> > > -Faux "despite 'Cutthroat Island' being the major lodestone around Harlin's neck, I feel that Schumacher has proven repeatedly that he is inept." Pas
> >
> > Lodestone? Shouldn't that be a millstone? A lodestone would mean Harlin was magnetic.
> >
> > Brunnen-"unless this is a hilarious in-joke and I'm going to feel really stupid once everyone else explains it"G
>
> I've always used the phrase "lodestone around one's neck" to mean someone's got a heavy weight on them. Apparently, I've been using that word wrong ALL MY LIFE.
>
> -Faux "has an albatross around his neck?" Pas

Oddly enough, a few days ago I was reading an interview with Gary Gygax (of Dungeons & Dragons fame) over at rpg.net. One of the bits he discussed was the various jokes in the D&D book. To cast a spell called "Gust of Wind", the spellcaster had to consume a legume. That sort of thing.

A lodestone in D&D was a really, really, really heavy stone. It was a stone so heavy, it would max out one's encumbrance or load. In other words, a lodestone was a "load" stone.

How many decades did it take for me to get that pun? Huh?

-Faux "I didn't play Dungeons & Dragons all
those years without learning something about courage." Pas