Collarspace Discussion Forums


Home  Login  Search 

RE: Modern Day Aristocrats


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Community Discussions] >> Ask a Master >> RE: Modern Day Aristocrats Page: <<   < prev  1 2 3 4 [5]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 8/30/2008 1:42:47 AM   
DesFIP


Posts: 25191
Joined: 11/25/2007
From: Apple County NY
Status: offline 		Champagne, if not of high quality isn't worth drinking. Opera is something I never have enjoyed and never will. Ballet on the other hand is superb.

I think your tastes are limited. I like symphony and rock and blues and jazz and country. I like champagne and diet coke. I enjoy caviar and fried eggs. The idea of someone deciding I had to always limit my tastes is repugnant. I can enjoy a picnic by the lake as well as a 7 course tasting menu at a four star restaurant.

_____________________________

Slave to laundry

Cynical and proud of it!


(in reply to windchymes)
Profile   Post #: 81
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 8/30/2008 1:48:06 AM   
NumberSix


Posts: 1378
Joined: 12/30/2006
Status: offline 		lol, you said repugnant...

that's gonna make me throw up in my mouth a little,
should I take the occasion to think about it.

Cheap champagne and whores; if a man can't have that,
well; life's hardly worth living, isn't it? 


< Message edited by NumberSix -- 8/30/2008 1:49:58 AM >

_____________________________

"Who are you?"
"The new Number Two."
"Who is Number One?"
"You are Number Six.".
"I am not a number — I am a free man!"

Be seeing you...

(in reply to DesFIP)
Profile   Post #: 82
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 8/30/2008 7:27:03 AM   
IronBear


Posts: 9008
Joined: 6/19/2005
From: Beenleigh, Qld, Australia
Status: offline 		I'm really at a loss to understand this fixation on chanpagne especially as the mythical drink of the Arostratic Class. many of my titled friends can't stand the jolly stuff.. The origins of the Aristocracy drinking it exclusively, I'm told came from an earlier period when wine of all sorts and gin at the lowest levels was drunk because of the lack of clean fresh water. Most of the Peerage I know well would prefer either a good malt scotch or a pint of beer. Just my thoughts.

IB
(The incorrigible, irrepressible and irreverent Bear)


(in reply to NumberSix)
Profile   Post #: 83
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/24/2008 4:35:14 PM   
tweedydaddy


Posts: 673
Joined: 9/1/2008
Status: offline 		I am an Aristocrat. My family have lived in the same house since 1059 and I was put through the full rigours of a classical education, and you, my friend, with your chosen lifestyle and the art and dignity in which you have chosen to live, are every inch my equal. Being an Aristocrat is not about blood, people used to be knighted on the field of battle every day and the survivors built the huge estates and enterprises that shaped the world we live in. An Aristocrat is forged in the fire of his will, interests, and in the respect he recieves from others. A woman on her knees is the surest sign that you have achieved a measure of it.
I see my lifestyle as a continuation of the mediaeval philosophy of intrigue and conquest, the search for prey, the warm willing conquest and the bestowal of power on you by those who choose to serve you and the acceptance of the responsibility for the protection and authority over another, and the right to adminster discipline and punishment, you are the only law you need recognise.
The study of the finer things in life is yours as a taken right, music, art, literature, the appreciation of fine food and wine and the striving and acquistion of them, they all exalt you.
I'm very Gothic in my own outlook, and as my father was a second son, and therefore we did not inherit the family pile, I do enjoy treating my own, modest home like a castle. I have book lined rooms and a vast collection of old things that amuse me. Most importantly we have our slaves, oh yes, I am married to another dom, who comes from a similar background to me and has her own male pets who include muscians and actors who spend much time keeping her entertained.
I have my props, my Dobermanns, my swords on the wall and my ancient motorcycle and my eccentric sense of humour and outlook.
You are not the only one, and I am very happy to say I am the same.

(in reply to ReverendGypsy)
Profile   Post #: 84
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/24/2008 4:39:52 PM   
tweedydaddy


Posts: 673
Joined: 9/1/2008
Status: offline 		Since people are talking about Champagne, I must commend the wine of the dear old divine marquis himself to you. De Sade Champagne, which I have bought very cheaply indeed while last in France, is really very nice. Though I prefer absinthe, or my favourite tipple, Brandy and babycham. Drinks vary with the company.

(in reply to DesFIP)
Profile   Post #: 85
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/24/2008 8:08:46 PM   
CruelDesires


Posts: 824
Joined: 11/20/2004
Status: offline 		Medieval.

I guess my favorite drink of diet doctor pepper cherry vanilla and my favorite snack of cheese doodles do not count as aristocratic fare? 


C-D

< Message edited by CruelDesires -- 9/24/2008 9:00:43 PM >

_____________________________

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.
Lois McMaster Bujold, "A Civil Campaign", 1999

(in reply to tweedydaddy)
Profile   Post #: 86
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/24/2008 9:32:02 PM   
BeIgnited


Posts: 191
Joined: 6/23/2008
Status: offline 		 
quote:

ORIGINAL: CruelDesires

Medieval.

I guess my favorite drink of diet doctor pepper cherry vanilla and my favorite snack of cheese doodles do not count as aristocratic fare? 


C-D



It all hinges on how finely aged the cheese on the doodle is.

(in reply to CruelDesires)
Profile   Post #: 87
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/24/2008 11:55:44 PM   
tweedydaddy


Posts: 673
Joined: 9/1/2008
Status: offline 		cherry coke rocks, especially with cuban rum. What a gentleman eats is his own business. I would never comment, You should see the griddled vermin we got at school!

(in reply to CruelDesires)
Profile   Post #: 88
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/25/2008 12:05:20 AM   
WhiplashSmile2


Posts: 526
Joined: 6/11/2008
Status: offline 		I've never been into being an Aristocrat myself.  Mind you I enjoy wine and fine things in life along with hitting up a good Blues Club or Biker Bar, yet also love the Beach and being into the whole beach bum scene.  I'll pop out to the type of places where the Goths types go to, and I'll hang with the Hippies or Yuppies.  People are people.

In terms of all the fine products and finer things in life that Aristocrats consume, it's all the creative and far from Aristocratic people that create and make these things.

I'll hang out with the creative crazy SOB's compared to the snuffy Aristocrats anyday.  Most Aristocrats buy and enjoy this things that they could never really understand what true madness went into it all.  Then they talk and debate about the talents and merits of so and so and such and such.

Fencing compared to swinging a broad sword, big difference.  It's a blast to hang out at a winery and walk in the grape fields and pluck them from the vine.  It's a blast to hang out with somebody painting, or making pottery.   I knew a guy that lived off the grid and made pottery for a living.   He sold his shit for HIGH dollars for the Aristocrats to consume.  However, he was anything but one himself.  People not living conventional lives of any form, they are always more interesting and fun for me.

Hell, I'm drinking the same wine, I'm socializing with the artist and not the art, and I'm having a blast.  Sure, I love going to fancy resturants, and I love Greasy Dinners as well.   I enjoy all the different slices of life there is to appreciate.  

I would never sell my soul to any one slice of life and let that be simply my life.  I would be selling myself short of many wonderful experiences.  :-)

(in reply to ReverendGypsy)
Profile   Post #: 89
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/25/2008 7:05:14 AM   
tweedydaddy


Posts: 673
Joined: 9/1/2008
Status: offline 		greasy diners can be divine

(in reply to WhiplashSmile2)
Profile   Post #: 90
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/25/2008 7:30:40 AM   
rulemylife


Posts: 14614
Joined: 8/23/2004
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: ReverendGypsy

Pretty much. Finer? No.  More fun? For some yes, not so much for me - well... okay rock concerts and fiddles do appeal.  Yet, more often than not, and perhaps its just because I'm stuck in Cali, I find so many people grimace and shy away from listening to opera or attending a fencing match.  So many people tend to find it dull and boring, I am not meaning to call people uncivilized or anything of that nature that wasn't what I meant to infer at all - I am just curious where are those out there who enjoy these things and aren't bored to tears by them.




Ya'll mean out there in Californee you have matches to see who can put up a fence the quickest?

Hellfire, we got some good ole' boys here who are mighty mean with a roll of chain link.

Is there a cash prize?

(in reply to ReverendGypsy)
Profile   Post #: 91
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/25/2008 10:44:03 AM   
DesFIP


Posts: 25191
Joined: 11/25/2007
From: Apple County NY
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: tweedydaddy

cherry coke rocks, especially with cuban rum. What a gentleman eats is his own business. I would never comment, You should see the griddled vermin we got at school!


The only thing worse than cherry coke is Dr. Pepper.
Now on the other hand, diet coke with lime is great.

_____________________________

Slave to laundry

Cynical and proud of it!


(in reply to tweedydaddy)
Profile   Post #: 92
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/26/2008 10:38:25 PM   
VivaciousSub


Posts: 446
Joined: 9/7/2008
From: Tampa, FL
Status: offline 		<FR>

OP, I join the others here in stating that my tastes range from the "aristocratic" to the "hillbilly". I am equally comfortable in a high-class setting as I am at the racetrack. One, I'm dressed to the nines while drinking champagne out of little flutes, the other I'm covered in grease and dirt while drinking Bud that's been chilling in a 55-gallon oil drum. Both are very pleasant ways to spend a Saturday evening!

Limiting oneself to a particular subset of activities takes a lot of the enjoyment out of life - it is my wide range of likes that lends flavor and color to my enjoyment of each.


_____________________________

9.8m/s^2 + VivaciousSub + ground = ouchx10^9th

To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either. ~ Pride and Prejudice

(in reply to windchymes)
Profile   Post #: 93
RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/26/2008 10:48:32 PM   
NumberSix


Posts: 1378
Joined: 12/30/2006
Status: offline
  • If you wish women to love you, be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter, and women fell in love with him.
    Checkov

    _____________________________

    "Who are you?"
    "The new Number Two."
    "Who is Number One?"
    "You are Number Six.".
    "I am not a number — I am a free man!"

    Be seeing you...

    (in reply to VivaciousSub)
    • Profile   Post #: 94
    RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/26/2008 11:24:53 PM   
    sunshinemiss


    Posts: 17673
    Joined: 11/26/2007
    Status: offline     		Dang, and I thought this thread was gonna be about the movie... shoot

    _____________________________

    Yes, I am a wonton hussy... and still sweet as 3.14

    (in reply to NumberSix)
    Profile   Post #: 95
    RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/27/2008 9:20:17 AM   
    antipode


    Posts: 1787
    Joined: 4/19/2004
    Status: offline     		I spent a large part of my life in Europe, and went to school with modern day aristocrats (what's the opposite? A dead aristocrat?), count some among my friends and family. I've never met an aristocrat, even the non-native English speaking aristocrats, who couldn't speak and write grammatically correct English.

    (in reply to ReverendGypsy)
    Profile   Post #: 96
    RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/27/2008 8:33:22 PM   
    scarlethiney


    Posts: 492
    Joined: 8/22/2008
    Status: offline
    quote:

    ORIGINAL: ReverendGypsy

    Well, as for the blood spray, I should mention that it was my blood, I never harm anyone lest they so willingly desire it.
    As for the point about the profile thing, thank you for pointing it out, I'm not quite certain how I missed the fact that I just cut myself off so suddenly there - I'll make the adjustment.




    (there are stories in my past of blood, both mine and my partners, in impressive sprays on the wall). From your profile quoted.

    Hmmm, sounds like you might need to make an adjustment to your profile. This is a quite a contradiction. I personally  don't find blood sprays on the wall impressive . Actually, that's a bit scary. I would venture to say that this would... short of creeping  women out not entice them to respond to you.
    As for your post:
    aristocrat One entry found.

    Main Entry:aris·to·crat Pronunciation: \ə-ˈris-tə-ˌkrat, a-; ˈa-rə-stə-\ Function:noun Date:1789 1: a member of an aristocracy ; especially : noble2 a: one who has the bearing and viewpoint typical of the aristocracy b: one who favors aristocracy3: one believed to be superior of its kind

    Is this really the way you wish to be viewed????

    scarlet



    _____________________________

    "The words 'I am...' are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you." - A.L. Kitselman.


    see my profile masterkspet

    (in reply to ReverendGypsy)
    Profile   Post #: 97
    RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/28/2008 9:51:23 AM   
    IronBear


    Posts: 9008
    Joined: 6/19/2005
    From: Beenleigh, Qld, Australia
    Status: offline     		Whilst you personally may not think much of the Aristocracy not history and family blood stains, some of us, those few ewho are born to the blood and have vast family histories over several countries are proud of our past and will generally fight to maintain our place. I say this even though the traitor, ex English PM Tony Blair was able to remove many of those members from the House of Lords unless they were voted there and thus costing many their heriditory seats in that exaulted place, the fight goes on to restore the dammage done by a self proclamed anti monarchist who was able to become proime minister.. I tend to find where there are no direct country ties to a Royal Throne such as the UK , and places like Australia, New Zealand and other members of the British Commonwealth, tend not to have a clear understanding of either the Monarchy and the Aristocracy relating to it will often look to their own leading old families and elevate them to aristocy, however each to his own.

    _____________________________

    Iron Bear

    Master of Bruin Cottage

    http://www.bruincottage.org

    Your attitude, words & actions are yours. Take responsibility for them and the consequences they incur.

    D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F.

    (in reply to scarlethiney)
    Profile   Post #: 98
    RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/28/2008 9:20:34 PM   
    MadAxeman


    Posts: 4171
    Joined: 8/28/2008
    From: UK
    Status: offline     		You say potayto
    I say potarto
    You say Arisocrat
    I say Guillotine

    (in reply to IronBear)
    Profile   Post #: 99
    RE: Modern Day Aristocrats - 9/29/2008 5:31:11 AM   
    Luv2hurtu


    Posts: 1
    Joined: 3/17/2005
    Status: offline     		Only cake for breakfast again?

    (in reply to MadAxeman)
    Profile   Post #: 100
    Page:   <<   < prev  1 2 3 4 [5]
    All Forums >> [Community Discussions] >> Ask a Master >> RE: Modern Day Aristocrats Page: <<   < prev  1 2 3 4 [5]
    Jump to:





    New Messages No New Messages
    Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
    Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
     Post New Thread
     Reply to Message
     Post New Poll
     Submit Vote
     Delete My Own Post
     Delete My Own Thread
     Rate Posts




    Collarchat.com © 2025
    Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

    0.094