SCA jokes...

[William E. Cole]

Here's a little something to lighten your day...


The SCA camping trip
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FRIDAY
 1:17am Finish packing gear in car. Go to bed.
 5:00am Alarm clock goes off.
 5:01am Hit snooze button.
 5:11am Alarm clock goes off.
 5:12am Hit snooze button.
 8:41am Wake up, realize accidently turned off alarm. Have about 15
minutes
        to get to work on time.
 8:43am Pull phone off nightstand, call in sick to work.
 8:46am Go back to sleep.
 8:57am Wake up.
 8:58am Roll over, go back to sleep.
 9:02am Wake up again.
 9:03am Bury head under pillow, go back to sleep.
 9:07am Wake up again. Give up, climb out of bed.
 9:08am Twist ankle on phone laying on floor.
 9:10am Shower and dress.
10:05am Decide to make early start, head for event.
11:27pm Arrive at event.
11:28pm Admire squirrels, birds, trees.
11:31pm Sit in car, site not open yet.
Noon    Pay site fee, tie token to drinking mug for safe keeping.
12:08pm Set up camp, forgot the damn tent.
 2:42pm Arrive at event, again.
 4:29pm Friend arrives, asks about wife.
 4:32pm Head home to pickup wife.
 5:17pm Watch firetruck zoom by while sitting in rush-hour traffic.
 6:38pm Arrive home.
 6:41pm Wife wants to visit mother, not going to event.
 7:02pm Get flat tire on way back to event.
 7:04pm Spare tire is flat.
 8:13pm Arrive back at event.
 8:15pm Friend comes back, makes fun of you.
 8:16pm Pick up sword.
 8:17pm Friend flees in terror.
 8:29pm Make fire for dinner.
 8:41pm Forgot to buy food. Have to snack on crackers.
 8:43pm Get mug of wine to calm nerves.
 8:44pm Squirrel steals crackers, chitters at you from top of tree.
 8:45pm Throw mug at squirrel.
 8:46pm Stare at mug hanging by site token, caught in tree.
 8:52pm Friend comes back.
 8:55pm Friend leaves, laughing.
 8:57pm Tent catches fire from unattended campfire.
10:17pm Firetrucks leave.
10:22pm Autocrat asks to see site token.
10:23pm Too dark to see mug in tree.
10:37pm Pay site fee again.
10:42pm Admit defeat, go to bed.
10:43pm Sleeping bag burned with tent, have to go home.
10:45pm Keys to car were in tent.
01:49am Wife arrives with mother-in-law to bring you spare keys.
3:01am Home at last.

SATURDAY
  Spend day at garage sales looking for equipment for next event.



(Yes, this joke was based on one called "The Deer Hunt")

-William FitzBane