Freaking the mundanes

[jinx]

@ LadyElizabeth: We probably would have pushed it if he hadn't been SO adamantly offended. We, too, are always imagining boys in garb, and firmly believe we've convinced a very cute car salesman to check out a faire this year.

[cowgrrl]

We had to make a stop at DDs ballet studio before heading to Faire & DH wore his kilt to the studio.  I was dressed in danes & I aways love watching mundanes reacting to him in his kilt.  Most of the people there were moms so the reactions were pretty positive & funny.  However, the male teacher at the studio came in at one point & saw him sitting there.  He stared for a second, took a few steps towards the studio door, stopped & stared a bit more, walked a bit more until he reached the door, paused & stared at DH once more for good measure & then went in.  I had to stifle my giggles.

[Lady Rebecca]

My favorite so far was when we were on our way to the Muskogee Ren Faire, we stopped at a McDonalds in Checotah. We were in the drive through (after having snuck in to use the privies) and when they messed up our order, the manager came over, saw us in our garb, and rattled off the entire opening of Romeo and Juliet! We were so impressed, we called the company and complimented her.

Another good one was the Sunday of the Norman Medieval Faire this year. It was really freezing, so we decided we would go off to a restaurant for lunch in the hopes it would warm up later. We went to BJ's Brewery in our garb, and everyone stopped and stared at us. Once we had sat down, this high school kid comes up to us, and asked if he could have a picture with one of us. We all, at the same time, answered "which one?" We took a group picture. He said it was for his English class!

[groomporter]

We just had an unsuccessful time trying to sell our portable fabric games at a local Good Sams RV club event.

There were a couple pleasant memories beyond drowning our misery with our staff. On Thursday night the offered venders a chance to say a few words on stage about their wares. Since they were having a pirate theme one of our shop help wore her tricorn and before stepping on stage she asked the MC "Permission to come aboard" and at first he replied "no, you scare me..."

Then Friday morning we put on our costumes and when the girls went into the main building to use the restroom in the morning a hush fell over the crowd for a moment before conversations resumed. In the restroom the girls heard some woman say something about "breasts everywhere".

[Lady Rebecca]

So speaking of freaking out the mundanes, I have a question. I'm driving 2.5 hrs to the St Louis Ren Faire tomorrow, by myself. Should I wear my garb on the way there, or should I just stop and change at a gas station before I get there? (since I'll have to stop for a bathroom there, anyway)

[Tammy]

Well...I think you should take a couple of things into consideration...
1) how comfortable are you going to be sitting and driving for 2.5 hours in your garb?
2) how easy/hard is it gonna be to change into your garb in a small bathroom...that is potentially gross?

I think most of the ladies here go in partial garb, then finish in the parking lot of the faire. That's what I'd do.

[Lady Rebecca]

I wound up just wearing jeans and a t-shirt for the drive, and I changed at a Quick Trip about 7 mins away. And then I changed back at the same place afterwards.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

i got up yesterday and got dressed in Garb(Yeeeeaaa for Garb) i didn't really want to wait around the house on some of my friends who were suposed to go with me to Garf well i decided to go piddle around the Freds as i piddled around i got a few looks and then when i checked out since i found a little blue umbrella to take incase of rain the lady goes you look like your going to a renaissance festival. I told her i was and that i was leaving right then to go.
(since my friends had to cancel) i got to Qt and decided not knowing how traffic was going to be i needed to just top the truck off just to be safe. I also went inside to get something to drink and i hear from behind me Tennessee Renaissance Festival I turned and said actually Georgia Renaissance festival he was headed to Tennessee ofcourse headed home i stopped in the same place to borrow the bathroom i had one cute guy eyeing me but he didn't mention my cloths

[Dallan]

This past weekend we drove down to VARF from the Baltimore area. We had a commitment on Friday night so we left early Saturday morning. We wanted to try and make opening gate so we woke the kids early, threw on garb and hit the road. We waited to get through DC before stopping for breakfast. We went into McDonalds. My 11 year old and I had on our saffron kilts with green shirts; the 7 year old had on a Blackwatch kilt and my wife in her Celtic skirt and corset. We went inside so we could use the bathrooms. As we gathered together to figure out our order we got a lot of looks. A couple people asked what we were dressed for. But the funniest was a sweet little old lady who asked what branch of the military we were part of. Not sure the association but I politely explained why we were dressed the way we were.

[Lady Rebecca]

After I had changed into my garb at that bathroom yesterday, these two little kids came in with their mom, and stared at me completely slackjawed. They went into the stalls while their mom waited in line, and while I was fixing my snood in the mirror, one of the kids started saying something about "how weird" when his mom cut him off, saying they weren't the only ones in the bathroom. Their faces were priceless, though.

And speaking of Amish, I stopped at a truck stop today, and there were actual Amish people in the restroom! Though I really have no clue what they were doing at a truck stop...

[VIII]

Ooookay, not even remotely Faire related, but: Back in their heyday, my friends were doing a KISS lip-synch, so I made Gene/The Demon's Godzilla boots out of layer-upon-layer cardboard, painted with silver auto body paint.  Just to make sure they would fit and move right, I wore them down to the local burger joint.

EVERYONE wanted to try them on, but I refused, not wanting them to get destoyed.

Yep, I'm a freak.

[Dinobabe]

Is that called mundaning the freaks?

[dbaldock]

Ooookay, not even remotely Faire related, but: Back in their heyday, my friends were doing a KISS lip-synch, so I made Gene/The Demon's Godzilla boots out of layer-upon-layer cardboard, painted with silver auto body paint.  Just to make sure they would fit and move right, I wore them down to the local burger joint.

EVERYONE wanted to try them on, but I refused, not wanting them to get destoyed.

Yep, I'm a freak.

We want to see photographs! 

[Dustin]

After I had changed into my garb at that bathroom yesterday, these two little kids came in with their mom, and stared at me completely slackjawed. They went into the stalls while their mom waited in line, and while I was fixing my snood in the mirror, one of the kids started saying something about "how weird" when his mom cut him off, saying they weren't the only ones in the bathroom. Their faces were priceless, though.

And speaking of Amish, I stopped at a truck stop today, and there were actual Amish people in the restroom! Though I really have no clue what they were doing at a truck stop...

Could be Mennonite. They drive cars and have credit cards and wear sneakers.

[Lady Rebecca]

After I had changed into my garb at that bathroom yesterday, these two little kids came in with their mom, and stared at me completely slackjawed. They went into the stalls while their mom waited in line, and while I was fixing my snood in the mirror, one of the kids started saying something about "how weird" when his mom cut him off, saying they weren't the only ones in the bathroom. Their faces were priceless, though.

And speaking of Amish, I stopped at a truck stop today, and there were actual Amish people in the restroom! Though I really have no clue what they were doing at a truck stop...

Could be Mennonite. They drive cars and have credit cards and wear sneakers.

Nope, definitely Amish. I saw a whole ton more when I went to Niagara Falls a couple days ago, too. Don't worry, I can tell the difference between Amish and Mennonite.