tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post4050005847199521671..comments2023-10-09T12:55:26.688-04:00Comments on The Burning Taper: Fictional drama features Masonic-ish brotherhoodWidow's Sonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135009678671539418noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-12401855519359382172008-02-08T14:57:00.000-05:002008-02-08T14:57:00.000-05:00from "Guards, Guards!" by Terry Pratchett:"The fig...<I>from "Guards, Guards!" by Terry Pratchett:"</I><BR/><BR/>The figure rapped a complex code on the dark woodwork. A tiny barred hatch opened and one suspicious eye peered out.<BR/><BR/> '"The significant owl hoots in the night,'" said the visitor, trying to wring the rainwater out of its robe.<BR/><BR/> '"Yet many grey lords go sadly to the masterless men,"' intoned a voice on the other side of the grille.<BR/><BR/> '"Hooray, hooray for the spinster's sister's daughter,'" countered the dripping figure.<BR/><BR/> '"To the axeman, all supplicants are the same height.'"<BR/><BR/> "'Yet verily, the rose is within the thorn.'"<BR/><BR/> '"The good mother makes bean soup for the errant boy,'" said the voice behind the door.<BR/><BR/> There was a pause, broken only by the sound of the rain. Then the visitor said, "What?"<BR/><BR/> '"The good mother makes bean soup for the errant boy.'"<BR/><BR/> There was another, longer pause. Then the damp figure said, "Are you sure the ill-built tower doesn't tremble mightily at a butterfly's passage?"<BR/><BR/> "Nope. Bean soup it is. I'm sorry."<BR/><BR/> The rain hissed down relentlessly in the embarrassed silence.<BR/><BR/> "What about the caged whale?" said the soaking visitor, trying to squeeze into what little shelter the dread portal offered.<BR/><BR/> "What about it?"<BR/><BR/> "It should know nothing of the mighty deeps, if you must know."<BR/><BR/> "Oh, the caged whale. You want the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night. Three doors down."<BR/><BR/> "Who're you, then?"<BR/><BR/> "We're the Illuminated and Ancient Brethren of Ee."<BR/><BR/> "I thought you met over in Treacle Street," said the damp man, after a while.<BR/><BR/> "Yeah, well. You know how it is. The fretwork club have the room Tuesdays. There was a bit of a mix-up."<BR/><BR/> "Oh? Well, thanks anyway."<BR/><BR/> "My pleasure." The little door slammed shut.Tom Accuostihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005315193581153959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-57340178899946334572008-02-08T09:33:00.000-05:002008-02-08T09:33:00.000-05:00I love Psych. Number one on my DVR list of ways to...I love Psych. Number one on my DVR list of ways to waste time and loved the "Dis-lodged" episode. However, I didn't think it would make anybody think ill of our ancient and honorable Frat. In case you missed it, the Simpsons have an episode in which Homer becomes the master of the local "stonemasons" lodge and becomes drunk with power and burns their only copy of the ancient constitution. Very very funny. And let's not forget the Water Buffalo lodge from the Flintstones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-34541660297899542102008-02-07T22:34:00.000-05:002008-02-07T22:34:00.000-05:00Terry Pratchett wrote a book, Guards, Guards," whi...Terry Pratchett wrote a book, Guards, Guards," which features the lodge of the Illuminated Brotherhood, with very curious gestures, passwords and door keepers. It's a funny book, and the Illuminati are well written, Though they are used for an evil purpose by the "higher level," brothers.Gingermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17903281372336437371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-8374391253827798892008-02-07T14:15:00.000-05:002008-02-07T14:15:00.000-05:00Maggie Lawson, who plays police officer Juliet O'H...<I>Maggie Lawson, who plays police officer Juliet O'Hara on the series "Psych."</I><BR/><BR/>Ah. She must be a member of one of those "clandestine" Co-Monarch groups that you hear so much about on teh intertubez nowadays.Tom Accuostihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005315193581153959noreply@blogger.com