hehe and i though it ment we got the jack on all the trades, meaning we got
ripped off.... Like Car-jacked or Hi-jacked or other more vulgar ones i can
think of...
though i love my bard, i still think we got jipped on a few points, such as
foraging and missing songs
Minkin
Sol ro
lev 36 questing fool
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Sheppard [SMTP:mrwayne@...]
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 10:59 AM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: [eqbards] Jack-of-all-trades
>
> From: "Wayne Sheppard" <mrwayne@...>
>
> > From: jhenders@...
> > Subject: Re: Special foraged foods
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 10/99, Crysarra de'Danaan <lucretia_71@...> wrote:
> > > From: Crysarra de'Danaan <lucretia_71@...>
> > >
> > > a few words here...
> > > bard= jack of all trades, master of none
> >
> > Dispite the fact that this tired old adage is dragged out every time
> > this debate comes up, did you ever stop to actually think what jack
> > means? Up until it's use on this list it used to mean relatively good at
> > something as compared to true master.
>
> You are wrong. You have altered the definition to make it what you want.
> Lets check the dictionary
>
> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
>
> Main Entry: jack-of-all-trades
> Pronunciation: "ja-k&-"vol-'trAdz
> Function: noun
> Inflected Form(s): plural jacks-of-all-trades
> Date: 1618
> : a person who can do passable work at various tasks : a handy versatile
> person
> =====================
>
> Where do you see "relatively good" at?
>
>
> Wayne
>
> > Please send submissions for the eqbards newsletter to toren@...
> with the subject lol.