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

[LadyStitch]

It is your husbands birthday. He is wearing a kilt to the birthday party.  You ask him, "don't you need to worry about people doing kilt checks on you?"  He says "No". You then proceed to look down and find your toddler doing her first kilt check .... and laughing while doing it.

You are not sure if to be proud or concerned.  I thought I would have to wait until she was a teenager before I had to worry about her doing that.  /facepalm 

[ladylissame]

Your son gets a chain mail mini flogger for his first birthday and immediately upon receiving it, starts flogging everyone with it. And you don't know whether to be proud or scared that he knows this.

When your toddler son has been doing bodice checks and cleavage dives since he was born.

[scarletnyx]

When listening to Blackmore's Night in the car gives you goose bumps.

When after wearing comfy fisherman's pants and a loose tabard all weekend, you -hate- to put regular pants back on.

[Merlin the Elder]

When your department dean starts referring to you by your faire name, as do some of your co-workers... in business email...

[Lady Kaalyn]

When you plan on missing your baby sisters 10th birthday party inorder to go to SWFF.

(I'm so in hot water for this one.   But I plan on taking her to a sister day,mani, pedi, movies, dinner, on her actual birthday to make up for it.)

[DonaCatalina]

When your department dean starts referring to you by your faire name, as do some of your co-workers... in business email...

LOL

[Merlin the Elder]

When your department dean starts referring to you by your faire name, as do some of your co-workers... in business email...

LOL

It may have something to do with the fact that they came to the RenNewal last year, and had a great time.  If I get an email from the Provost addressed to "Merlin," I'm going to wet my knickers.

[LadyStitch]

LOL  I think it is cool that they came to RENuwal.  I also have to laugh at picturing our president, provost, or one of our vice provosts doing that to the PP. One the Vice Provosts I KNOW would say it to his face.

[Bainite]

- when you semi-permanently remove the front row of seats in lil'tink (our 12 passenger E-350) so that milady and princess can be transported to faire in their hoop skirts...

-when you spend every evening last week finishing your 17 year old son's baldric for his basket hilt broadsword (which he received on Christmas ala the "Christmas Story" BB gun)

-when you think nothing of laying down the Visa for new garb for Milady on opening day at Pendragon. -when she already looks awesome in last year's garb. (yup, we bought the Anne Bolin set in red)

[iain robb]

- when you semi-permanently remove the front row of seats in lil'tink (our 12 passenger E-350) so that milady and princess can be transported to faire in their hoop skirts...

You know, on the way to Faire, I drive our 2002 Ford Focus that much more carefully, knowing there is a hoop skirt in the passenger seat waiting to explode at the slightest provocation ...

[LadyFae]

- when you semi-permanently remove the front row of seats in lil'tink (our 12 passenger E-350) so that milady and princess can be transported to faire in their hoop skirts...

You know, on the way to Faire, I drive our 2002 Ford Focus that much more carefully, knowing there is a hoop skirt in the passenger seat waiting to explode at the slightest provocation ...

And I WEAR my hoop skirt while driving to Faire in my 2005 Ford Focus.  Those things bend WAY more than you would expect!   

[iain robb]

- when you semi-permanently remove the front row of seats in lil'tink (our 12 passenger E-350) so that milady and princess can be transported to faire in their hoop skirts...

You know, on the way to Faire, I drive our 2002 Ford Focus that much more carefully, knowing there is a hoop skirt in the passenger seat waiting to explode at the slightest provocation ...

And I WEAR my hoop skirt while driving to Faire in my 2005 Ford Focus.  Those things bend WAY more than you would expect!   

Hoop skirts or Focuses?

[LadyFae]

- when you semi-permanently remove the front row of seats in lil'tink (our 12 passenger E-350) so that milady and princess can be transported to faire in their hoop skirts...

You know, on the way to Faire, I drive our 2002 Ford Focus that much more carefully, knowing there is a hoop skirt in the passenger seat waiting to explode at the slightest provocation ...

And I WEAR my hoop skirt while driving to Faire in my 2005 Ford Focus.  Those things bend WAY more than you would expect!   

Hoop skirts or Focuses?

Well, now that you mention it, DH has managed to "almost" total out the car three times now. But I'm still not sure that I'd call it "bendy."

[Eddie]

You hear about a stranded cruise ship and think "How can I make this into a verse for the mermaid at Pub Sing this year".

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

You and your husband are driving home from shopping in another town, when you spot a billboard advertising Black Velvet Whiskey.

At the same time, without saying anything to the other one, you both break out into song, "And her eyes they shone like diamonds.  You'd think she was queen of the land (and she was!).  Her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up in a black velvet band."

When we were done, we looked at each other and burst out laughing, and Steve said,  "We are so geeky."