[Great Hall of Rockwall] I found this amusing..

[Alasdair Morgan Gunn]

Hey all;

In ancient times, King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash
after years of war with the Hittites.

His last great possession was the Star of the Euphrates, the most
valuable diamond in the ancient world.

Desperate, he went to Croesus, the Roman pawnbroker, to ask for a loan.

Croesus said, 'I'll give you 100,000 dinars for it.'

'But I paid a million dinars for it,' the King protested. 'Don't you
know who I am? I am the king!'



Croesus replied,








'When you wish to pawn a Star, makes no difference who you are.'

<BEG>

-- 
In friendship and fond regards
Lord Alasdair Morgan Gunn - AoA

Tapped out at my desk within the confines of Catamount Grange

Vert, a catamount sejant guardant or,
on a chief indented of three points argent,
two mullets of eight points, sable.