Ye olde aloha,
(He rides into the town square, the hooves of his huge, white horse click-clacking off the dome-shaped cobblestones. Jumping from the sweating steed, he gathers the waiting townsfolk around him.)
“Greetings to you, my Lords, Ladies, squires, fair maidens, serfs –
and Gary.
I stand before you, aye, a little taller today, the recipient of a
new honour...”
...He pauses to snap his fingers.
Eight manly men in
brown tights and powdered wigs break rank from the crowd and form a 16th century version of ye flashe mob.
Using those long, trumpet
things with banner ads hanging down (the
only one he can read is for White Castle) the musicians play a wee melody of
something triumphant-sounding.
He holds up one bejeweled hand – then lowers it to power
off ye new tablet. The empty hand rises again. The trumpeters trumpet no more and slither back into the crowd - as if they were never there!“Ye friends, I am now a Knight of the Cosmic Table.”
He waves down a smattering round of applause from the open windows of Cavanaugh's Tavern.
“Sir David Powers King himself bestowed this honour upon me during this past week of the Summer Solstice.
Now, I must impeach upon you my desire that ye please visit Sir David's Cosmic Laire to hear tell a mighty interview between his Sir-ness and I
upon the ceremonious announcement of my Knighting.”
(Jumps back on weary steed, who looks up as if to say, my gosh, Sir Chunky, I hope we’re going to
Subway.)“Hi-Ho, Zinc Silver! Away!”
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| David Powers King |
"Sir" David Powers King will release his debut novel, WOVEN, with Michael R. Jensen, Oct. 8, 2013 by
Cedar Fort / SweetWater Press.
37 comments:
Noble sir, this hilarious yarn demonstrates beyond doubt why you are more than worthy of such a high honour. Congrats and can't wait for the interview - it will be epic!
Congratulations, Sir Mark! Will read it when it posts.
Awesome post!
Best of luck!
Heather
You are a funny man, aren't you?
:-)
Pearl
Oh, and congratulations!
Congratulations, Maxi Mark!
And WOOT for DPK!!! :D
Congrats good sir! (And hope the Subway was tasty!)
I raise my glass of ale in honor to you good Sir! :)
Congratulations for that knighthood, Sir Mark! All tables need a humorous knight. :D
Sir Brother, ye are of noble quality. Sir David is wise to recognize.
You make everything humorous Ark. Congrats on your knighthood.
Impeach upon? You're removing Sir David? lol! Cute, sir chunky. Congrats on the award.
Now I'm off to eat my peach. Yum
Sia McKye OVER COFFEE
You know you've made it when men in tights and powdered wigs for a flash mob for you. Congrats!
Noble and gallant sir, I thank thee for always making me laugh boisterously when I visit (or make me think and tear up depending on the post).
Congrats on your Knighthood!
Yes, YOU are on your way to meeting the Queen soon! Knighthood so suits you~ YOUR honorable sir, I envy you seeing a flash mob of men in tights-lol
Congrats to you and now I'll pony off to visit Sir David!
Cheers! ;D
Be perfectly still when being Knighted. Its a great way to lose your head. No sneezing!
Hail and well met, Sir Koopmans!!!
Hehe, congrats on your new knighthood and keep that armor polished! :D
Looooved the interview. It was SO entertaining!
Congrats! :)
You, sir, are hilarious!
Something about Ye Olde Aloha doesn't seem quite...correct :D
Congratulations Sir Koopmans!
Ahem--do I curtsey or bow? High 5, fist bump? Chest bump? ... um ... well maybe not that one. :P
I am honored to be able to leave my humble comment on the blog of an esteemed member of such an august group of noble and...um...what was I going to say again?
May I be your nearest dearest jester sir Mark??? Great entry!! I've stabled the horse for you
It was a very fun interview!
Sir Mazza dude n' stuff,
I was 'serfing' my chainmails, ah, my emails and I noticed an alert to drop on by thine posting, kind sire.
First of all, congratulations on spelling in correct English. An honour to note that. And to thinketh that thy honourable self has become a Knight of the Comic, sorry, Cosmic Table. Sir, I tip my cap to you. Sir David is worthy of a visit, me thinketh.
Congrats to Sir David upon the release of his debut novel. I assume it's being released from a dungeon.
Sir Mazza, a fine story thine doth tell. And the link to this humble peasant is duly noted.
You have remindeth me of this, if I can take such liberty as to leave my musing.
Sir Galahad and Sir Lancelot walked into 'Yee Olde Inn'. "My good innkeeper. We require a room for two knights.", said Sir Lancelot. "That is fine. You can pay for your lodgings upon your departure." replied the innkeeper. The next morning, Sir Galahad and Sir Lancelot, approached the innkeeper. "My good man" said Sir Galahad, "we wish to pay for our lodgings." Looking rather perplexed, the innkeeper responded, "Oh, I thought you wanted a room for two nights?"
And with that, I bid thee goodnight.
Gary :)
I'll second Stephen's advice ;)
Hear! Hear! I hoist a pint in your honor, good sir!
I'll head over and 'read all about it.'
Sweet congrats!
Indeed, it T'was an honour having you, Sir Mark! Thank for allowing me to interview your awesomeness. :)
Congrats Mark, what an honor :) I'll head off to read it soon as I find my noble steed (read: donkey) to carry me off the the adventure.
......dhole
Congrats! :) I'll have to pop over to Sir David's cosmic laire to check out the interview.
Nice horse.
Sir, Mark,
CONGRATS AGAIN on your Knighthood! Such a wonderful group around our table. The talent is ENDLESS!
WE Lords and Ladies of the Cosmic Table bow to you! We certainly can use a good laugh and your are certainly the knight to always keep us amused. Hopefully we can do the same for you.
ALL the best!
Sir Michael
So now we have to bow and call you Sir? Isn't that suit a tad warm for beach wear? I'm worried about heat stroke, but then that's because I'm a mom, and once you're one of those, you're always one of those.
Enjoy your Kinightdom.
Very good show! May you have a great success. Writer’s Mark
Congratulations Mark!! This is awesome. I love the wittiness that you incporporate into your writing!!
Hail, o mighty knight.
Congrats!
Huzzah, good knight. Huzzah! ;)
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