Killer story from renaissance faire

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I don't know if that's true or not, or just sort of an amalgam of a bunch of stories. Similar has happened for real, though.

I was at an event 20 something years ago when some college punks thought it would be fun to attack our camp in the wee hours of morning dressed as commandos and armed with knives. That's the God's honest truth. If I hadn't been there, I would have thought it was a made-up story.

Most of them didn't get hurt by our guys all that badly. One got a boot to the face, that's about the worst.

Yes, we're geeks. Geeks that fight with swords and knives every weekend. Come on, you can't show up to fight guys like that with little switchblades and whatnot. They will take them away from you and spank you. A guy toting a Claymore is not going to be impressed by a 4 inch long apple peeler. Some of these SCA guys lay in bed every night and pray "Dear God, please let a burgler break in." Don't encourage them.

[queenbb]

Great outfit. Your bodice dagger is much larger than mine (but you have more 'scabbard' than I do). But mine does have a couple nice little iron leaves on the end of the hilt, to decorate my coin slot. I'm sorry to hear that your bodice doesn't fit anymore and hope that the weight loss was a positive thing & not illness.

thats not my bodice dagger, thats my side arm. i dont have a pic of the particular one in question. and i cant seem to find it, i was bummed cause i wanted to wear it for my pirate costume this halloween. (i was a dead sexy pirate ahahah) i think the fae are having fun with me they take quite a few things of mine and hide them, anyway. my weight loss was positive, i had been on some medications and that is what made me gain the weight. i lost about 30-40 lbs of it. boobs stayed the same size :-(

[RecoveringKinkoid]

BTW, someone asked where to get such things. Outside the SCA, I don't know. We have our own version of Diagon Alley, so if you aren't running around our scene, not sure where to go to get stuff like that. Probably the internet. Or gun and knife shows (a lot of of folks are fond of regular old gun and knife shows...I think some friends scored some nice Damascus at one, so it's worth checking out. Probably a google search would turn up some hits, too.

[TYFSOK]

I got my dagger from the local Ren fest, where these guys had set up shop.

[Phone Jockey]

Queenbb...you're hot! LOL I have lots of cleavage too, so I feel your pain...I also LOVE your dagger!! Mind sharing? I know some men who well deserve to feel its pointy edge...

[RecoveringKinkoid]

This was taken by me on Merchant Row during Pennsic War one year.

http://www.pennsic.net/photos/2003/D...utkilledme.jpg

I thought it was very funny. And nobody, I repeat, NOBODY is gonna correct the guy's spelling.

[XCashier]

This was taken by me on Merchant Row during Pennsic War one year.

Hubby and I call them "husband tamers"!

[queenbb]

lol, like i said i got it on ebay. so yes i can share.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Brass-Roman-Dagg...QQcmdZViewItem

its a roman pugio.

[Windam]

Wow, I should not have disappeared from the internet as long as i did XD

The dagger idea is great... except for the... College-y nature of the Renn faires around here. As in... they're on a college campus. And any weapon with a blade of over six inches is forbidden on campus. *eyeroll* Because that way, no one hurts themselves, apparently. Next year, however, I'm bringing my quiver, full with arrows to the feast >.> Hopefully, everyone will get that I have SHARP METAL things on my person.

I love hearing stories about drunken rennies, because they're always the most fun. You can always taunt them about what they say/do when they're drunk xD

[ForestDragon]

Mention of the Feast brought this classic to mind:


I Sing of Dead Bunnies
-Anonymous, but Moonwulf started it!
tune: "Sweet Betsy From Pike"

I sing of dead bunnies, and burnt baby chicks
Barbecued squirrels, and hamsters on sticks
Ducklings in blenders, and frogs off the road
Opossums on fenders and deep French-fried toad!

Sliced and diced sparrows, dead dogs on the lawn
Cats riddled with arrows, and disemboweled fawn
Pickled canaries, and clubbed baby seals
Mice served in berries, and turtles 'neath wheels

Minced baby earwigs, koala fillet
Rat Pie with custard, and cockroach puree
Fred's little brother, and Mystery Beast:
These are the things that they served at the Feast!