You Know You're a True Rennie if...

[LadyTrinn]

...when you say 'scrapbooking' and the hubby thought you said 'rat pucking'....small difference there...

[jcbanner]

...when you say 'scrapbooking' and the hubby thought you said 'rat pucking'....small difference there...

When you know what Rat pucking is... and yes, of course make the jokes that go along with it

[GirlChris]

You know you're a true rennie when, on Talk Like A Pirate Day, you add an hour commute (both ways!) between the town you live in and the town you work in, just so that after work you can go home and get dressed up in all your pirate gear to go to the bar for karaoke.

You also know you're a true rennie when you stay the night at a friend's house, so you have no problem walking through downtown wearing the pirate gear, sleeping in the pirate gear, wearing it to breakfast the next day and then on the return train trip home

[irishfolker]

...you tell people that you're getting married and they ask (even the mundane friends) if you're wearing a kilt. 

Of course the answer is yes.

[*Teach*]

...when you say 'scrapbooking' and the hubby thought you said 'rat pucking'....small difference there...

well... it sounded like that...
it really did...
and I was reading the forum at the time...
and they both end in "ing"...
and...
um...

*was there was rum involved?*

[Sindony]

... the clerks at all the stores near your house think you're ill because you're NOT in garb.

... you look at a piece of fabric and know immediately what piece of garb it should be made into.

... a boy dating one of your daughters is more terrified when you pick up a sword than when you clean the shotgun in front of him.

... it gets around the work place that your family is related to Anne Boleyn (through her great-grandfather), and your VERY stuffy company president asks if you might be her reincarnation.

... your mother puts up pictures of you and your children on the family wall, and the only pics she has to put up there are of you and yours in garb.

... your plans for possible lottery winnings are to build your own castle and host your own faires, because there are just not enough faires.

... you refuse to watch any movie unless there are renn costumes to be seen in it.

... guests refuse to sit on your couch because of the halberd hanging on the wall over it.  Then they realize there is NO "safe" seat in the house because EVERY wall has swords or spears displayed on them.

... your mate just sits down and starts making chain maille items with no prior instruction.

... you spend slow times at work doing hand-embroidery on garb at your desk.

... your very Scottish mate REFUSES to wear a modern kilt and teaches himself to make his own great kilts.  And knows what wearing it "camp style" means.  And that the 'polite' answer to "What do you wear under your kilt?" is "Boots".  And knows I won't put the other answer here because "There be bairns aboot."  And his hair is longer than yours. (down to his waist, and if he cuts it, I won't speak to him until he grows back every centimeter!)

... you have a large SUV so you have space to give others a ride to faire.

... your kids' friends suddenly want to have sleepovers at YOUR house because they know you're going to faire and they would get to go too.

... a person with a thick English or Scottish accent comes into your office and you are the only one who can understand them perfectly while your co-workers just stand there confused.

... your wedding plans include a battle with real swords and cooking all the food for the reception yourselves, because there is no caterer who makes traditional Scottish food, and you ponder for hours on how to make a haggis more palatable.

... christmas, birthday and anniversary gifts consist only of swords or items with celtic knotwork or gaedhlig writing.

...you walk into a Circuit City immediately after faire (in Mary Queen of Scots garb) to pick up your daughter who works there, and you can't figure out why all business has come to a screeching halt and everyone in the store is staring at you. And it doesn't help that you say "Please fetch my daughter and inform her that the carriage awaits outside."

... you drown out the bass-thumping stereos from other cars in traffic with the skirl of bagpipe music.

... your boss knows if you ever resign, the reason will be to make garb full-time.

[LadySeasan]

your ONLY reason to learn how to sew is to make your own garb because after going to the ren fair for the first time, you refuse to be caught in mundane clothes or those horrid costumes from the costume shop

you show up to the halloween celebration at your job on your day off just o have your garb on and show it off

it delights you to walk into a store in garb and have people look at you

when people at fair ask to take your picture or video based on how well your garb is done

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

when your work hangs up pictures of coworkers together at one or another occasion, and all of a sudden, there's a picture of you wearing your Grace O'Malley pirate garb.  And when visitors ask about it, they say, "Oh, that's Renee our pirate."

P.S.  I work in a place with 270 employees, and I am the only pirate.   

[renfairewench]

You find it easier just to throw your entire pouch into your purse than to empty it only to refill it next Saturday morning before faire.

Guilty!

[renfairewench]

- When you go to a faire in nobels and a little girl asks you if you are Cinderella and you curse Disney for using the colors of your garb!


- Your friends build you a Viking Long Boat and "row" it into the reception for your wedding.


- Your non rennie faire going friends dress up for your Tudor wedding in Viking garb and you don't care because THEY just want to dress up!


- You walk into Quick Check in full garb and are surprised when someone says "is there a renaissance faire somewhere?" and you forget that you are wearing your garb.

- You don't care that men stare at your cleavage.

- You work at faire because you love meeting danes and get excited dressing them up in their first garb purchase!

- You get upset when a dane DOESN'T ask to take your picture (and you're wearing new garb!)

- You work all faire season and have nothing to show for it because you've spent every dime you made on Garb, Lodging and Mead!

- You see curtains and automatically think "damn, that would make a nice bodice (jerkin/pants...etc)

- You have a closet JUST for garb and ren gear.

- When you dream, you are wearing garb.

- Your hat has more feathers and plums on it than a live bird.

- You don't tan as a rule, but have a bodice tan all year.

- Christmas gifts always include something you can use for the next faire.

- You look at clothing and accessories only to consider how you can use it at faire or incorporate it into new garb.

[ladyecho]

~When every halloween you say "I'm not going to wear garb. I'm going to wear a real halloween costume." But you end up wearing wings for the 3rd year in a row and find a way to make it into garb for faire!

~When you're not talking about faire, you're talking about halloween!

~When your cleavage pics of faire on myspace get more comments than your 'dane pics.

~When you wear your garb in front of friends who have never seen you in garb before, 1/2 the male friends are drawn to your chest while the other half are trying not to look because they don't want to think of you like that!!!!

[*Teach*]

When a renfriend calls out of the blue to see if we could all get together for dinner and asks where you want to go eat and the first thing you and the wife think of is an english styled pub... just to get a little faire fix in

*wonder if he'll be buying my rum tonight?*

[Captain Kilian]

when said firned are called up to go to dinner, and your REALLY excited they picked an english pub for a meal! Think we can all meet outside for pictures and a parade?

[Adriana Rose]

You look for jobs that are willing to give you 8 weekends off in the summer.....

People wonder why you have a stuffed badger riding shotgun when you travel by your self... (her name is fluffy and the looks i get are priceless!)

[Nailin]

you work the new third shift 9 pm to 5:30 am to get weekends off 

you convince your big brother to drive 9 hours (with the final 3 in pouring pitch black rain through the app. mountains) because you wanted to close out Pittsburgh and wanted to see friends (i drove the first 5hrs before the rain came)

you call a friend 3 hours before a faire trip to fix your skirts

you have a favorite fabric store

you told your future employer that you couldn't work Labor Day Weekend & Monday because your clan was invading Maryland
you told same employer your couldn't work a weekend in November because your pet was getting pinned

you boarded a plane in full garb minus hoops

your co-workers want to know why your car is coated in red clay
you bribe co-workers to work your shift
you call out sick to work because your on cast and no one wanted your shift