asciilifeform: Framedragger: it is viable only in the very restricted sense of the jp legend of the d00d who swallowed a stone ahead of his beheading so as to chip the sword
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: he'd better have put his sword in some stone he can later get to, out of the jail.
mircea_popescu: diana_coman not more than the idea of the sword in the stone breaks old monarchy.
ascii_field: there is a dismal ru version of the 'sword in the stone' sorta legend
asciilifeform: onlooker: 'math' as this mythological 'sword in the stone' that 'anyone!!!111!!' can just pick up and use, is unfortunately a fiction
asciilifeform: ^ sword in stone for unknown heroes to be born
asciilifeform: perhaps nubbins` can have 'sword in stone' t-shirts printed.
asciilifeform: to finish off my 'sword into the stone' speech - yes, i can do this. (turd lathe.) but - if i were to put in the time required, the hour would soon come that i could not pay electric bill. and then s.nsa, and turdatron, will have to summon the gnome rumplestilskin to work in my stead. while i boil in whatever pot in hell moiety and pankkake are cooking in.
asciilifeform: don't get me wrong, if there liveth among us a hero who can piss out the required diamonds in his spare time, let him pull the sword out of the stone.
