[Ansteorra] Fw: Group status changes

[HerrDetlef]

Another Blackfox moment:

one strip showed a variety of responses to the question "Are you in a play?"

The first response was a slight youth in a very basic t-tunic, who replied
very enthusiastically (I'm paraphrasing here): "Oh, no! I'm a member of the
Society for Creative Anachronism.  We're a medieval recreation group, and we
have branches all over the world.....(ad infinitum ad nauseam)".

The second response was another young man, this time in more tailored
clothing, who I believe replied rather tersely something to the effect of:
"No, I'm in the SCA, and we're having an event today."

The third and fourth responses showed guys in Elizabethan garb with white
belts and chains (the fourth one with a county coronet).  One of them
answered "Yeah, Romeo and Juliet."

The fifth response was a bearded fellow wearing a Pennsic t-shirt and a
ducal coronet: "Shoot, no, man!  We're going to a Grateful Dead concert!"

Something like that.  It's been years, obviously enough <SIGH>.

I normally just say I'm going to a costume party.

P&B,
DT+LF


On 7/17/08, Sher M <runa.herd at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> We stopped at a convience store in Houston close to where Coronation was
> being held.  There were 3 Asian males in the store.  Not one of them even
> blinked when a tall, large woman with a gold mesh veil on her head,
> sunglasses, long sleeved blue dress with a velvet overdress came in and got
> 3 bottles of iced tea.
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> If I'm in a hurry I just say I'm in a play.  If I have time I explain a
> little bit.  Mostly it is younger people who look at me like I've lost my
> mind.  People my age just look and go about their business.  But then I'm
> not in armor, carrying a sword, dagger, etc... at least not that is highly
> visable.
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> Runa of The Thundering Herd
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> ----- Original Message ----- Also, has anyone else had to deal with people
>> who thought the SCA was a terrorist group? I've been in that situation twice
>> and have been lucky enough to be able to explain things and help the person
>> understand that we're not here to take the White House one stick at a time.
>> Has anyone else run into this?
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>> Mungentuya
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