Re: MR-Disc: Activity Survey

[Dexter Guptill <dguptil@erols.com>]

Poster: Dexter Guptill <dguptil@erols.com>

>And now, the questionable activities:
>A: Singing songs about the SCA, set to 20th century tunes.
>   (such as "Anachronism" to the tune of "Anticipation")
Bring 'em to Ice Axe -- I've been known to sing "Brian Boru's French Letter"
there. For
that matter, I seem to recall having done "You're Mundane", by a certain
A.E. Bufon, or
somebody like that...

>B: Singing songs about or from post-Period Scotland, Ireland, or Canada.
>   (such as "How I wish I were in Cherbrook now")
Get Sir Alfred to do "Nathan's Homemade Beer" to the same tune -- you'll howl.

>C: Singing songs from the Period in the original language.
>   (such as "Bulluc sterteth, bucke verteth; murie sing cuccu!")
Neato!

>D: Having myself called into court to make a fawning tribute to royalty.
OK, just not too longwinded, please. (unless it's funny)

>E: Having myself called into court to publicly proclaim love for my wife.
Yeehah!

>F: Wearing various unregistered fool attire:
>   F-a: Jester's cap and bells of two ears per pale argent and azure.
>   F-b: Cavalier breeches and coat per pale argent and azure.
>   F-c: T-tunic per pale blue plaid and red plaid.
>   F-d: Lots and lots of bells, at wrists and ankles, and on my zone.
Go for it!

>G: Bringing in a big box of board games, including:
>   G-a: Fanorona, the national game of Madagascar.
>   G-b: Byzantine Round Chess.
>   G-c: XiangQi (Chinese Chess)
>   G-d: Shogi (Japanese Chess)
Yes!!! Do you play Go?

>   G-e: Kaissa (Gorean Chess)
>   G-f: Jetan (Barsoomian Chess)
Ummmm... Post-Revel.

>H: Spinning a bamboo humming top.
>I: Shouting "Vivant!" instead of "Vivat!" when more than one person
>   is being acclaimed.
>J: Shouting "Vivamus!" instead of "Vivat!" when the acclamation is
>   something like "To the Populace"
>K: When a lady offers her hand, bowing low and placing her hand on
>   the top of my head.
>L: Performing half of a comic dialog in Latin.
>M: During the feast, proposing a toast ("Incolumes reveniant") for
>   all Scadians mundanely deployed in harm's way.
Enthusiastic applause to all of the above, especially M.


>Keep in mind that these are all things that I actually have done
>or have seriously contemplated doing at actual SCA events.
>
>-- Alfredo

***Dexter C. Guptill, Computer Services, American Federation of Teachers
***Member, 49th VA Vol. Inf, CSA (N-SSA), Hampden's Regiment of Foote (ECW)
***SCA: Ld. Erich von Kleinfeld, Stierbach, Atlantia
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***DISCLAIMER: This is me, not AFT. They'd freak over some of my opinions :)

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