A kid at our faire was asking his mother for one of those giant turkey legs. I could tell that she was annoyed by his persistance. Finally, she leaned over and growled, "If you eat one a giant turkey might come find you looking for his leg!" The kid eyes got as big as dinner plates and he looked at the both with renewed interest. Then he blurted out "I wanna meet the giant turkey!"
Jacob, in a kilt, climbing a tree to retrieve a pucking rat. He was signing photos afterward!
When Captain Spleen introduced himself as 'I'm Sean Daniels.'
In Captain Spleen's voice and garb.
Well, there went THAT secret...... ;)
Kilt Boy (Jacob) in the kilt contest at BARF! Front row seats + elevated stage= :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Zoltan the Adequate's opening jokes to get peple's attention before his act:
A Nucleus walks into a bar and says to the bartender, "Have you seen an electron? I left one here last night." The bartender replies "Are you positive?"
A Neutrn walks into a bar and asks the bartender "How much for a pint?" The bartender replies "For you, no charge."
Okay, they are horrible geek jokes, I know.
Quote from: robert of armstrong on October 10, 2009, 04:06:19 AM
Okay, they are horrible geek jokes, I know.
And as a science geek, I found them HILARIOUS! :)
Quote from: Welsh Wench on October 09, 2009, 08:57:40 PM
When Captain Spleen introduced himself as 'I'm Sean Daniels.'
In Captain Spleen's voice and garb.
Well, there went THAT secret...... ;)
That's how I met him/ them. Great first impression.
Two girls in their 20s, giggling, ask a Scotsman, what he is wearing under his kilt. The scotsman raises an eyebrow and says:" Shoes!". The look on their faces was priceless.
Quote from: CapnFayeCutler on October 10, 2009, 11:31:33 PM
Quote from: robert of armstrong on October 10, 2009, 04:06:19 AM
Okay, they are horrible geek jokes, I know.
And as a science geek, I found them HILARIOUS! :)
LOL, me too. The sicence geek, and thought they were funny! :)
Quote from: renfairephotog on October 11, 2009, 12:15:05 AM
Quote from: Welsh Wench on October 09, 2009, 08:57:40 PM
When Captain Spleen introduced himself as 'I'm Sean Daniels.'
In Captain Spleen's voice and garb.
Well, there went THAT secret...... ;)
That's how I met him/ them. Great first impression.
Aye! Indeed! The trials and tribulations of having multiple characters. And the anticlimaticness as i looked into the faces of those who, "got it".
quote, "I am Sean Daniels Privateer w/a ........ OH CRAP!"
In the future, I would always look at the garb I was wearing before speaking.......Thanks to that very incident.
This happened during a Jolly Rogers show at KCRF. They do a bit where Beard and Devon "make" Kane sing a shanty after he teases Devon. Normally, Devon slaps Kane, then Beard does too, and they grab his mustache and make him sing. At this show, after Devon slapped Kane, Beard went "I can't believe you just slapped Kane! I mean, it's Kane! Everybody loves Kane! I mean--I love Kane! I do..." and then grabbed Kane and kissed him full on the lips! Kane fell over on his back, the other three Rogers fled the stage, and the audience burst out laughing! (And after that, when Kane was saying about his shanty, "Me mum taught it to me," he added, "It's a very sweet song, but she was a much better kisser!")
Just this weekend at Carolina during the Barely Balanced show. Medium had just been helped up on stage (nice lady had to shove his rear while he steadied himself on a guy's shoulders). The guy that Medium was steading himself on was also holding Medium's mug of water. The audience cheered when Medium got up onto the stage and the guy holding the mug raised both arms in celebration, dosing Medium with water. YouTube video whenever I get around to it.
I saw that!!!
A chihuahua riding around on an enormous bumroll at Stronghold Faire in IL weekend before last.
I would pay to see that ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Dayna on October 13, 2009, 06:37:31 PM
A chihuahua riding around on an enormous bumroll at Stronghold Faire in IL weekend before last.
Several seasons ago. the Sarasota Medieval Festival was held at a family run farm out in the sticks. It was a nice site, run by well meaning people....but the site owners did not believe in serving beer or mead.
Strike one. We slid a flask in the boot and pressed on bravely.
One of the 'attractions' was a donkey, vividly painted in zebra stripes, and roped to a metal folding chair. The sign above said 'Donk-Zee'. The poor thing looked like would die of embarrassment. We tried not to stare. I wondered how long he could stand it.
As the day wore on, and got hotter, 'Donk-Zee' had had enough. We heard a loud, pained hee haaaww and we knew. The braying got louder, angrier, and more insistent. Then it got closer, and the sound of panicky Rennies scattering. And metal clanging. Donk-Zee was in full charge, braying up a storm, dodging people trying to grab him, with the metal folding chair flailing behind him, taking out tents, merch and any fool that got close enough.
And then that little SOB headed right towards me.
With what I thought was tremendous presence of mind, I waited, then sidestepped. Ole! I hopped on the chair, believing it would bring him to a full stop. It slowed him down, but that day, dear friends, was the day that Donkey Surfing was born!
:o
Man! I wish I could've seen that! Bet it was even funnier in person!!ROTF!!
OMG, Seamus! LMAO! What I wouldn't do to see that on YouTube! ;D
I think the funniest thing was during a rainstorm at RenDezvous in 2007, when 2 soaking wet Scots (to remain nameless) standing out in the rain, showed everyone in the tent what really was under their kilts.
Besides the fact that nobody could quite believe they did it, there were 4 teenagers, 2 couples about 15 or 16 years old, who were dumbfounded. The look on their faces was something I'll never forget. A cross between shock, incredibility, and mortification. When the rain let up enough that they wouldn't get deluged, they high tailed it out of there as fast as they could.
Ya wanna see something else on YouTube...? ;)
'Course, that's a mental image I'll never lose...the donkey charging down the lane, panic and devastation in his wake, people jumping and running out of the way of the metal chair/weapon, the crazed look in the animal's eyes....
I mean, you've seen Blue in action..... ;)
Ok, this happen a few years back. TRF family campground. It was about 10pm and 2 of my sons were walking with me to the portaloo. There was no wait but there were a few people standing by talking waiting for someone to come out. I stepped in to do my business. All of the sudden in a man's voice we heard a big sigh of relief then he said "all is good." Everyone started laughing. Now when the boys and I go to the portaloo when they're done they said "all is good." The things children pick up.
Quote from: Seamus Ex Machina on October 13, 2009, 08:50:47 PM... that day, dear friends, was the day that Donkey Surfing was born!
If that ain't a perfect Quote of the Day, I don't know what is!!!
Several years back, strolling the lane at ORF, I overheard "30 pound maraschino cherry" - to this day I have wondered what the rest of the conversation was about.....
Now, though, if I hear "donkey surfing" at least I won't have to wonder.
Last weekend was Highland Fling weekend at OHRF, and we have Leonardo DaVinci as a street Character.
He has a trebuchet that he built and the premise is that the Lord Mayor has insomnia, so he hired a young and little known DaVinci to launch sheep over the Mayoral manor so that the Mayor can count them. So he had some stuffed sheep and was launching them outside of our booth to test it out. I yelled "Sheep in the hole!" As opposed to "fire in the hole" which DaVinci would usually shout when he sets our morning canon off. The rest of the Day DaVinci would launch sheep yelling "Sheep in the hole!" which sounded really, REALLY dirty, especially considering all the Scots wandering about the village...but it made me giggle every time!
We were at TRF the other day sitting in front of the Prince of Wales Pub watching the world walk by. As several mundanes went past, one young lady exclaimed that she was tired of being carded and was going to have her ID tattooed on her weed puller.
Quote from: KeeperoftheBar on October 19, 2009, 07:08:38 AM
We were at TRF the other day sitting in front of the Prince of Wales Pub watching the world walk by. As several mundanes went past, one young lady exclaimed that she was tired of being carded and was going to have her ID tattooed on her weed puller.
She'll miss being carded when they stop doing it... :)
Quote from: KeeperoftheBar on October 19, 2009, 07:08:38 AM
We were at TRF the other day sitting in front of the Prince of Wales Pub watching the world walk by. As several mundanes went past, one young lady exclaimed that she was tired of being carded and was going to have her ID tattooed on her weed puller.
The next thing we heard was one of the guys that was with her saying, "Hey! It's expired!".
Closing weekend of Scarby last season a young boy around 15 or so was wearing his kilt wrong. totaly wrong he not only had the left over the right but had the pleading in front. When I told him that his kilt was on backwards he said it was OK because no one would know which way was which and then walked off. I still don't know if he understand were he was, was just to lazy to fix it or making some type of teenage statement. But it was funny watching him walk away in the rain with this kilt on backwards and reversed.
Quote from: Seamus Ex Machina on October 13, 2009, 08:50:47 PM
Several seasons ago. the Sarasota Medieval Festival was held at a family run farm out in the sticks. It was a nice site, run by well meaning people....but the site owners did not believe in serving beer or mead.
Strike one. We slid a flask in the boot and pressed on bravely.
One of the 'attractions' was a donkey, vividly painted in zebra stripes, and roped to a metal folding chair. The sign above said 'Donk-Zee'. The poor thing looked like would die of embarrassment. We tried not to stare. I wondered how long he could stand it.
As the day wore on, and got hotter, 'Donk-Zee' had had enough. We heard a loud, pained hee haaaww and we knew. The braying got louder, angrier, and more insistent. Then it got closer, and the sound of panicky Rennies scattering. And metal clanging. Donk-Zee was in full charge, braying up a storm, dodging people trying to grab him, with the metal folding chair flailing behind him, taking out tents, merch and any fool that got close enough.
And then that little SOB headed right towards me.
With what I thought was tremendous presence of mind, I waited, then sidestepped. Ole! I hopped on the chair, believing it would bring him to a full stop. It slowed him down, but that day, dear friends, was the day that Donkey Surfing was born!
Painting donkeys to look like a zebra, not as rare as first thought! ;D (http://thereifixedit.com/2009/10/22/zebras-be-expensive-yo)
During Rendezvous this year I came out of the potty area and was adjusting my bodice, and a little boy of about 6 pointed at me with wide eyes and said
"Dad...her boobs, are like chocolate pillows!"
needles to say the dad was embarrassed and told the son not to say that, and little boy replied
"but it's true!!!"
quote, "I am Sean Daniels Privateer w/a ........ OH CRAP!"
In the future, I would always look at the garb I was wearing before speaking.......Thanks to that very incident.
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ummmm.... actually... that's still happens at least occasionally! Spleen fergot who he was jist the last time I spied him!
Quote from: SirRichardBear on October 20, 2009, 09:54:14 AMClosing weekend of Scarby last season a young boy around 15 or so was wearing his kilt wrong. totaly wrong he not only had the left over the right but had the pleading in front. When I told him that his kilt was on backwards he said it was OK because no one would know which way was which and then walked off. I still don't know if he understand were he was, was just to lazy to fix it or making some type of teenage statement. But it was funny watching him walk away in the rain with this kilt on backwards and reversed.
No one would know,... at a RenFaire,...yeah ::) riight.
Quote from: justsomeguytn on October 12, 2009, 09:03:18 PM
Just this weekend at Carolina during the Barely Balanced show. Medium had just been helped up on stage (nice lady had to shove his rear while he steadied himself on a guy's shoulders). The guy that Medium was steading himself on was also holding Medium's mug of water. The audience cheered when Medium got up onto the stage and the guy holding the mug raised both arms in celebration, dosing Medium with water. YouTube video whenever I get around to it.
Youtube video is up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GTbitiARhs
I was probably sitting two rows behind you, further in on the same side!!
Quote from: Tammy on October 28, 2009, 03:04:22 PM
I was probably sitting two rows behind you, further in on the same side!!
Then I appologize if my hat blocked your view ::)
I was over enough, that I had a great view!! My mom, though was looking around a post/tree...can't remember now. lol
I am posting this for Dayna. This is to illustrate chihuahua on a bum roll. ;)
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I really dont remember the name of the faire (they kept changing it each year) But I remember sitting down at the front gate greeting people when all of a sudden one man dressed up (cause I knew all the people there) was running and screaming "the scots are comming! The scots are comming! Hide the sheep!!! All of a sudden everyone was running like it was actually a bad thing.. The sad part it was all the payins the were running and non of the rennies.. I stayed put, the scott that everyone was running from came in and sat by me asking were did all the people go.. I really wish I comment back instead of a shrug.
Another was actually annoying was at opening show, the king and queen and their two daughters were doing the show when a man from another faire called out that he must speak with the princess, they tried to go along but he said not them and pointed at me.. I was trying to be summon back to court in a faire I havn't been to in years.
Quote from: Seamus Ex Machina on October 14, 2009, 06:20:06 PM
Ya wanna see something else on YouTube...? ;)
'Course, that's a mental image I'll never lose...the donkey charging down the lane, panic and devastation in his wake, people jumping and running out of the way of the metal chair/weapon, the crazed look in the animal's eyes....
I mean, you've seen Blue in action..... ;)
I just found this... you sir, totally sucketh.
Quote from: SirRichardBear on October 20, 2009, 09:54:14 AM
Closing weekend of Scarby last season a young boy around 15 or so was wearing his kilt wrong. totaly wrong he not only had the left over the right but had the pleading in front. When I told him that his kilt was on backwards he said it was OK because no one would know which way was which and then walked off.
I had one of these a couple years ago at TRF Highland Weekend, There was a 20-ish guy wandering the lanes in a black t-shirt, combat boots, with a Stillwater Nightstalker tartan kilt on backwards, pleats in front.
I guess something about faire makes me want to be nice, so instead of just laughing at him and taking a picture to post on the kilt forum, I figured I'd 'help a brother out'. I wandered over and quietly said;
"Hey man, I need to tell you you have your kilt on backwards"
"No I don't"
"Yeah, the pleats go in back"
"Since when?"
see, now I wish I'd just took his picture!
"Well, since ever, look at me and everyone else around here" waving my hand around.
"I'll have to think about that"
and he stalks off... ???
Well there was the girl in the fur jacket at TRF closing weekend, worn over her barbarian bikini and thong sandals.