[Bryn-gwlad] Archery and the Moustache War

[caladin]

My favorite part was how it devolved into a mutual moustache insulting 
contest
and at one point it was declared that our baroness had a better 
moustache than they did!

I still giggle over that ... to this day...

That was teh best war ever.. so utterly impossible to take seriously, 
and so tremendously silly.

Cal-

Susan Froebel wrote:

>The side with the best archers always enjoys the archers.  Bryn Gwlad had 
>Steppes beat hands down in that department.  It ruined Inman's day.  I'll be 
>happy to tell you more, but honestly, if you can get Baron Johann to tell it 
>you are in for a real treat.  It was His War and he's a great storyteller.
>
>And for those of you later come to the Barony, the War was caused by Baron 
>Robin of Gilwell accusing our noble Baron Johann von Graustein of using his 
>(Robin's) moustache badge and insisting Johann remove it from his face.  The 
>losing side paid the winning side in chocolate chip cookies, if I remember 
>correctly.
>
>I look forward to meeting you if I haven't already.
>
>Rhiannon
>
>(This msg copied to Baron Johann in the hopes he will tell us a story.)
>
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>Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:55:25 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Patrick R <tex_yankee2004 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Concerning combat archery
>To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad <bryn-gwlad at lists.ansteorra.org>
>Message-ID: <20060831005525.44300.qmail at web35609.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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>OK that was just not right, teasing us with a story and then not telling it. 
>Please tell the story please. Hopefully someone can clear something up for 
>me please. My mind set is just a dumb old grunt, see the hill, take the hill 
>and kill everyone on the hill, so I need some help. I would think that the 
>heavy fighters would love to have the archers there. If you are 30 fighters 
>going against 30 fighters and your side has a dozen archers that could each 
>get off two rounds before they get to you, I would think some would be 
>killed and make things easier for the heavy fighters if some of the enemy 
>are dead already.
>
>   Patrick
>
>Susan Froebel <susanfroebel at hotmail.com> wrote:
>For a really good story about shooting at Dukes, get some of the oldtimers
>to give you Duke Inman's response to the archers at the Moustache War. Yes,
>we (the Bryn Gwlad archers) did not make him happy.
>
>Rhiannon (who marshalled that day)
>
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>Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:36:49 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Patrick R
>Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Concerning combat archery
>To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad
>
>Message-ID: <20060830193649.61992.qmail at web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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>Try as I might, I could not think of a good reason to go through the trouble
>of getting archery combat qualified until I read your post. Now shooting at
>Dukes now that could be worth all the trouble. Sorry I just could not
>resist.
>
>Patrick
>Hoping people realize it was a joke..... Archery ... reach out and kill
>someone
>
>
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