[Sca-cooks] Drakey FAQ - Reposted as the last one was 'gone with the ether'...

[Craig Jones]

[DRAKEY SAYS]
> > *Sigh* I should have just shut my big, fat mouth.... I
> > knew what was going to happen...

[ADAMANTIUS – SCA COOKING GOD SAYS]

> There, now, you see? The problem here is we've allowed one
> thing we   know about Drakey (or think we know) to sort of
> take over his identity   for those of us who don't know
> him well. He's become Accident Guy.   This is not cool.

> I propose a series of opportunities to get to know more
> about Drakey.   For example, did anyone here besides me
> know Drakey is a terrific   dancer? And I hear he has
> quite a weakness for candied violets, but   cannot abide
> the smell of artificial vanilla flavoring...

Alright
 You did ask for it
 Perhaps we can host one of
these a week?  Week 3 – Adamantius – because Frankly
he’s someone I want to know more of
 

Here we go - Drakey FAQ...

*  I used to be a decent SCA  dancer, but got too fat, slow,
clumsy and lazy


*  I have an addiction to Giant palma violet sweets
(http://www.benjis-direct.com/bestoftherest/0l434.html)

*  I rather like vanilla but prefer beans to artificial


Other useless bits of trivia (provided by myself and
friends):

*  Born in England, emigrated to Australia at age 7 (but has
an Aussie Mum) 

*  Lived in Naples, Moscow, Bangkok, London, Southhampton
and most Australian states. Had moved house 19 times by the
age of 18. 

*  Nickname in high school was “Fraggle” (if you guys
are REAL lucky – I might scan in my Year Book Photo J )
– attended Wanniassa High School and International School
of Bangkok 

*  Supporter of West Ham United Football Club
(http://www.whufc.com/page/Home) 

*  Eats everything except Salt, Fresh tomato, Avocado,
walnuts, and Lambs Brains
 

*  Currently Single, last GF and I parted amicably and I
still think she rocks
 

*  Accident prone in bizarre ways – had the term ‘doing
a drakey’ named after him. 

*  Until the Age of 8, thought that Euthanasia was about
poor children in China. 

*  First swear word used at age 3 – “Well aren’t you a
silly d*ldo”, used at a family friend. 

*  Still has his first stuffed toy, a well-loved (and
covered in stitches and repairs) a gollywog by the name of
“Golly”. Was lost in Grandmother’s attic for years
until my brother managed to snaffle it back. The family
presented it me at Christmas that year as a present, and my
ex-GF says I turned into a three year old again as I
recognised “My Golleeeeee.” 

*  Currently Baron of Innilgard (Adelaide, Australia) –
stepping down in Apr2008 – will miss it, it’s a GREAT
barony and I’m privileged to be a small part of it
 

*  Favourite foods: Thai, Sushi, Sashimi. Anything weird and
exotic. 

*  Food he cooks at home: Usually Thai as I learned to cook
from the Thai Maid we had when I lived in Thailand. 

*  Mother was offered (was a serious offer) 10,000 British
pounds (in 1971) to sell me to an elderly couple when I was
11 months old. Made the newspapers (only claim to fame). 

*  Known in the Kingdom of Lochac for Bizarre accidents,
loosing his pants in court
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlXcU-LIfuM), Mongolian
food, and Kumiss. 

*  Lochac’s 3rd Brewing Laurel, the only one currently
active. 

*  On LiveJournal and Facebook if you know where to look... 

*  Favourite Medieval Dishes – Seu Soup, Pipefarces, Torta
Bianca, Salsize Bone, and Asado el Gato
 

*  Does reasonable blackwork, bit lax at finishing the
projects tho.

*  Has an unfortunate history of apprentices breaking within
six months of them being taken on. So far, no breakages are
directly attributable to Drakey himself. Has therefore
recently taken on a qualified MD as an apprentice, on the
theory that if he does break himself, he can also heal
himself, and possibly fix some of the others.

*  Is 6’2” but thinks he is 5’10”

*  Is a ‘Spring’ and looks fantastic in sky blue and
gold.

*  Is not safe to leave near a bowl of wasabi peas.

*  Once left a Moscow nightclub with a friend at 3 in the
morning and wandered drunkenly lost for an hour through hip
high snow before a passing taxi picked them up and took them
to their residence, just so he could call his beloved in
Australia to wish her a happy new year, causing a friend to
almost die of hypothermia...

*  Named his Labrador Digby, after the period brewer Sir
Kenelm Digby. When the name unfortunately became a
descriptive, dropped the other shoe and gave the dog a
second name of Tudor (pronounced Chew-door)

*  When Digby  was a cute little puppy who could fit on your
lap with room to spare, he stupidly invented a wrestling
game called “Drakey lies on the floor and the puppy gets
to climb all over him and the puppy wins the game when he
can sit on Drakey’s head.” Thus six months later when
Digby  was an excitable teenage dog, with an intimately
loved pillow called ‘Mr Humpy’, and Drakey was lying on
the floor reading a newspaper, an unfortunate incident
occurred that resulted in Drakey losing his virginity in his
right ear.

*  Was also nearly circumcised by the same puppy when he
foolishly let the dog into the bathroom after a shower at
the time when the puppy was still learning not to snap at
toys. Or other dangly things.

*  Used to talk in his sleep a great deal until he was
diagnosed with sleep apnoea and provided with a CPAP
machine. Should therefore know better than to fall asleep on
the couch among company. 

*  Has learnt why dogs fed on tinned food mixed with lentils
should not be allowed to sleep directly under the intake
valve of his CPAP machine.

*  Caused much amusement at age 3 by introducing people to
his new baby sister called Mark. Still does.

*  Has a not-so-secret crush on Nigella Lawson

*  Has hit himself in the nuts with vice grips, making
chainmail

*  Likes Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain

Likes making love at midnight, in the dunes of the Cape