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You know you're in the SCA when...

 

NOTE: See also the files: SCA-stories3-msg, SCA-romance-msg, SCA-hist3-msg, SCA-in-books-msg, vanity-plates-msg, SCA-as-family-msg, border-stories-msg.

 

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    Mark S. Harris                  AKA:  THLord Stefan li Rous

                                          Stefan at florilegium.org

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Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: tbarnes at silver.ucs.indiana.edu (thomas wrentmore barnes)

Subject: You know you're in the SCA...

Organization: Indiana University

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 03:51:35 GMT

 

        You know you're in the SCA when you see a college diploma on a

friend's wall, and the first thing you ask is, "Who did the

calligraphy?"

 

        Lothar \|/

              0   (smilant)

 

 

From: wisteria at crl.com (Melodi Lammond)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: You know Your in the SCA when

Date: 6 Feb 1994 09:31:27 -0800

 

You have just finished translating in a hearing room for a non-English

speaking participant in an insurance case and calmly curtsy to the judge

and back away to your seat without turning your back to her . . .

 

Lady Melodia McLammond

 

aka wisteria at crl.com

 

 

From: salley at niktow.canisius.edu (David Salley)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: You're know you're in the SCA when...

Date: 12 Feb 94 11:38:40 GMT

Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo NY. 14208

 

com (Don Levey) writes:

> You know you're in the SCA when you visit a period castle, notice the

> draperies and bedspreads, and think of what lovely clothing they would make...

 

You know you're in the SCA when you visit a period castle, museum, historical

site, etc. and you can spot the mistakes in the tour guide's lecture. :-)

 

                                                       - Dagonell

 

SCA Persona : Lord Dagonell Collingwood of Emerald Lake, CSC, CK, CTr

Habitat           : East Kingdom, AEthelmearc Principality, Rhydderich Hael Barony

Internet    : salley at niktow.cs.canisius.edu

USnail-net  : David P. Salley, 136 Shepard Street, Buffalo, New York 14212-2029

 

 

From: mabr at sweden.hp.com (Morgan "the Dreamer" Broman)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: You're know you're in the SCA when...

Date: 14 Feb 1994 10:43:52 GMT

Organization: HP/SCA/SKA/FSTS/AMTS/SLRP/ETC Sweden

 

David Salley (salley at niktow.canisius.edu) wrote:

:com (Don Levey) writes:

:>You know you're in the SCA when you visit a period castle, notice the

:>draperies and bedspreads, and think of what lovely clothing they would make...

 

:You know you're in the SCA when you visit a period castle, museum, historical

:site, etc. and you can spot the mistakes in the tour guide's lecture. :-)

 

You know you're in the SCA when you watch the old replay of the Crowning

of the English Queen Elisabeth II and you recognize peoples ranks by the

Coronets they are wearing..

 

You know you are in the SCA when, while watching the same Crowning, you

all of a sudden tell your Lady, "We could use that stuff at Our Coronation.."

 

Morgan//

Herald and King..... ;)

--

HP   : Morgan Broman                             mabr at sweden.hp.com

SCA  : Morgan deGrey, Master of the Freehold Ravens Crag

APD-I: Shade

Amtgard : Morlacad ShadowHawk a.k.a Shade

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From: DDF2 at cornell.edu (David Friedman)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: You're know you're in the SCA when...

Date: 14 Feb 1994 13:20:17 GMT

Organization: Cornell Law School

 

In article <2jnkl8$8ep at hpscit.sc.hp.com>, mabr at sweden.hp.com (Morgan "the

Dreamer" Broman) wrote:

 

> You know you're in the SCA when you watch the old replay of the Crowning

> of the English Queen Elisabeth II and you recognize peoples ranks by the

> Coronets they are wearing..

 

I think this one also fits into the thread about the difference between SCA

traditions and real history. So far as I can determine, the system of

coronets by rank that we use became official in England in the late 17th

century.

--

David/Cariadoc

DDF2 at Cornell.Edu

 

 

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: v081lu33 at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Ken Mondschein)

Subject: 3 "You know You're in the SCA when..." Stories

Organization: University at Buffalo

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 00:01:00 GMT

 

        My Dad and I were talking about getting a new car.

 

        "Dad," I said, "I don't want a flashy car or a fast car or a trendy

car."

        "What do you want then?" he asked, wondering what could be on his

19-year-old son's mind.

        "I want a car with *HUGE* cargo space, so I can haul all my armor

and everything to Pennsic!"

 

        I was in the financial aid office at school when I saw signs for

"Line for Pell Grants, start here." The first thing I thought was that that's

a painful way to work your way through school. The second was that John the

Pell must have suddenly gotten very rich to set up his own scholarship.

 

               --Tristan Clair de Lune

 

 

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: asgds at acad2.alaska.edu

Subject: You know your in the SCA when...

Organization: University of Alaska

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 13:40:10 GMT

 

        when you pass by a Fabric store and get the intchin hotties cause they

have a 30% off on all notions sale, and your a guy.

               (well your either scadien or gay!)

        _Geoff- who is Bisexual and allowed to say things like that! >:)

 

        When you are reading a book that involves the plague and can diagnose

which of the two or three types of plague it is from the sypmtoms.

               "Puss filled swells?  Must be Bubonic!"

 

        When you find yourself eagerly awaiting the spring wool sales.

 

        The first time you find yourself mentally gutting and redesigning a

building because it looks remotely medeival and would look So much better if

they just tore down that, and moved this to the left...

 

      When you find yourself making nearly a dozen phone calls in the space

of an hour cause You are the ONLY person who knows the phone number/mundane

name of So and So.

 

        You know your in the SCA when you find yourself saying,

                       "I really have to start paying more attentiong to my

Real life and less to the SCA!" (Sigh) and continue to work on the arts and

  Sciences project.

 

                       Geoff, who really should start paying

                              more attention to real life>  

 

 

From: holsten at nature.berkeley.edu (Donna Holsten)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: You know you're in the SCA when...

Date: Tue, 8 Mar 1994 07:59:12

Organization: UC Berkeley

 

Olan Mills photography studio calls to offer three 8X10's at three separate

sittings for only $12.95...  And you think, "Hmmm, three separate sittings.  

I *do* need good pictures of myself in my Germans, my Elizabethans, and my

Tudors..."

 

Joanna

 

 

From: jeffs at math.bu.EDU (Jeff Suzuki)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: You know you're in the SCA...

Date: 10 Mar 1994 10:52:12 -0500

Organization: The Internet

 

You know you're in the SCA when....

 

The College Housing Catalog has a line that says, "Students are not

permitted to keep pets, weapons, mace..." and think, "Gee, aren't maces

covered under weapons...?"

 

 

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: motto at cbnewsf.cb.att.com (mary.rita.otto)

Subject: You Know you're in the SCA when ...

Organization: AT&T

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 18:55:31 GMT

 

The decorating scheme of your home is "Bookcase Eclectic" because

everywhere you turn you see bookcases bulging with references and

boxes of craft supplies.  You have seating for four (without using the

floor) and better than half of the living room is permanently occupied

by a "temporary" banquet table for working on projects.

 

Rosaline

 

 

From: ggorsuch at ecst.csuchico.edu (Glenn F. Gorsuch)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: You know you're in the SCA...

Date: 11 Mar 1994 16:55:59 GMT

Organization: California State University, Chico

 

You also know you're in the SCA when:

  

  You go to endorse your paycheck at the local ATM, and the only pen you

have on you is a dip style pen for caligraphy...AND you have the ink!

(Got some really strange looks from those behind me when I waved it around

to dry the ink)

 

Glenn/Gwyn

--

This insightful commentary was brought to you by Glenn F. Gorsuch.  Treasure it.

Address?  Oh yeah.  It's: ggorsuch at ecst.csuchico.edu   Like I'd lie :)

 

 

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: asparrow at nyx.cs.du.edu (Angelia Sparrow)

Subject: Re: You know you're in the SCA...

Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.

Date: Wed, 16 Mar 94 05:05:44 GMT

 

You know you're in the SCA when you

Ask a telephone solictor to "please, speak louder, milady, for I am one of

the Deaf Bards of Calontir."

 

(Okay, it was 7:30 AM, the morning after an event)

 

Aethelynde, who is not the deafest bard in Calontir by any means.

 

 

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: mikes at nickel.ucs.indiana.edu (michael squires)

Subject: Re: You know you're in the SCA...

Organization: Indiana University

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 03:08:26 GMT

 

You know you've been in the SCA too long when you pick up your wife's

card detailing how to take care of her three new dental crowns thinking that

it's the latest version of the Crown Tourney rules.

 

--

Michael L. Squires, Ph.D   Manager of Instructional Computing, Freshman Office,

Chemistry Department, IU Bloomington, IN 47405 812-855-0852 (o) 81-333-6564 (h)

mikes at indiana.edu, mikes at ucs.indiana.edu, or mikes at nickel.ucs.indiana.edu

 

 

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: glink at silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Gary Link)

Subject: Re: You know you're in the SCA...

Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington IN

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 05:34:11 GMT

 

You know you've been in the SCA too long when you always know what date

_Saturday_ is, and calculate the date of any other day of the week from

that.

 

Hal Raeburn

mka: Gary Link

 

 

From: BFLYNN at email.unc.edu (Brian)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: You know you're in the SCA...

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 12:11:51

Organization: University of North Carolina

Summary: another

 

You know you're in the SCA when you're walking down the street in garb and

notice everyone looking at you....and start trying to find the food stain on

your tunic.....

 

Brian Flynn

bflynn.uncson at mhs.unc.edu

 

 

From: ercil at astrid.UUCP (Ercil C. Howard-Wroth)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re:  You know you're in the SCA...

Date: 23 Mar 94 20:52:50 PST

Organization: Private Node

 

You know you're in the SCA when

 

1.  You use duct tape to keep your daughters diapers on.

 

2.  When considering your next possible pregnancy you carefully

look at the calendar... hmmm will I be able to make Estrella (or

your choice of Wars).

      

                                     Lady Astridhr Selr Leifsdottir

                                              E. Howard-Wroth

  

...uunet!astrid!astridhr                          Shire of Heatherwyne

astrid!astridhr at uunet.UU.NET                           Kingdom of Caid

70327.1614 at compuserve.com

 

 

From: corun at access1.digex.net (Corun MacAnndra)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: You know you're in the SCA...

Date: 31 Mar 1994 08:00:03 -0500

Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA

 

......when your boss hands you a magazine and tells you to check out the

article on full armor. But when you start leafing through the magazine

expecting to see pictures of helms, breastplates, etc. you discover that

it's an article about a PC security package called Full Armor. I really

hate it when that happens.

 

In service,

Corun

--

==============================================================================

   Corun MacAnndra   |        "You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir.

Dark Horde by birth |           He is fundamentally unsound."

   Moritu by choice  |                                   Jeeves

 

 

From: ifdz176 at utxsvs.cc.utexas.edu (Amanda Shields)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: You know you're in the SCA...

Date: Fri, 01 Apr 1994 11:51:56 -0600

Organization: University of Texas at Austin

 

When you see a very lovely white belt in a store, that would look great

with a mundane dress, but you do not buy it. After all, people might think

you're a knight or something :)

                        Amanda

 

 

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: gregsta at microsoft.com (Gregory Stapleton)

Subject: Re: You know you're in the SCA...

Organization: Microsoft Corp.

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 13:24:15 GMT

 

You know you're in the SCA when you pass a sign on the side of the street that

reads "TANNING" and you immediately comment to your wife: "I wonder what type of

skins and hides they have in stock", then realize they mean artificial sunbathing.

(My wife found this one to be one of my funnier slips. :} )

 

Gawain Kilgore

 

 

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: rvoris at world.std.com (Rebecca A Voris)

Subject: Re: You Know You're in the SCA when...

Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 16:49:33 GMT

 

...your cat understands "Hold".

 

 

From: salley at niktow.canisius.edu (David Salley)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: You know you're in the SCA when...

Date: 27 Apr 94 20:39:56 GMT

Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo NY. 14208

 

Avenel Kellough writes:

>              ... You see "Fields of Armor" listed as a program on

> The Discovery Channel, and are REAL disappointed that its about tanks.

 

               ... Or you hear there's a new movie out called _The

War of the Roses_, and then learn it's about a messy divorce! :-( :-(

 

                                                       - Dagonell

 

SCA Persona : Lord Dagonell Collingwood of Emerald Lake, CSC, CK, CTr

Habitat           : East Kingdom, AEthelmearc Principality, Rhydderich Hael Barony

Internet    : salley at niktow.cs.canisius.edu

USnail-net  : David P. Salley, 136 Shepard Street, Buffalo, New York 14212-2029

 

 

From: Phyllis_Gilmore at rand.org (Phyllis Gilmore)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: And now: You Know You're In The SCA When...

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 11:44:57 GMT

Organization: RAND

 

In Article <2ppv1i$gml at scratchy.reed.edu>, odlin at reed.edu (Iain Odlin) wrote:

 

All the good stuff from You Know - - -

 

Thank you!!!

 

And one to add--

 

One of our local newspapers is running a radio ad asserting that

you can sell anything in their classifieds.  It begins with a man

rather desperately wondering where he can sell his suit of armor.

My initial response was "any SCA event."

 

Philippa

 

 

From: jab2 at stl.stc.co.uk (Jennifer Ann Bray)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: You Might Be a Stick Jock If .....

Date: 25 Apr 94 15:56:04

Organization: STC Technology Ltd., London Road, Harlow, UK.

 

>Have been reading the various boasts of car and truck owners as to which

>polearm fits their vehicle...

>

Never mind polearms, I find a long wheel base transit ideal for

carrying a selection of shields...

 

You might be a stick jock if...

 

You get your van stuck in a bog, but escape by unloading the shields

and driving out over them. (from shield wall to shield road?)

 

Your friend with a motorcycle can't stand it up in a boggy field, but

your spare shield saves it from sinking.

 

Everyone else in the procession is sheltering under OOP umbrellas, but

your contingent is wandering along holding roundshields over their

heads.

 

The police ask you to unload your van as there has been a tire thief in

the area and they've spotted some suspicious round shapes under a

tarpaulin... which turn out to be a stack of plywood sheild blanks.

 

Your works fitness assessor asks how come you're stronger than most

men he's tested (& you're female), and you explain that it's because

you haven't got around to making that new lightweight shield yet.

 

You're an expert panel beater, your van is battered & dented, but you

can't fix it because you're beating out a new shield boss.

 

You recognise people by their shield devices, but aren't too good on

the faces.

 

Jennifer/Rannveik

Vanaheim Vikings

 

 

From: mabr at sweden.hp.com (Morgan "the Dreamer" Broman)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: YKYIT SCA When...

Date: 16 May 1994 14:49:24 GMT

Organization: HP/SCA/SKA/FSTS/AMTS/SLRP/ETC Sweden

 

Kathleen Marshall (bookworm at u.washington.edu) wrote:

:      You receive telephone calls at work for your SCA name

:         ...and your co-workers know who it's for!

 

        They call your company and ask:

 

        "Could I speak with the King please...?"

 

        and the operator says :

 

        "Just a minute and I'll connect you to his Majesty..."

 

        ;) ;) ;)

 

Morgan//

34 days left and counting....;) !

--

HP   : Morgan Broman                             mabr at sweden.hp.com

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From: BKFLYNN at email.unc.edu (Brian Flynn)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: YKYIT SCA When..

Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 15:31:01

Organization: University of North Carolina

 

YKYIT - I like that....

 

When you take a medieval history course in college - and find out you already

own the text books....Furthermore, you consider them one of your best

references.

 

Uther

 

Brian Flynn

UNC-CH School of Nursing

Chapel Hill North Carolina, USA

Certified Netware Engineer

bflynn.uncson at mhs.unc.edu

 

AKA

Uther Quietnoise (McNeil of Barra)

Elvegast

Atlantia

 

 

From: UDSD073 at DSIBM.OKLADOT.STATE.OK.US (Mike Andrews)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: YKYIT SCA When..

Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 08:29

Organization: The University of Oklahoma (USA)

 

In article <BKFLYNN.236.000F84D5 at email.unc.edu>,

BKFLYNN at email.unc.edu (Brian Flynn) writes:

 

>YKYIT - I like that....

>

>When you take a medieval history course in college - and find out you already

>own the text books....Furthermore, you consider them one of your best

>references.

>

>Brian Flynn

>Uther Quietnoise (McNeil of Barra)

 

Or when you own the texts, but found much better references,

point out to the instructor (privately) where the problems are,

and she _agrees_!

 

--

Michael Fenwick of Fotheringhay, O.L. (Mike Andrews) Namron, Ansteorra

 

 

From: "Brett W. McCoy" <p01335 at psilink.com>

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: You know you're in the SCA when...

Date: Tue, 24 May 94 12:18:55 -0500

Organization: DIOGENES/FOI Services, Inc.

 

Two drunken mundanes get arrested for fighting in the street at 2 a.m.

in the morning, and for the next week, everyone you know asks if it was you...

 

You have to explain over and over that "making chainmail" does not

entail sending out 10 letters, instructing each recipient to send out

10 copies, ad infinitum...

 

You wake up at night, thinking someone has just broken into your house,

and try to figure out if you can get to your sword in time, and regret

that you don't keep it by your bed rather than hanging in the library...

 

Istvann Dragosani (or Vanni for short)

 

|FIDONet: 1:109/168.6218              | "Go not to the Elves for counsel,

|Internet: brett.mccoy at permanet.org   |       for they will say

|          bmccoy at cap.gwu.edu         |        both yes and no"

|          p01335 at psilink.com         |      -- JRR Tolkien

 

 

From: azrael at access.digex.net (Rich Weissler)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: You know you're in the SCA when...

Date: 25 May 1994 08:45:04 -0400

Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA

 

"Brett W. McCoy" <p01335 at psilink.com> writes:

 

>Two drunken mundanes get arrested for fighting in the street at 2 a.m.

>in the morning, and for the next week, everyone you know asks if it was you...

 

   Wait, wait.  That was two drunk mundanes get arrested for SWORD

fighting in the street at 2am, and everyone just kinda ASSUMES it was

you.  :-)

 

--

Rich E. Weissler                   azrael at access.digex.net

        "Victim of a Random Shooting on the InfoBAUN!"

 

 

From: "Brett W. McCoy" <p01335 at psilink.com>

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: You know you're in the SCA when...

Date: Wed, 25 May 94 11:37:50 -0500

Organization: DIOGENES/FOI Services, Inc.

 

>Two drunken mundanes get arrested for fighting in the street at 2 a.m.

>in the morning, and for the next week, everyone you know asks if it was you...

 

I forgot to mention that these drunken mundanes were sword fighting,

not fist fighting...

 

Istvann Dragosani (or Vanni for short)

 

|FIDONet: 1:109/168.6218              | "Go not to the Elves for counsel,

|Internet: brett.mccoy at permanet.org   |       for they will say

|          bmccoy at cap.gwu.edu         |        both yes and no"

|          p01335 at psilink.com         |      -- JRR Tolkien

 

 

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: KGORMAN at ARTSPAS.watstar.uwaterloo.ca

Subject: Re: I protest!!!!

Organization: University of Waterloo

Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 12:57:10 GMT

 

In article <329_9405151353 at blkcat.fidonet.org> Dexter.Guptill at f120.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Dexter Guptill) writes:

>

>You know you're REALLY in the SCA when: Someone asks how you met your wife,

>and you tell them you fought for her in a tournament. :-)

>

My Lord comes from Newfoundland and currently lives in Toronto.  I am from

Kitchener (Ontario).  We met at Pennsic on the fencing field (having somehow

managed to miss each other at fencing things at home).  It really confuses

the mundanes though, when they ask where we met. :-)

 

Eyrny

 

 

From: cameron at satelnet.org (Cameron A. Kabinoff)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: You know you're in the SCA when...

Date: 15 Jun 1994 13:09:50 -0400

 

You're with a group of friends not involved with the SCA, are attempting

to sing Harry Chapin's 'Cats in the Cradle' and it keeps coming out to

the tune of Lord of the Dance.

 

Your favorite Rock song is 'Dream of the Archer' by Heart (some nifty

mandolin playing in there)

 

You dress in a rush to go to work, accidentally grab a piece of garb and

keep getting compliments on 'that gorgeous top' or 'that lovely skirt'

and then get people asking what store it was bought at!  

 

After an event - while getting dressed in mundanes, you don your

swordbelt and weapons.

 

--

    /\_./o__ -- Do not disturb the sleeping dragon, for

   (/^/(_^^' -- you are crunchy and good with ketchup!

  ._.(_.)_   -- cameron at sefl.satelnet.org

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From: gshetler at envirolink.ORG (Greg Shetler)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: You know you're in the SCA when...

Date: 16 Jun 1994 12:09:22 -0400

 

The old classic:  Somebody goes through a door ahead of you and catches some

item of garb...er...clothing in the door, and you shout "hold!"

 

You're in the military, and somebody comes into the office in civilian

clothes, and you ask them if their attire "isn't a bit out of period?"

 

You catch yourself calling "clear" as you draw your steak knife from the

napkin at a restaurant.

 

Playing racquetball, you ask your opponent if he's ready, then cry "lay-on!"

just prior to your serve.

 

You find it strange and humorous when somebody calls you "sir".

 

You never buy a white belt to go with anything, 'cause you aren't a knight.

 

You get hit by a racquetball (or whatever), and call out "light!" (or "good!")

without thinking.

 

You shot "huzzah!" at a sporting event

---

---------------------------------------->>

 

Mordock von Rugen, Commander, Outlands Fray

MKA: Greg Shetler

>From the Barony of Al-Barran, Kingdom of the Outlands

Once from Dun-Or, in Caid

Originally from Western Seas, in Caid

 

 

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: klconlin at rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Kevin Conlin)

Subject: YKYITCSA....

Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 15:10:53 GMT

Organization: Illinois State University

 

   ....when, while hunting for a travel route to the October Midrealm

Crown Tourney, you spend a half-hour hunting for "Ben Dunfirth" in your atlas,

and THEN realize you need the mundane name for the city...

 

   Rory mac Feidhlimidh

 

 

From: cthomson at unlinfo.unl.edu (craig thomson)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: YKYITSCA...

Date: 27 Jul 1994 13:43:15 GMT

Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln       

 

     ...when a truck passes you on the highway labeled "...makers of

the best belts and hoses...", and you think that they're carrying

garb!  (actually, it was auto parts)

 

Stephen

Calontir

 

 

From: randalo at iia.org (Grey Randall)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: Been in Mundania too long when...

Date: 22 Sep 1994 14:46:58 GMT

Organization: International Internet Association.

 

You know you've been in the SCA (or in my case been around SCAdians) too

long when:

 

1) You yell "HOLD!" in the comm center while everyone is doing the 'mid

crisis scramble'

 

2) You describe your company's logo to the printer's shop using heraldic

terms

 

(I did both.   The printer understood me!)

 

Yours,

Saaral

 

 

From: mujle at uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Jennifer L Edwards)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: You Know You're in the SCA...

Date: 29 Sep 1994 18:21:44 GMT

Organization: Educational Computing Network

 

You know your in the SCA when you see the Soviet army on CNN pull out of

Berlin wearing white belts on their uniforms and your first thought is

"they can't all be knights!" :-)

 

 

From: Jeff Lee <jlee at smylex.UUCP>

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: You know you've been in the SCA too long when...

Date: Sat,  1 Oct 94 01:18:18 EDT

Organization: Wyvernwood, Trimaris  (Tampa, FL)

 

...instead of having dreams about being out in public with no clothes on,

you have dreams about being at event in mundane clothing...

 

=====   Jeff Lee / jlee at smylex.uucp / jlee%smylex.uucp at tscs.tscs.com   =====

===== SCA: Lord Godfrey de Shipbrook (Wyvernwood, Khandom of Trimaris) =====

===== Per pale azure and argent, a clarion counterchanged or and gules =====

 

 

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: tccg at netcom.com (Tim McDaniel and Other Users)

Subject: Re: YKYITSCA

Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)

Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 06:16:04 GMT

 

"'Gules, three chevrons or'.  Nice tabard, classic Anglo-Norman style,

easily visible ... oh, I guess it'd better be visible, he's a road

repair worker ..."

 

--

Daniel de Lincoln, who has been doing ENTIRELY TOO MUCH HERALDRY recently

Tim McDaniel

Dallas, TX -- 214 380-4876

    Be careful sending e-mail to this account: this is a shared account.

 

 

From: rhys at io.org (Ian Klinck)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: YKYITSCA

Date: 2 Jan 1995 17:52:12 -0500

 

You know you're in the SCA when you drive by a fast-food place, see a sign

advertising "NOW HIRING NIGHTS", and joke, "I'll have to tell Sir X."

...

You must be in the Twilight Zone when you drive by the same place the

following week, and they've added the "K"...

 

Honest!

 

Rhys

 

 

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

From: J.T.Thorpe <John.Thorpe at ClemsonSC.NCR.COM>

Subject: You know you're in the SCA when... 1.6.95

Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 21:24:17 GMT