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RenFaire dates - 2010
Sir Edward:
Yep, the plan is to be there on Sunday. I'm not going to be doing DOW, but you can if you want. I'd just make it subtle if you do. :)
Sir William:
Nah, I wasn't all gung-ho about it but was willing to go along with the rest of the brethren on it. I'm glad we're going to keep it as we normally do...as others have said, I really get a kick out of the kids.
Sir Edward, did you know that little boy we took pictures with had waited for us for some time to arrive? Glad I heard that modern contrivance buzzing in my beltpouch! His eyes shone when he saw us...it is THAT which makes all this worthwhile to me.
Sir Brian:
Thank you all for the support and it is the impact we make upon the kids that makes enduring all the other burdens possible.
The burdens being:
* The discomfort of wearing the armor all day and the wonderful aroma of being basted in your own sweat.
* The hours spent cleaning and maintaining your armor and arming clothes.
* Never being able to finish a meal without being asked to pose for a photo.“Excuse me put do you mind if I pick the pork chop meat out of my teeth first? – Ah to hell with it I’ll just put the helm on.”
But yeah it is definitely worth it. :)
Sir William:
Pork chops? Where do you get pork chops? You must show me!
I agree...on the FB thread and elitists in general, I have noticed that they keep their off-putting words to themselves when you're right there in front of them. I mean really, they had nothing to say while you were there, right? Stands to reason their opinions are best served by keeping it to themselves- with this internet there's come a whole lot more people with things to say- that fear the percussive after effects that could occur if they gave voice to them.
Cowards, in a word.
Silvanus:
Glad I haven't read the other forum thread you guys are referring to. It would have just upset me.
I did have a recent incident at MDRF where I was accosted by some (sad to say) college kids and informed that the Crusades were "bad." (I was wearing my usual 12th-century Crusader kit.) I paused for almost a full minute, trying to decide what books to refer them to, in order to correct their mis-education.
Instead I smiled and quoted from Kingdom of Heaven -"To kill an infidel is not murder; it is the path to heaven." And raised my cider to them. Not terribly chivalrous of me, I know.
Some folks are just not worth the time to argue with.
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