Bribing Bohemund

**St Naffatun** · May 31, 2008, 03:40 PM

Has anyone managed to bribe Bohemund as the KOJ?

I like the cut of his jib, and really don't want to massacre him and his men

**Aurion** · May 31, 2008, 06:36 PM

Can't say I have. I would, but the early game financial situation for Jerusalem is a little....tight.

Well, that and whenever I border the Armenians they seem to attack me immediately.

It's like they want me to burn their cities to the ground, you know?

**Shadibadoo** · June 01, 2008, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by Aurion

It's like they want me to burn their cities to the ground, you know?

Hahahaha
That's exactly what I say when someone attacks me.

**~~Miraj~~** · May 31, 2008, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by St Naffatun

I like the cut of his jib

Haven't heard that in a while.

**Taneda Santôka** · May 31, 2008, 11:19 PM

I think killing 90% of his army and letting him retreat will greatly reduce de bribe's amount... So you might try protecting the city from other ambitious powers, kill his army, get a whole lotta dough and bribe the sucker... Sounds like trouble!

**reavertm** · June 01, 2008, 09:04 AM

yep, he could never give away Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch so easily...

**Lupu** · June 01, 2008, 09:10 AM

Why is there no faction "crusader states" or something in stead of KoJ, they ware all allied...

**Aurion** · June 01, 2008, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by [COJOT]Alpha-Lupus

Why is there no faction "crusader states" or something in stead of KoJ, they ware all allied...

They sure as heck didn't function as a single, unified force, which is what making them a faction would imply.

**Bull** · June 02, 2008, 12:57 AM

"I like the cut of his jib"

Is that English? American? Canadian? or God forbid, Australian?

**St Naffatun** · June 02, 2008, 09:08 AM

I'd say it's old fashioned English.

Now we just have to wait for some smart alec to point out that "actually it's a mis translation of a French term for one who 'sleeps with his chickens' which was a medieval insult". I just made that up but you know what I mean.

**~~Miraj~~** · June 02, 2008, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by St Naffatun

I'd say it's old fashioned English.

I thought it was a classic american english phrase. The last time I heard it was my math teacher way back in high school.

Ugggh, sorry for the off topic.

**Jush** · June 03, 2008, 01:04 AM

From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable:

"Cut of someone's jib": A person's appearance, attitude, or manner. 'I don't like the cut of his jib' means 'I don't like the look of him'. The phrase is of nautical origin. 'Jib' here is the triangular foresail. Sailors used to recognize a vessel at sea by the cut of her jib.

Well, my work here is done...

AWAAAAY!

**Taneda Santôka** · June 02, 2008, 01:49 PM

Actually it's a mis translation of a French term for one who 'sleeps with his chickens' which was a medieval insult.

Cheers,
Alec (I'm smart)

**Antiochos VII Sidetes** · June 02, 2008, 06:15 PM

Lol, Naffatun...+REP

**Aurion** · June 02, 2008, 09:33 PM

+ Rep to St. Naffatun for the reason Mr. Cursed stated.

Always nice to see a rather unusual or fresh turn of phrase, even if it is such by merely the virtue of being outdated.