]  Bookworm Hienrichs: grins.
[2015/11/15 14:12:55]  Bookworm Hienrichs: We all know, of course, about the Great Fire of London in 1666, which destroyed so much of the city.  Afterwards, fire insurance brigades were developed to deal with future fires.
[2015/11/15 14:13:14]  Bookworm Hienrichs: People would pay an insurance company for protection against damage - and fire damage was certainly the most common.  The insurance companies used the significant profits from these premiums to establish their own fire brigades.
[2015/11/15 14:13:36]  Bookworm Hienrichs: A firemark, such as the one seen behind me, would be placed on an insured building, showing (and advertising for) which company insured it.  When an alarm of fire was raised, any nearby insurance fire brigades would rush to the scene.
[2015/11/15 14:14:20]  Bookworm Hienrichs: waits a minute for it to rez for everyone...
[2015/11/15 14:14:55]  Bookworm Hienrichs: This was the firemark for one of the first insurance fire brigades.
[2015/11/15 14:15:49]  Bookworm Hienrichs: On arrival, the brigade would look for the firemark to see which company had insured it.  If they didn’t see their company’s firemark, they simply left it to burn - thus taking a page out of Crassus’ book.
[2015/11/15 14:16:25]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Distilleries also often maintained their own private fire brigade, as did other manufacturers that dealt with flammable goods.  But again, these were, in the main, concerned only with their own properties.
[2015/11/15 14:16:44]  Bookworm Hienrichs: And now, we come to James Braidwood.  He was born in 1800 in Edinburgh, and joined his father’s building firm as an apprentice; what he learned about construction during that time would stand him in good stead in his later work.
[2015/11/15 14:17:00]  Bookworm Hienrichs: In 1824, Edinburgh, in response to a series of fires, decided to establish the world’s first municipal fire brigade.  Tapped to head this organization was none other than James Braidwood.  He was only 23 years old, but had an obvious passion for the work, and a keen mind for how to organize this new brigade.
[2015/11/15 14:17:16]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Unfortunately, just two months after it was first established, the brigade had to face a massive fire - the Great Fire of Edinburgh - which burned for four days and destroyed a number of large buildings, as well as 400 homes
[2015/11/15 14:17:40]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Braidwood and his new organization came under a lot of heat at first (yes, pun intended), but the subsequent inquiry into the fire cleared them completely, showing that the disaster had been magnified by the meddling of public officials and ‘gentlemen of importance’ who thought they were in command, and by the great lack of access to water-cocks (valves and pipes connected to the water mains).
[2015/11/15 14:18:28]  Bookworm Hienrichs: After this, Braidwood took the Brigade well in hand.  One of the main things that separated the municipal brigade from the private ones is that Braidwood and his men trained regularly  - usually early in the morning, to avoid congesting the streets and to lessen interference with the firemen’s regular jobs.
[2015/11/15 14:18:43]  Bookworm Hienrichs: For, indeed, this was a second job for the firefighters.  Braidwood focused his recruiting efforts on young men from professions that would dovetail well with firefighting, such as slaters, masons, carpenters, plumbers, and smiths.
[2015/11/15 14:19:11]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Braidwood also turned attention to inventing and improving equipment, such as fire escapes and a rudimentary breathing apparatus, and studied each fire they fought closely, looking for ways to improve tactics.
[2015/11/15 14:19:23]  Bookworm Hienrichs: In 1830, he published ‘On the Construction of Fire-Engines and Apparatus, the Training of Firemen, and the Method of Proceeding in Case of Fire.’  In it, he described everything he’d learned about fighting fires, including:
[2015/11/15 14:19:33]  Bookworm Hienrichs: --The best type of engine for most use, and its construction and operation
[2015/11/15 14:19:42]  Bookworm Hienrichs: --The tools and equipment that should be with each engine (hoses, cord, wrenches for fire-cocks, rope, chain, ladders, equipment for portable fire escapes)
[2015/11/15 14:19:53]  Bookworm Hienrichs: --How to supply the fire engines with water, especially if water-cocks are not nearby.  This included hose-and-bucket chain, using gutters and drainage ditches, tapping ponds or rivers, and even breaking into sewer mains.
[2015/11/15 14:20:07]  Bookworm Hienrichs: (Though he didn’t recommend that last unless absolutely necessary.  “For the purpose of procuring water to extinguish a fire, I had at one time occasion to open a common-sewer, in which, with the usual impurities, the waste from a gas-manufactory was intermixed, and the stench in the premises where the fire had been extinguished by this water, was for some time after very disagreeable.”)
[2015/11/15 14:20:28]  Bookworm Hienrichs: loves his mastery of understatement.
[2015/11/15 14:20:47]  Bookworm Hienrichs: --Drilling techniques for training the firefighters, including providing time and space for physical fitness training
[2015/11/15 14:21:07]  Bookworm Hienrichs: --Detailed tactics for fighting fires and rescuing people.  He was the first to advocate for actually entering a burning building to fight the seat of a fire.  Many of these basic tactics are still in use even in the time of our typists.
[2015/11/15 14:21:23]  Bookworm Hienrichs: With such efforts, it wasn’t long before the Edinburgh municipal fire brigade was the most efficient in the world.
[2015/11/15 14:21:54]  Bookworm Hienrichs: In 1833, with demand for their services increasing, ten private fire brigades in London combined forces to form the London Fire Engine Establishment (LFEE).
[2015/11/15 14:22:03]  Bookworm Hienrichs: James Braidwood was named to head it, becoming London’s first Fire Chief.  He oversaw 13 fire stations, with a total of 80 firefighters.
[2015/11/15 14:22:47]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Now for a bit on the common firefighting equipment.
[2015/11/15 14:23:17]  Bookworm Hienrichs: ((And I apologize for this section - I'm under the weather this weekend, so it isn't as polished as I'd've liked it. *wry grin*))
[2015/11/15 14:23:34]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Manual fire pumps had been in use since the 16th century, but these early pumps were only force pumps, in which water was drawn into a cylinder on the upstroke of a piston, and discharged through an outlet pipe on the downstroke.
[2015/11/15 14:23:54]  Bookworm Hienrichs: In the most common design, the pump was housed in a cistern, which was filled by men in a bucket chain.  The discharged water was directed onto the fire through a swivelling pipe on top, with four or five men handling the lever.
[2015/11/15 14:24:11]  Bookworm Hienrichs: In the 1600s, German inventor Hans Haustch invented a suction-and-force pump, which could discharge water on during both pumping actions of the piston.  While this was an improvement, it still didn’t discharge the water with much force, meaning the manual pump had to be parked very close to the fire.
[2015/11/15 14:25:03]  Bookworm Hienrichs: In 1672, Dutch inventor Jan Van der Heyden developed the fire hose.  Made of leather and coupled with brass fittings, these hoses allowed firefighters to deliver water with more force, making their efforts much more effective.
[2015/11/15 14:25:23]  Bookworm Hienrichs: An improved engine, developed in 1721, was manned by four to twelve men, and could deliver up to 160 gallons per minute to a distance of up to 120 feet.  As the size and power of the pumps increased, it became more and more common for the engines to be pulled by horses, instead of men.
[2015/11/15 14:25:32]  Jimmy Branagh: Wos they called "Hosers"?
[2015/11/15 14:25:46]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Only in Canada, Jimmy.
[2015/11/15 14:25:49]  Bookworm Hienrichs: grins.
[2015/11/15 14:25:50]  Jimmy Branagh: Ahhh
[2015/11/15 14:25:55]  Jimmy Branagh: nods
[2015/11/15 14:25:59]  Dr. Henry Jekyll: People were pulling engines around before horses?
[2015/11/15 14:26:05]  Bookworm Hienrichs: They were.
[2015/11/15 14:26:26]  Bookworm Hienrichs: It was a while before the engines were heavy enough to necessiate being pulled by horses.
[2015/11/15 14:26:28]  Dr. Henry Jekyll: That sounds like a lot of strain on the men.
[2015/11/15 14:26:34]  Bookworm Hienrichs: nods.
[2015/11/15 14:26:39]  Bookworm Hienrichs: That, and the pumping itself.
[2015/11/15 14:26:47]  Lady Sumoku: Hence all the exercising
[2015/11/15 14:26:56]  Bookworm Hienrichs: So actually, they often recruited male bystanders to help with the pumping.
[2015/11/15 14:27:59]  Bookworm Hienrichs: In 1829, John Braithewaite and John Ericsson build the first steam fire engine in London.  Curiously enough, James Braidwood wasn’t keen on steam power, so the LFEE didn’t actually get its first steam engine until 1860.
[2015/11/15 14:28:24]  Bookworm Hienrichs: The Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire was formed in 1828 as an organization to help people escape from burning buildings by providing ladders.
[2015/11/15 14:28:33]  Bookworm Hienrichs: These ladders were stored in churchyards during the day, and placed on street corners during the night, leaned against streetlamp posts.
[2015/11/15 14:28:42]  Bookworm Hienrichs: (Something to add to some of ours, perhaps?)
[2015/11/15 14:28:52]  Bookworm Hienrichs: grins.
[2015/11/15 14:29:04]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Some models had canvas chutes, so ladies could slide down without showing their ankles.  (Or knees. *grin*)
[2015/11/15 14:29:59]  Bookworm Hienrichs: James Braidwood developed a fire escape system consisting of a chain ladder and canvas cradle.  This could brought up to the roof by firefighters, if possible, and be secured to the roof, with the firefighters using the ladder to reach a window where people were, and then let them down via the canvas cradle, which was attached to a single chain.
[2015/11/15 14:30:18]  Bookworm Hienrichs: If it wasn’t possible, or safe, to get onto the roof, they used a large crossbow to shoot a rope over the roof to others waiting on the other side of the building.  Those firefighters would then pull the rope over, which drew over first a single chain, and then the chain ladder.
[2015/11/15 14:31:17]  Bookworm Hienrichs: In the late afternoon of the 22nd of June, 1861, workers were leaving for the day from the row of warehouses that lined the river Thames near London Bridge.  One of these, Scovill’s Warehouse, was storing a variety of goods, including hemp, saltpetre, tallow, cotton, rice, sugar, tea, and spices.
[2015/11/15 14:31:40]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Somehow, a fire started in the counting house.  Within minutes, thanks to a combination of the flammable items stored, and the fact that the iron fire doors in the warehouses had been left open, the fire spread to nearby buildings, feeding on more highly flammable materials.  Finally, the fire reached Chamberlain’s Wharf, which traded in sulphur, tallow, saltpetre, jute, oils, and paints.
[2015/11/15 14:32:27]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Mr. Hodges, the owner of a distillery nearby, had started his private fire brigade on attempting to control the blaze.  Other private brigades joined him, followed by the official brigade, and James Braidwood.
[2015/11/15 14:32:45]  Bookworm Hienrichs: There was little they could do, however.  The LFEE’s one floating fire engine had arrived, but the Thames was at low tide, and the water too shallow for its pumps to operate.  The river itself, too, was ablaze, as tallow and oil carried the fire into the river.  The burning oils also covered the surrounding streets to ankle depth
[2015/11/15 14:33:25]  Bookworm Hienrichs: The fire, by now, had engulfed the warehouses of eight companies.  The flames could be seen from fifteen miles away, with smoke rising high into the air.
[2015/11/15 14:33:35]  Bookworm Hienrichs: The various fire brigades worked desperately to try to prevent it from spreading further.  Braidwood was tireless in overseeing and encouraging all the firefighters.
[2015/11/15 14:33:49]  Bookworm Hienrichs: At about 7:30 that evening, he was seen by the wall of a warehouse behind Tooley Street, still working, but also handing out rations of brandy to his men.  Suddenly, there was a huge explosion behind the wall, and James Braidwood, with four or five others, were buried under fifteen feet of burning brickwork.
[2015/11/15 14:34:21]  Bookworm Hienrichs: The men of the LFEE continued on as they’d been trained by their fallen leader.  Still, the fire continued to spread, destroying the houses that fronted Tooley Street.
[2015/11/15 14:34:31]  Bookworm Hienrichs: More warehouses and granaries caught, as well as barges and schooners moored on the river.
[2015/11/15 14:34:45]  Bookworm Hienrichs: It wasn’t until 3:00 in the morning, ten hours after the fire had begun, that it was finally contained to one area - but it was quite a large area.  The fire stretched for 1000 feet from east to west, and 1000 feet inland from the Thames - over 11 acres of buildings completely razed.
[2015/11/15 14:35:35]  Bookworm Hienrichs: All through the evening, and even in the middle of the night, people gathered from all over London to watch it.  Sellers of beer, ginger-beer, fruit, cakes, and coffee gathered, and many of the nearby pubs stayed open all night.
[2015/11/15 14:36:07]  Bookworm Hienrichs: So I guess I shouldn’t be surprised at the spectators the New Babbage fires get, should I?
[2015/11/15 14:36:11]  Bookworm Hienrichs: grins.
[2015/11/15 14:36:58]  Bookworm Hienrichs: The fire continued to burst out at various points for days afterwards.  It was, in fact, just shy of three weeks before the fire was finally judged to be contained, though the ruins continued to smoulder long after that.
[2015/11/15 14:37:56]  Bookworm Hienrichs: The body of James Braidwood was located three days after his death.  One of the fire engineers cut off the epaulettes and buttons, giving them to the foremen of the fire service.
[2015/11/15 14:38:04]  Bookworm Hienrichs: And thus it was, on the 29th, that we come to his funeral, and the public response to this man who had done so much to keep the city safe.
[2015/11/15 14:38:47]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Of course, that’s not the end of the story.  In 1862, partially in response to the Tooley Street fire, the insurance companies told the government that they were no longer willing to be responsible for fire protection.
[2015/11/15 14:39:01]  Bookworm Hienrichs: London needed its own municipal fire brigade.
[2015/11/15 14:39:13]  Bookworm Hienrichs: However, the wheels of bureaucracy grind slowly, so it wasn’t until 1865 that the Metropolitan Fire Brigade act was passed, with the organization coming into being on January 1st, 1866, under the leadership of Eyre Massey Shaw, who had taken over the leadership of the LFEE after Braidwood’s death.
[2015/11/15 14:39:43]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Shaw was also an efficient and influential leader for the fire brigade.  He expanded the use of steam fire engines, which could pump as much as 300 gallons of water a minute.
[2015/11/15 14:40:15]  Bookworm Hienrichs: He had new fire stations built throughout the city, and connected them with telegraph communication.
[2015/11/15 14:40:28]  Bookworm Hienrichs: The brass or silver helmet was introduced to the firefighter’s uniform by him.
[2015/11/15 14:40:33]  Bookworm Hienrichs: puts on her own.
[2015/11/15 14:40:55]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Shaw was also a friend of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), who actually kept a fire brigade uniform at one of the fire stations for his own use.
[2015/11/15 14:41:10]  Dr. Henry Jekyll (nyanka.jinx): Remind me what the helmet was for, exactly?
[2015/11/15 14:41:18]  Bookworm Hienrichs: And yes, apparently, the Prince of Wales did actually use it from time to time.
[2015/11/15 14:41:25]  Prof. Woodsheart: Protecting the head methinks?
[2015/11/15 14:41:28]  Myrtil Igaly: protection from falling stuff?
[2015/11/15 14:41:43]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Yes, from falling debris, and also probably from sparks flying.
[2015/11/15 14:42:24]  Bookworm Hienrichs: This overview certainly doesn’t cover everything about Victorian-era firefighting.  If you want to learn more, these are a few sites that were very helpful for me:
[2015/11/15 14:42:34]  Bookworm Hienrichs: The London Fire Brigade’s history page
[2015/11/15 14:42:46]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Google Book’s copy of ‘An Illustrated History of Fire Engines,’ by Roger Mardon.
[2015/11/15 14:42:57]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Google Book’s copy of Braidwood’s ‘On the Construction of Fire-Engines and Apparatus.
[2015/11/15 14:43:21]  Bookworm Hienrichs: I hope you enjoyed this dip into the world of Victorian firefighting.
[2015/11/15 14:43:23]  Bookworm Hienrichs: smiles.
[2015/11/15 14:43:23]  Dee Wells Dagger: Excellent, Book. Very well done
[2015/11/15 14:43:28]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: applauds
[2015/11/15 14:43:32]  Jimmy Branagh: applauds
[2015/11/15 14:43:33]  Zantabraxus: applauds
[2015/11/15 14:43:36]  Zantabraxus: Wonderful
[2015/11/15 14:43:36]  Eilidh McCullough: ♩♪♫♬  APPAWS! ♩♪♫♬
[2015/11/15 14:43:37]  Stereo Nacht:  `*.¸.*´ APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´
[2015/11/15 14:43:38]  Myrtil Igaly: applauds
[2015/11/15 14:43:39]  Jimmy Branagh: Awesome Miss Book!
[2015/11/15 14:43:40]  Lady Sumoku: cheers loudly
[2015/11/15 14:43:41]  Elleon Bergamasco: very informative!!
[2015/11/15 14:43:46]  Wulfriðe Blitzen: applauds
[2015/11/15 14:43:48]  Prof: Well done Miss Book
[2015/11/15 14:43:49]  Myrtil Igaly: inspiring!
[2015/11/15 14:43:51]  Prof: appoards
[2015/11/15 14:43:53]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Does anyone have any questions for our excellent speaker?
[2015/11/15 14:43:56]  Szirka: Claps
[2015/11/15 14:43:57]  Prof (professor.woodsheart): applauds even
[2015/11/15 14:43:59]  Vaqiri: claps.
[2015/11/15 14:44:02]  Ceejay Writer: Very good!  I enjoyed this so much.
[2015/11/15 14:44:03]  Dr. Henry Jekyll: That was a wonderful session, Miss Heinrichs.
[2015/11/15 14:44:08]  Prof: puts his hand up
[2015/11/15 14:44:12]  Samantha Linnaeus: applauds
[2015/11/15 14:44:23]  Samantha Linnaeus: "That was extremely interesting."
[2015/11/15 14:44:25]  Theta Sigma: applauds
[2015/11/15 14:44:32]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Yes, professor?
[2015/11/15 14:44:52]  Prof: Not a question, but does Miss Book know that the French term for fireman 'Pompier' literally means 'pumper'?
[2015/11/15 14:45:05]  Bookworm Hienrichs: I did see, that, actually.
[2015/11/15 14:45:21]  Prof: Linking them with the past you have so eloquently described
[2015/11/15 14:45:43]  Bookworm Hienrichs: The French had the Compagnie des gardes-pompes, which translates as Companies of Pump Guards.
[2015/11/15 14:45:49]  Prof: nods..
[2015/11/15 14:45:53]  Samantha Linnaeus: slips a small notebook from her skirt and jots a note
[2015/11/15 14:45:58]  Prof: Great talk, thank you..
[2015/11/15 14:46:03]  Elleon Bergamasco: I think it's time to install some sort of fire protection in the museum
[2015/11/15 14:46:08]  Bookworm Hienrichs: They were, I believe, more military in nature, rather than municipal.
[2015/11/15 14:46:21]  Bookworm Hienrichs: An excellent idea, Miss Elleon.
[2015/11/15 14:46:23]  Prof: Yes, which is why they parade carrying rifles today..
[2015/11/15 14:46:34]  OldeSoul Eldemar: very informative Frau Hienrichs
[2015/11/15 14:46:46]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Anyone else?
[2015/11/15 14:47:06]  Samantha Linnaeus: "Thank you for the lecture."
[2015/11/15 14:47:09]  Prof: applauds once more..
[2015/11/15 14:47:39]  Princess Selena: applauds "marvelous research!  thank you for sharing it with us!"
[2015/11/15 14:47:59]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Fraulein Bookworm, did the principles of tearing down combustible structures persist?
[2015/11/15 14:48:29]  Ceejay Writer: Baron, rather like clear cutting a forest, or so it reminids me of
[2015/11/15 14:48:41]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Fire lines, ja.
[2015/11/15 14:48:55]  Bookworm Hienrichs: I'm sure Miss Jed knows more than I do on that, Baron, but I doubt it's applied much to buildings today.
[2015/11/15 14:49:13]  Bookworm Hienrichs: The technology has become so much better.
[2015/11/15 14:54:11]  Myrtil Igaly: Great talk Miss Book!
[2015/11/15 14:54:11]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: applauds
[2015/11/15 14:54:19]  Stereo Nacht: Thank you Ms. Hienrichs!
[2015/11/15 14:54:24]  Jimmy Branagh: applauds once again
[2015/11/15 14:54:28]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Thank you all for coming!
[2015/11/15 14:54:29]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: I wil be picking up the tip jar in about 10 minutes.
[2015/11/15 14:54:32]  Stereo Nacht: curtsies
[2015/11/15 14:54:50]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Anyone who might wish to support the Salon itself, the airship clank accepts donations.
[2015/11/15 14:54:51]  Ceejay Writer: Thank you SO much for all your research, Bookworm.
[2015/11/15 14:55:02]  Zantabraxus: A splendid presentation.
[2015/11/15 14:56:41]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Vielen dank, Fraulein Bookworm, for all your work when you are feeling poorly. You have done very well.
[2015/11/15 14:56:50]  Bookworm Hienrichs: Thank you, Baron.
[2015/11/15 14:56:52]  Elleon Bergamasco: thank you so much for the wonderful talk Book, such a treat for us all
[2015/11/15 14:56:54]  Lady Sumoku: agrees
[2015/11/15 14:57:08]  Wulfriðe Blitzen: nods
[2015/11/15 14:57:16]  Zantabraxus: thinks so too.
[2015/11/15 14:57:28]  Dr. Henry Jekyll: Thank you for the lecture, Miss Heinrichs.
[2015/11/15 14:57:41]  Samantha Linnaeus: curtsies to Book, "It was a fascinating lecture -- thank you."