Rennies are different because...

[Lady Aldyth]

IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT TRUE RENNIES (THOSE THAT EITHER ARE ON CAST OR THAT COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR BEING ON CAST AT ONE FAIRE AT LEAST) HAVE BETTER ANATOMY THAN MUNDANES THAT HAVE YET TO BE BITTEN BY THE FAIRE BUG. BESIDES THE FACT THAT ALMOST ANY GIRL LOOKS BETTER IN A WELL FITTED CORSET (I DO SPECIFY WELL-FITTED... AS NOT MUCH LOOKS WORSE THAN A WOMAN A BADLY FITTED CORSET OR BODICE!), WE ALSO SPORT:
o   A STOMACH OF STEEL – THERE IS NOT MUCH A RENNIE CAN EAT THAT WILL MAKE THEM ILL! EXTRA POINTS IF YOU PLAY SOMEONE IN THE PEASANT CLASS. DOUBLE EXTRA POINTS IF YOU EAT DIRT EITHER ON PURPOSE OR ACCIDENTALLY AS PART OF AN ACT TO AMUSE PATRONS.
o   BUNS OF STEEL – BIG OR SMALL, IT IS A GOOD BET IT IS MUSCULAR FROM TRAIPSING ABOUT ALL DAY. EXTRA POINTS IF YOU PUT IN TIME AT MDRF OR SIMILAR FAIRES WITH HILLS GALORE AND A SET OF STEPS FOR GOOD MEASURE!
o   RAPIER WIT – I WONDER WHAT THE INCIDENCE IS OF RENNIES GETTING ALZHEIMER'S? AS NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT USING THE MIND STAVES IT OFF, THIS MIGHT BE WORTH STUDYING.
o   HEALTHIER SKIN – WE KNOW TO USE SUNBLOCK, EXFOLIATE OFTEN TO GET OFF FAIRE DUST THAT HAS MIXED WITH SWEAT TO BECOME FAIRE GRUNGE, MASSAGE EITHER OURSELVES OR EACH OTHER OFTEN TO STIMULATE CIRCULATION, AND USE SOAPS AND LOTIONS WITH LESS FRAGRANCES IN THEM SO THAT BEES DO NOT MISTAKE US.
o   BETTER LUNGS – EVEN THE SMOKERS AMONG US ARE LIMITED TO HOW OFTEN THEY CAN SNEAK AWAY DURRING THE DAY TO ASSUAGE A NIC FIT. EXTRA POINTS FOR THOSE HILLS AGAIN!
o   A KEEN KNOWLEDGE OF THE URINARY TRACT. IF THIS ONE DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU... BLESS YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR BEING WISE ENOUGH TO HAVE FAIRE IN THE EARLY SPRING OR THE FALL, OR EVEN WINTER IF YOU ARE SOUTH OR WEST ENOUGH!  THE REST OF US COULD WRITE BOOKS ON INTAKE VS. OUTPUT AND THE VARYING SHADES OF PISS THAT COULD BE USED AS BOOSTER SEATS!
o   HEARTS OF GOLD - NO EXPLANATIONS NEEDED!

(PARDON THE ALL-CAPS. I AM AT WORK AND MY SYSTEM IS RATHER FUSSY. I FORGETTED TO SWITCH UNTIL I WAS HALFWAY THROUGH THIS.)

HOW ELSE ARE RENNIES DIFFERENT?

[Just Randall]

Well, not trying to sound superior, but rennies are generally better educated, and more knowledgable about most things.

[Just Randall]

... We also have a generally more twisted sense of humor than most mundanes...

[Escarlata]

... we have great imaginations and the ability to overlook anachronisms

[daylight]

we are accepting of others for who they, I have found that ren folk don`t  judge you they just want to talk and get to know you. We are for the most part friendly to each other, and help when  helping when it is needed. I think we have a bond  of friendship not easily broken.

[Lady Mikayla of Phoenicia]

The outrageous really works with us!!!   

[anne of oaktower]

Many of us - those in the SCA, as well as those who are not - never really have to worry about gun control being an issue...we have a broad array of other weapons available, and we know how to use them! 

[Once Debauched]

... We also have a generally more twisted sense of humor than most mundanes...

I'll second that!

[Captain Cornelius Howard Duckman]

We've got bigger packages!


Well, we have to, to fit all the clothes and weaponry we pick up at Faires.


More creative in bed. Trust me, a rennie really knows how to roleplay.

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

Not too many other people would invite people they never met to stay at their house, only "knowing" them through posting on the forum.

Yet we have invited people to stay with us, meeting them for the first time as they pulled up in our driveway.  And we have been on the receiving end of gracious hospitality ourselves, also meeting our hosts/hostesses as we rang the doorbell. And have made great friends.

People we work with and other friends don't get it.  They are incredulous that anyone would let strangers into their homes. 

But you can with Rennies because they aren't strangers!  They are different -- and wonderful!

[cowgrrl]

I am constantly amazed by the friendliness of Rennies.  I can be somewhat shy when you first meet me & I'm a bit hypersensitive to bothering people or taking too much of their time.  This was my first year to really talk to people at Faires & I was constantly amazed at how much they wanted to talk to me (& in one case, share alcohol!).
So, yep, Faire folk are very friendly & I am getting use to it.

[Var Greyshadow]

We're creative.  We have talents such as sewing, leatherworking, chain maille making, etc.  We often make our own libations (beer, mead) and invent wonderful creations of exotic Loki flavors.

[Scotsman]

... even in tight financial times we stimulate the local economy 

... also we have a keen ability to obliterate kegs of beer before noon ... and still be able to walk a straight line to the privy 

[Sir Gawain]

I believe rennies lean a little more to the left and have a tendancy to be more open minded .

[Peddlin]

I agree that Rennies (with a few exceptions) are more open-minded, and we have an incredible sense of adventure!