[Ansteorra] History of Mascots?

[Paul DeLisle]

Well...at this point, I have to tell one of my favorite Lloyd stories (as
opposed to my favorite Lloyd *jokes*...)
For those of you who didn't know him...Lloyd is about 5' tall...and about 4'
wide. Not fat...just ...wide. (back then, we all thought that if anyone
*ever* made a Lord Of The Rings movie (what a *stupid* idea!)...that Lloyd
should play all the Dwarves. 

At the first Gulf War (yes, children...the *very* first...you do the math!)
...we (of course) had a Champion's Battle.
Fifteen fighters on each side... right off the main field... there was
probably 75-100 yards between the two lines; with the populace surrounding
the field. 

I happened to find a spot that let me look down the "enemy's" line...and I
could watch them sizing up the competition:
"Okay...that's Patrick...that's Michael...JEEZUS, that's *INMANN*.......

...Hey, wait...who's that *little* guy? 

...Ain't got no belt...ain't got no chain......I think *I'm* gonna go over
there and *kick* his *a$$*!" 
(Remember that Lloyd is a Master of arms...and wasn't really big on
strawberry leaves on his helm.)

When the Marshals called "Lay On!", *four* fighters from different parts of
the line all made a beeline for Lloyd (all un-belted, I should note.) 
Now, Lloyd is fairly relaxed-looking, until he actually fights (no wasted
energy)...so he walked out about 50 feet, and waited.
When the first fighter got about 30 feet away, someone shoved a quarter in
the back of Lloyd's neck...and he turned into Robo-Duke:

*CLICK-WHIRRR* (Shield coming up & locking into place)

*CLICK-WHIRRR* (Sword doing the same)

*HUMMMMMM* (entire upper body swiveling to acquire target)

*Stomp...Stomp...Stomp...* (moving to meet the first opponent) 

*WHAM-WHAM-WHAM!* (first fighter legged)

*CLICK* (reset position)

*HUMMMMMM* (Targetting second fighter)

.....And...repeat until all four of the enemy are left broken on the field.

...At least...that was how it looked to *me*, so long ago.

Some young fighters learned an important lesson that day.

Alden
(at least I've got some old stories...)

-----Original Message-----
From: ansteorra-bounces+ferretpd=gmail.com at lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:ansteorra-bounces+ferretpd=gmail.com at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf
Of Sir Lyonel
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:51 PM
To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] History of Mascots?

Salut cozyns,

Wait, you mean Yosemite Sam and Duke Lloyd aren't one and the same?

En Lyonel



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On Jan 29, 2011, at 9:43 PM, "Paul DeLisle" <ferretpd at gmail.com> wrote:

> BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAaaaah!
>
> That is all.
>
> Alden (the other one.)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ansteorra-bounces+ferretpd=gmail.com at lists.ansteorra.org
> [mailto:ansteorra-bounces+ferretpd=gmail.com at lists.ansteorra.org] On  
> Behalf
> Of Robert G. Ferrell
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 7:05 PM
> To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] History of Mascots?
>
> On 1/29/2011 2:23 PM, Casey Weed wrote:
>
>> Some of the older universities have history in our time focus; does  
>> anyone
>> know if the concept of a school or national mascot goes back that  
>> far?
>> (Yes, I Googled it.  And I searched the Florilegium.)
>
> I'd have to go with the Yosemite Sam doll dressed as Duke Lloyd that
> showed up at Simonn & Tessa's coronation.
>
> Cynric
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