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Lord Durham

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"And where in God's name is Aarland? I b-bet it's in N-Norway, isn't it. Some bloody pile of snow that serves as home to three men with ponytails and a reindeer."

And here I always thought AARland was just west of Britain. Shows what I know. Funny ad, DB :).
 

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Gen. Marshall

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I always do as soon as I see the ads sprouting like mushrooms on all over the AARs I read.

What is the most annoying feature of AARland?

1. AARlander adverts
2. Adverts for The AARlander
3. Any/All advertisements for the leading sub-forum related publication on these sub-fora


(The fourth option is not to be spoken of)
 

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What is the most annoying feature of AARland?

1. AARlander adverts
2. Adverts for The AARlander
3. Any/All advertisements for the leading sub-forum related publication on these sub-fora


(The fourth option is not to be spoken of)
Number F-


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(Although I suspect this silliness is in keeping with the spirit of the AAR, I should probably stop before we go too far off track and I lose too much time trying to do lousy text art with forum posts.)
 

DensleyBlair

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That's got to be the best AARlander advert I've seen all day.

Grazie.

I for one hate seeing posts that are just adverts, and add nothing to the AAR, and this is really my only AAR that allows me to add something to the story (if, indeed, there is one.)

Herbert ran to greet the messenger. He was dressed in plain, homespun clothes and didn't look like he had come from anywhere in the kingdom. He sat silent atop his horse as he gave the count the message—

John looked up at his grandfather, who smiled back, holding a small piece of paper in his well-weathered hands—

It just doesn't have the same effect.

And here I always thought AARland was just west of Britain. Shows what I know. Funny ad, DB :).

The sad thing is, Sherwyn probably thinks it is ;)

Thanks LD.

Fantastic DB, fantastic, I like it... And I mean the AAR ;)

Thanks for stopping by D. Good to know you enjoyed it - I look forward to having you back.

It took me a painfully long time to get that joke.

In keeping with the rest of the AAR then ;)

Just make sure you read it ;)

Ireland? :s

Indeed - go out and read it!

Well done Gen. ;)

What is the most annoying feature of AARland?

1. AARlander adverts
2. Adverts for The AARlander
3. Any/All advertisements for the leading sub-forum related publication on these sub-fora


(The fourth option is not to be spoken of)

[The fourth option was DensleyBlair's AARs, for anyone who's interested.] I knew that poll would be used against me someday. I just didn't quite expect it to be a few hours after I'd written it.

Number F-


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(Although I suspect this silliness is in keeping with the spirit of the AAR, I should probably stop before we go too far off track and I lose too much time trying to do lousy text art with forum posts.)

What is that actually meant to be?

Incidentally, this advert has become my most 'successful' AAR update of all time. That makes me slightly worried ;)
 

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I assume you watched the episode last week? It has to be one of my favourites. I may have to reintroduce Bish Konan now in a slightly different vein ;)

I am watching them now, I had only seen fragments of the 2nd series before. I've noticed the disturbing trend that each episode seems more insane and surreal than the previous one... You'll have to step to the same challenge with the AAR :)

DensleyBlair said:
I b-bet it's in N-Norway, isn't it.

Now it's only a matter of time until someone mods Årland as world-conquering OPM on EU... :rofl:


PS. my answer to the poll is, of course, subliminal product placement ads, especially of turnips and magazines ;)
 

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To all interested:

As is befitting of an AAR that blithely steals most of its content from Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, a sequel AAR for EUIV is now in the pipeline. Though this means that I will be wrapping up this part soon, your roughly-monthly[1] fix of Norfolk-y goodness will be available here. There will be a few more updates here to wind things down, and then I'll be moving.

Though I will do a proper thanking ceremony at the proper end, I'd just like to say thanks to all of you for following the CKII portion. It's been a great ride, and one which I have enjoyed conducting immensely. I look forward to seeing you soon in the EUIV sub-forum!​

DB​

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[1] Hopefully I'll update with a bit more regularity and speed when I start the next part.​