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"Can I help you?" the magic shop proprietor asked. "What swords do you have?" "Only one, today. This is 'Hyvla', the sharpest sword ever made." "Any conditions on it?" "Before sheathing, the blade must be quenched in porridge or it will dull." "That's inconvenient." "I also have this pot..."

9/10/26, 2:33 pm45 reposts239 likes

Charles

@charles.capps.me

Is oatmeal ok? Would cream of wheat qualify?

Cox So Spooky

@coqsolay.bsky.social

The upsell was almost a jump scare

Rob Miller 🇺🇦

@paarfi.bsky.social

Porridge pots: where the real money is made

Skye "Kudzu" Thornwise

@greytideskye.bsky.social

is this inspired by that recent post of "what advantages does making bread have over carrying the oats around? can you not just make porridge?" or whatever

Micro SF/F by O. Westin

@microsff.com

No, it came from thinking of magical swords with conditions, after reading an article about Skofnung, the legendary sword of the Viking Rolf Krake, the pommel of which could not see sunlight. I looked it up because of a comment someone made about a possible new Questionable Content character. :-)

Skye "Kudzu" Thornwise

@greytideskye.bsky.social

oh cool! I found what I was referencing, too. This is what we in the business call "wait how did you get into this business, we have a security guard, what did you do to Greg, WHAT DID YOU DO TO GREG???" www.reddit.com/r/askscience...

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