The Order of the Can III

Unfortunately, it also symbolizes peace, and usually she is too busy sentencing criminals to be splatted to worry about that. I think she also turns people into pumpkins, but that's mostly conjecture.
 
Midnight's a bad time, really. That's when all the ghouls are out. And if the people are turned into coaches-and-four, and then the four are turned into mice, then out of one came five, and the roads might get crowded. Traffic jams are bad places for haunting in general, and they might keep some ghosts from finding their place of earthly rest, etc. Couldn't the horses become mice at noon instead?
 
Just try to void the pretty apples dangling from the trees, and if someone asks you why you're nibbling at the picturesque houses, blame it on the wind, the wind, the heaven-born wind!
(Long my favorite line of the story.)
 
I've fainted twice before, so....

*waits*

Okay, that's not working.

*forces Sushi to faint*

(It pays to have minions.)
 
I've outlawed the United Minions. Joining is punished with death.

Sushi would never join, however. He loves me too much. *waits*

*waits*

*looks pointedly at Sushi*

I said, he loves me too much.
 
You have to PM Dernhelm--she keeps the records. The Can Clan is open to all; the Brotherhood is a little more selective and can (pardon the pun) take longer to be accepted into; you have to familiarize yourself with Duffer culture and prove to Dernhelm (who is the Queen of Duffers, although she denies it) that you are a Duffer* by sending her a few of what you consider your funnier posts. I'll post her explanation:

Dernhelm said:
It is time, fellow Duffers, to unite. The Skanderites and Willianites (Llamaites, Badgerites, Cannanites, Jesuits, and dust mites) have consolidated, and conspire to overthrow the Duffers ( ;) ); if we sit and do nothing, we shall be overthrown. It is for this reason that I wish to found the Order of the Can. The Brotherhood of the Can has been mentioned before, in passing; but no real effort has been made to make it an Order.

Therefore, I wish hereby to make 'Knight of the Order of the Can' an official title; the highest order of Duffers. The Brotherhood is for those who make a few dufferish comments now and again...and, occasionally, a true Dufferly post. Anyone who wishes it may become one of the "Can Clan". (An invention of HB's, somewhere in the distant past.)

All who hope to achieve the title of 'Knight of the Order of the Can', must first be one of the Brotherhood; save two, whom I shall elevate at once to the position of Knight, if they raise no objection. These two are, namely, Holyboy666 and Chakal. There are others, I am sure, who are also worthy to be placed there at once; unfortunately, their names escape me at the present time.

Those who wish to become one of the Brotherhood must first read the supplied Duffer training resources, which will educate you on the History of Duffers, and the Method(s) of duffering. Then you may PM me with your request, along with links to, or quotes of, a few of your posts that you think worthy of a duffer. I will judge as best I may; perhaps with the help of a few fellow Duffers, whether you are truly a Duffer. If you are rejected, do not be upset; simply study these rules and examples of Duffering, and you will soon learn.
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It took me about a year after I PM'd Derny for admission to the Brotherhood for her to actually admit me; by then I'd nearly forgotten about it, but I'm assuming that Derny was waiting for my Duffering to improve before she made me a member. (Which it did pretty drastically in that one year. We have a wise Queen.)


*Dufferism isn't exclusive to the Can Clan and the Brotherhood. There have been several Duffers, past and present, who have been, er, unkind to the Can. Honoring the Can is recommended, however, even if it is not a requirement for Dufferhood.
 
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