[Magdalen] Apology.

[Sally Davies]

Wow, thanks Christopher - amazing. I used to read a lot of Arthurian
legends in various forms as a youngster but don't recall this part of it.

Sally D

On Sunday, 24 January 2016, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> According to Wikipedia:
>
> In Arthurian legend, the Siege Perilous (also known as The Perilous Seat)
> is a vacant seat at the Round Table reserved by Merlin for the knight who
> would one day be successful in the quest for the Holy Grail.
>
> In Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur, in an account taken from the Vulgate
> Queste del Saint Graal, the newly knighted Sir Galahad takes the seat in
> Camelot on Whitsunday, 454 years after the death of Jesus. The Siege
> Perilous is so strictly reserved that it is fatal to anyone else who sits
> in it. Another version of this story is related in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's
> Idylls of the King.
>
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 5:05 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > Thinking of you, Mike, and wishing you well. With far less excuse, other
> > than a cricket test match being on the TV, I've also been doing little
> more
> > than nothing all weekend!
> >
> > Siege Perilous...what is that? My kids' school has a much prized award
> each
> > year, that is voted on by the kids, for the Matric (school leaver) who
> best
> > represents the spirit of the school. It's called the Siege Perilous but I
> > have no idea why and until now it didn't occur to me that this could be A
> > Thing.
> >
> > Sally D
> >
> > On 24 January 2016 at 05:20, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > > >>>No apology necessary, Mike. Unremitting pain is miserable. Some of
> us
> > > have
> > > BTDT and understand all too well. Just take care of yourself, OK?<<<
> > >
> > > Thanks, Jay.  Since we can't help but blend all of our trials together
> > > when we're feeling like shit, it's inevitable that my woe and sadness
> is
> > > about more than my medical ills.  So, once again, thanks.
> > >
> > > As for taking care of myself, today I got out of bed at noon, and then
> > > promptly set myself an agenda of Nothing, which I finished ahead of
> > > schedule so as to allow for extra Nothing on top of that.  I just paid
> > > Round Table* for dinner, so life's pretty sweet right now.  Or at least
> > > salty.
> > >
> > > [*I want to walk in some time and demand to see the Siege Perilous.]
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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> Christopher Hart
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