[Sca-cooks] Re: OT- da Dook

[Jeff Gedney]

here's my "da Dook" story...

a Loooong time ago when I was a new fighter, doing rather well locally, and I happened to be the first fighter at an event (Blessing of the Mead), and in a moment of sheer hubris promptly armored up and declared, loudly, that I had possession of "the field". 
What I did not notice is that another fighter had quietly unloaded his rather non-descript armor and was dressing on the sidelines while I did this...

I heard the following from behind me:
"hey! I'll take sum o' dat action!"
He popped his helm on, looked at me and picked up a shield and his sword. He looked at me again, considering and put it back down, and picked up a huge heavy great sword.

Ranging himself in front of me, he asked "so? you reddy?"
"Yup!" I said, raising my shield and taking what I believed to be a good stance.

Clang!
I turned around looking to see who hit me, because I swear I did not see my opponent's sword move an inch.

My opponent said, "Aw gees, I gues you wasnt reddy, less try it again, tell me when yur reddy, kay?"

I took a moment to compose myself, determined to block the move and avenge my self with a crushing blow, and said, "ready".

My opponent said, "you shur?"

"Yup!" I said.

Clang!

THIS time, due to my superior frame of mind and steely concentration I was just able to see the sword as it came back to his guard, after soundly whacking me.

I bowed to the inevitable, bowed to my opponent, and walked off the field. as I walked of the field, another fighter nodded to me and said, "Hiz Grace took it easy on ya, fella, He used to be faster off the draw".

A sound and valuable lesson given on the necessity for humility, and the empty hubris of mere mortals, as was then so often given out by Duke Siegfried.


Capt Elias

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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Robin Carroll-Mann" <rcmann4 at earthlink.net>
Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Date:  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:40:35 -0400

>On 20 Sep 2004, at 22:41, Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adaman wrote:
>
>> Eh heh. My apologies, though. My reference was to a very specific 
>> Joisey Dook; I figured many on the Cooks' List would know very well 
>> who I was talking about, especially if they've been in the SCA since 
>> the Pleistocene Era...
>
>Only the Pliocene, but that's far enough back.
>
>Long, long ago, at a small, amateur Renaissance Fair in North/Central NJ, 
>my barony had a few demo tables set up, including one with weapons, both 
>rattan and replica steel.  One visitor, dressed in jeans and sweatshirt, and 
>with a strong Joisey accent, asked about the weapons.  Were they 
>dangerous, did we really fight with them, etc.  There were two SCAdians 
>manning that table. One was my lord husband, and the other was a relative 
>newbie, young and eager.  The newbie enthusiastically gave a basic 
>explanation -- SCA 101 for Mundanes.  My lord kept silent.  The visitor 
>listened with great interest, thanked the young man, and began to walk 
>away.  Just before he got to the door, my lord called out, "Have a good day, 
>Your Grace!"  I was at the other end of the hall, but I'm told that the 
>expression on the newbie's face was priceless.
>
>
>Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
>Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
>rcmann4 at earthlink.net
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