[Steppes] Re: [Elfsea] Pennsic Story
Spence Mabry
SMABRY at flash.net
Fri Aug 8 13:18:11 PDT 2003
--- 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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