Hey hodsthorn!

[electricland]

Gakked from crankygrrl who gakked it from kerlin:

You May Be a Medievalist If:

-Your secondary sources are somebody else's primary sources.

-Everyone else on your conference panel has taken holy orders.

-You have a favorite decree of the fourth lateran council.

-Your particular field of study could be wiped out by a car accident.

-You've ever been asked "the truth" about King Arthur.

-You consider the American Revolution a 'recent event.'

-You add the word "yet" to the statement "I don't know that language."

-You specify which level of hell your day has been like.

-You think the 'Modern Age' began around 1610.


Yeah, I'll post something with substance at some point maybe...

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[whimcomic.livejournal.com]

And now? I'm gakking it to my friend Pippa, who is also in Montreal.

[hodsthorn.livejournal.com]

This is supposed to be funny...but it's far, far too true to be anything but slightly embarrassing...it's true. I worship at the hem of Medieval Academia's robe...

to wit:

-Your secondary sources are somebody else's primary sources.
Well, yes...but honestly, some of these people who study Gibbon or Tolkien as if they were dead a thousand years...

-Everyone else on your conference panel has taken holy orders.
This hasn't happened yet...but it's only a matter of time, really.

-You have a favorite decree of the fourth lateran council.
You don't? Mine is probably the decree against the sale of relics...but then, I'm a cynic.
Sorry--that's probably amusing if you're a medievalist...and otherwise, probably it's best that you assume I was making some kind of Klingon joke.

-Your particular field of study could be wiped out by a car accident.
Oh God, yes. It could well be wiped out by a single bullet, or a guy dropping a penny off the Empire State Building...

-You've ever been asked "the truth" about King Arthur.
Daily. Sad but true.

-You consider the American Revolution a 'recent event.'
Oh, it is--I mean, your grandfather's grandfather was still alive...

-You add the word "yet" to the statement "I don't know that language."
No...but only because we're not supposed to admit not knowing them.

-You specify which level of hell your day has been like.
Hee...

-You think the 'Modern Age' began around 1610.
What, you think it's 1603?