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Re: The History of Woot

I am highly amused at all of this.  Good golly, that
was quite a story. 
--- Jeff McCloud <teamccloud at yahoo_com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> First there was this in response to my request
> for The History of Woot:
> 
> 
> > 
> >  Her High-wootines Ysobelle at aol_com wrote:
> > 
> > > Ohhh, no. Not yet. I'm far too amused by the
> > > theories, conjectures, 
> > > hypotheses and proposals                     
> 
> 
> And then this:
> 
> >       
> > 
> > :{)}
> > 
> > i remember explaining this one to Karin
> > backstage
> > after the last taylor u. show. it was quite
> > amusing!
> > 
> > as to the definition... i agree, it's far too
> > satisfying seeing the theories fly. let's do
> > let them
> > think awhile on it, my sweet.
> > 
> > wooty woot!
> > 
> > binky bink!
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> And finally this:
> 
> 
> > 
> > This tale grew in the telling, and there are
> > none yet alive in these latter
> > days that remember it aright as it was told in
> > ancient times when the earth was
> > young.  But this is how it is said in the
> > common tongue, or close enough,
> > anyway.  
> > 
> > In a country hamlet, far from the watchful eyes
> > of the Doges, lived a young
> > girl who longed to see the world.  "All I need
> > is everything", she mused to
> > herself one June afternoon while wandering
> > through the forest.  She came upon a
> > small stream, in which she paused to splash her
> > feet.  Then out of the forest
> > came an old crone, her back bent with decades
> > of work, but her eyes bright with
> > the wisdom of experience.  The crone asked the
> > girl what would make her happy
> > with herself, and the girl replied "to fly far
> > from here, to dance among the
> > stars, and see all there is to see."  The crone
> > cackled, but not unkindly, and
> > told the girl to swim down; her answers lay at
> > the bottom of the pool.  "What
> > pool?" asked the girl, "this is but a stream." 
> > "It's never quite what it
> > seems", replied the crone, suddenly wistful,
> > before she abruptly spun round and
> > disappeared into the forest.
> > 
> > The girl eyed the creek bed skeptically,
> > wiggling her toes in the sand, when
> > she felt the support give way beneath them. 
> > Her balance lost, she toppled
> > forward and fell into the impossibly deep
> > waters below the surface.  She fell
> > for a long time, but oddly felt no need to
> > breathe.  "If I'm drowning", she
> > thought, "this is not how I imagined it."  All
> > was dark, but she thought she
> > saw sparks of light at the corners of her eyes.
> >  Suddenly she was surrounded by
> > a symphony of light: swirling clusters of stars
> > in massive spirals whirled
> > around her.  Music filled her ears with the
> > harmonies of voices twined in song.
> > She reached out to touch these sensations
> > around her, and just as she felt
> > something brush her fingers, sending a shiver
> > through her entire body, all the
> > light and sound went rushing away, as if she
> > were falling from a great height.
> > But her fingers still glowed with the dust from
> > the heavens.  She drifted off
> > into the darkness of sleep.  The last thing she
> > heard was a soft whisper upon
> > the night, and she thought it sounded like
> > "woot".
> > 
> > She awoke in her bed, and although nothing had
> > changed, everything was
> > different.  Colors more vibrant, textures more
> > rich, life seemed to have more
> > possibilities.  She whispered, "I will
> > remember", as she noticed her fingers
> > still glowed, so she carefully rubbed the dust
> > into a small pearl box, which
> > she always kept with her to remind her.  People
> > noticed the change in her, and
> > when she was especially delighted, she would
> > cry out, almost inadvertently,
> > "woot!"  When people asked what it meant, she
> > would smile enigmatically, and
> > say "It's in my pocket."
> > 
> > So the scribes say, and so my father told me,
> > and so I tell you.  Perhaps it
> > was never meant to be shared, and there are
> > certainly those who will scoff,
> > but there are also those who will catch the
> > echo of glory, and these few
> > will smile and know what it means.
> > 
> 
> 
> To which I say, I thoroughly enjoy the theories
> and hypotheses -- but I *still* want to know The
> History of Woot ... eventually. It is indeed too
> much fun to read these.
> 
> Jeff McCloud
> teamccloud at yahoo_com
> 
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