[Steppes] Re: [Elfsea] Pennsic Story

[Gail]

pray, who *is* Cindy Cooper!? and why did she have the audacity to do this?

Galen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spence Mabry" <SMABRY at flash.net>
To: <steppes at ansteorra.org>; <loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 3:18 PM
Subject: [Steppes] Re: [Elfsea] Pennsic Story


> --- Original Message ---
> From: TWMarsh at TarrantCounty.com
> To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Elfsea] Pennsic Story
> 
> >Don Aeron Harper sent me this Pennsic story:
> > 
> >Master Iolo Fitzowen, the newest Lion of Ansteorra, 
> who has sold crossbows
> >at the Pennsic war for 17 years, sets up a canvas 
> backstop so that his
> >customers can test fire his bows with SCA-legal 
> boffer arrows. He has done
> >this every year that he has been at that or any other 
> war. Every day all day
> >boffer arrows hit the canvas and drop harmlessly to 
> the ground.
> > 
> >This year, on Thursday, Cindy Cooper walked up with a 
> Marshal in tow and
> >told him that what he was doing is against the rules.
> > 
> >Iolo replied "Oh. Well I've been doing it for 17 
> years."
> > 
> >Cindy said "Yes, well I've suspected that you've been 
> doing it, but I've
> >never actually caught you at it." 
> > 
> >Well it was pretty incredible that not only did she 
> happen to "catch" him
> >doing it, this time, after somehow missing it for 17 
> years, but she already
> >had the paperwork filled out (with the marshal's 
> approval) to throw Iolo off
> >the site.
> > 
> >Iolo said "I had no idea this was a problem. We can 
> just stop doing it, all
> >you had to do is ask." 
> > 
> >Cindy said "No, you're out of here. Clear out 
> tonight."
> > 
> >
> >In case anyone doesn't know Iolo, making and selling 
> these crossbows is how
> >he makes a living. He gets fully 1/4 of his business 
> at and because of
> >Pennsic.
> > 
> >So Iolo is driving the 24 hours home to Texas right 
> now, without even so
> >much as a partial refund. He's bringing home several 
> finished crossbows, if
> >any would like to buy one. If you were thinking of 
> ordering a crossbow from
> >him soon-ish, now would be a good time. 
> > 
> >
> >Llywelyn
> >
> >
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