[Ansteorra] Re: Feast Etiquette
Susan O'Neal
catmafia at direcway.com
Thu Jan 1 00:37:05 PST 2004
As a note, the best rules I have ever come across reguarding feast food
fights have to do with the 'mood' of the feast. For some it is a great
deal of fun and for others it is completly inappropriate. I was told that
one should only use projectiles that will not stain clothes and only
participate with others who are doing it also. (although I was at a baudy
tavern one time in which someone skipped a bread ball of some sort of
dipping sauce onto someones chest, that was a bit messy-but nothing
compared to a dousing with a jug of water that someone recieved and this is
still one of their favorite memories with the ones involved.
Like all things in the SCA, finding where yourself amungst others who have
common interests is the most important to finding your best level of
happiness. The SCA has a very broad membership and it is our diversity
that makes us so strong. There are some for which this is a great joy and
for others that it is just plain silly or offensive, hopefully we can find
ways to coexist peacefully with both sides being able to find their own
comfort zones.
As to clean up, for the most part the feastes I've been out with lots of of
this 'action', usually those involved are active in the clean up and I have
rarely been in one that it was anything other than bread balls
flying. Another alternative that some people do are the virtual food
fights where who, what and where are written on slips of paper.
In all of the feasts I have been in where it takes place, the majority of
it is done in the same manner as flirtation during a dance-which have been
some of my most pleasent memories and also get people in feaste involved
with others beyond their own tables-as always-I can find an upside to
anything if I look hard enough. I was thumped on the back at my first
feaste and it took me the longest time to realize someone was hitting me
with breadballs-I thought I was getting tapped on the back and never saw
who did it. That feaste drew me into many friendships and I have a hard
time as seeing this as a great blight, but do realize it has it's time and
place and the simple request given is an excellent way of noting where it
is inappropriate.
I hope there is peace in this discussion soon,
Susan the Curious
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