» Wednesday, 15 April A.D. 2009
scrod
My children have a book called Lightship. As you might imagine, it is about lightships (Wikipedia is slightly too pedantic on this one, I think). The book has lovely drawings and is just repetitive enough to drive the points home for the kiddos while having enough variety to make you enjoy reading the book. We have a hardback edition; the back cover has a sailor on the ship reading 99 Ways to Cook Scrod.
I would not have known what scrod was, except for a raid in Serpentshrine Cavern. I think we were standing on the platform just after Lurker and had a bit of time to kill. Our guild leader, who hails from Boston, began telling scrod jokes. Perhaps it was a tradition in the guild prior to my arrival, but scrod jokes were a regular feature of guild chat for the next four instances.
I have been WoW-free for six months today (or nearly so; I forget the exact date I last signed on). I think of my guild and raiding every time I read Lightship to the girls. I miss WoW.
posted by Nate @ 8:32PM