IASBT moment

[damont]

This will only make sense to a subset of the SCAdians in the audience. Still...

I have one SCAdian co-worker, who doesn't work at this office. The Boss was on the phone with him yesterday, sitting behind me. At one point she said, "Of course it's your fault. Everything is ultimately your fault. Didn't you read the fine print in your contract when you signed it?"

I immediately blurted, "Just who do you think he is, John the Pell?"

She was confused of course. I told her she wouldn't understand it, but to pass what I said on to my co-worker. Which she did... and much sporfling on the other end apparently ensued. (ETA: in case anyone was wondering, my co-worker is *not* John the Pell.)

Comments

[craig trader (from livejournal.com)]

I'm going to assume that this song [http://www-cs.canisius.edu/~salley/Bard.book/solution.html] explains the reference, but there are probably stories that explain the song.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

The song came about as one of many references to "It's all John the Pell's Fault" -- an idea which dates back to the early days of the SCA group in Ithaca NY.