Gifts for the kids

[Dragonlover]

Those are indeed the sort of people a shinai was invented for, lol.....
Bye the bye, welcome to the forum Paladin....

[Sir William]

Thank you, Sir Andrew, much obliged.  And we're agreed...but I have a question for you; what with MDRF's weapons policy, they seem to have no problem selling the shaped wooden clubs to all patrons.  Wonder if any bludgeonings have taken place thus far...

[Dragonlover]

I'm not sure about this season my good Sir, but Sir edward, Sir Brian and myself all have horror stories in dealing with wooden wasters....

[Sir William]

I've read some of them; I never knew that parents encouraged their kids to take a whack at other faire-goers...I mean, it can be all in good fun but how about asking first?  I think I commented in that thread that I'd start confiscating said sticks and using them on the offending parents should they ask for them back.  Jerks.

[Sir Edward]

Thankfully such jerks are rare, but they're out there. It's re-assuring when the parents are on the ball though. This past weekend, I was sitting on a bench, with my helmet beside me. A little boy (probably about 3 or 4 years old) came up, and he started feeling and tapping the helmet. His parents quickly shouted over to him to stop. It was fine in this case, but I was pleased that his parents were right there and keeping a watchful eye.

[Sir William]

Yea, I like the ones who are respectful.  Had one woman bring her shy little guy over to check me out and it seemed she knew a bit about the subject; that's always reassuring, when the parents have a knowledge of what it is we do.  It isn't just costuming to them...which is good, because it isn't that for me either.