BlackSheep
Banned
- 443
- May 31, 2018
That is a let down, a good story, but a major letdown, it does remind me of a line from the old John Wayne classic, The Cowboys…the very last line is what popped into my head, I left the rest of the exchange to add context..
Jedediah being the old chuck wagon cook embellishes his lineage for Charlie and the boys hired as cowhands
Jebediah Nightlinger:
Ohhh, children... My father was a brawny Moor, six feet six inches tall. He bound his head in a red velvet cloth
[hands knife to Slim and the boys relax, but listen]
Jebediah Nightlinger:
he wore a curved sword, forged from the finest Toledo steel. He captured a lady, bright and dark. he took her in his arms and wrapped her in a warm quilt and carried her off. They came to a castle and he battered down the doors with the trunk of an oak tree and KILLED EVERYBODY IN IT, just so they could rest the night. Later, while she slept, he walked the parapets... and became a king.
Charlie Schwartz - Cowboy:
[in awe] Is that true?
Jebediah Nightlinger:
If it isn't, it oughta be...