# Bending Over Backwards for Eloquence

Category: Let's talk

## Post 1 by speedie (move over school!) on Thursday, 24-May-2007 8:49:20

The Blarney Stone is set in a stone wall in Blarney Castle Cork,in the village of Blarney. Kissing the stone is some feat, as you have to lie back and bend down holding onto iron bars, so you dont slip through the hole.The story goes that the stone is 1/2 of the stone of Scone, The supposed Stone of Destiny,used to crown the Kings of Scotland.
It was thought that an old woman, there's always an oul yin in the Irish stories, cast a spell on the stone to reward a king who'd saved her from drowning, good thing too or she'd have been away with the fairies.
By casting the spell, she gave the king the talent for eloquence and flattery, called blarney by the english. So that's why the Irish are such smooth talkers and dangerous with their flattery.
Stevie.

## Post 2 by Selena Fan (Account disabled) on Friday, 25-May-2007 6:58:00

When I read the title, I thought this was something about Jaws! You know that synthersizer.

## Post 3 by speedie (move over school!) on Friday, 25-May-2007 8:47:48

No I don't have a clue enlighten me.
Stevie

## Post 4 by Twinklestar09 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Friday, 25-May-2007 12:33:35

Elloquence is a speech synthesyzer program, and JAWS is a screen-reading program. JAWS comes with Elloquence as its main program to make JAWS speak.

## Post 5 by speedie (move over school!) on Saturday, 26-May-2007 12:54:18

Ok enough of the blind thing this is historic stone in Ireland qwhich you kiss top suppposedly become as eloquent persuasive and charming as myself, I'm famous for my charm, it's got fieck all to do with screen readers ok.
Stevie.

## Post 6 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Friday, 01-Jun-2007 7:59:51

Is it even still possible to kiss it?
i'd have thought it'd be some kind of protected thing by now, considering how protected the stone in scotland is now.

## Post 7 by speedie (move over school!) on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2007 8:27:54

Sure it's possible Ireland thrives on tourists kissing the blarney stone, and in case your wondering have I had the backache?
Kiss it? I made love to the stone with my lips!
Stevie.

## Post 8 by Texas Shawn (The cute, cuddley, little furr ball) on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2007 9:37:29

A irish bar owner around here told us once that they go and pee on it when they get out of the bar at night and the next day the americans are over there kissing it.

## Post 9 by speedie (move over school!) on Friday, 08-Jun-2007 8:23:05

They are indeed but I'm not so
They washed it for me until it was shining.
Stevie.