I have a question

[Lady_Claira]

ROFL Seamus. That was really funny! Nice!

[Dayna]

Dear Count Adolfo,

While I appreciate the compliment, it is as likely for me to be rogued as it would be for Elizabeth 1st to get married.  I am, alas, neither cute enough nor thought highly enough of to be worthy of roguing.  It's rather like the girl who all the boys come to to find out how to get a girl to like them or how to ask them out, but never think to ask out themselves.  That's OK, I enjoy vicariously watching others receive their roses.

Dayna Thomas
Wench #3088
Bristol FoF Hench

[Lady_Claira]

unilady... I have noticed one thing as I've grown up. I feel the same way about myself. I don't feel like I'm cute enough or thought highly enough. But I've spoken to a few really close guy friends, the ones who can be incredibly honest with me (you know, actually tell me my butt looks big because they want me to find the perfect outfit and that one is, well... not working, lol) and they have all said my perception of myself is no where near the truth. I'm not as ugly as I thought, nor do people think as little of me as I had thought.

So... for all you know, there might be some out there who think you really are cute enough.

Or, you get a friend like mine who (if I read his facial expressions correctly, won't be sure till I go back to faire on labour day) thinks that since you haven't been rogued that the situation must be remedied!

[Thumper]

A Roguing sounds fun.  I would love to see one.  I would love to be rogued even more.  LOL!

[Seamus Ex Machina]

Hmmm,  Michigan in the fall...

[Anna Iram]

OK, speaking as a pinned wench who has been rogued 3 times, I'd like to point out that for some of us, tasteless rogueing is not pleasant.  I much prefer the romantic ( maybe ever so slightly suggestive) rogueing.  I like to hear more about my personality or smile than other attributes.  Also, only recently have I seen rogueings done as a competition.  The idea is to flatter a lady, not try to outdo each other; that too often tends puts the focus on the men.  OK, any other wenches want to disagree?  We may not all see eye to eye, but we're all wonderful anyway!

Lady Maud brings up a good point.

While I agree I'd like the attention to be upon me were I to be Rogued, I do always remind myself of this bit as taken from the Rogues Guild:

"In a triumphant testament to testosterone, the IBRSC has been established to provide a union for those blokes who consistently dwell in that gray area between chivalry and misogyny. If your idea of a good time is risking life and limb to defend a maiden's honor (as long as the possibility of profit or nookie is in the bargain), then you're our kind of guy. Check out some of our role models: Han Solo, James T.Kirk, Bill Thorpe, Duncan McLeod, Henry Miller, The Gray Mouser, James Bond, Lance Druger*, D'Artagnan."

I'd not expect *any* roguing..or rogue participated wenching for that matter...yes I was part of a visiting Dragon's Wenching...you just had to be there... ...to be anything but halfway between chivalry and misogyny.  

[Welsh Wench]

Hmmm,  Michigan in the fall...

Yeah, well, bring your own lipstick this time!
Oh....and cookies.

Celtic Fae put together a FANTASTIC video of a few of our better-known wenchings. See how many forum members you can spot.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=34669838

[Will Knot]

Hello from PARF Rogue who is seconding Seamus Ex Machina, Here at PARF we do base the level naughtiness of the Rouging on many factors. We have Rouged several of our past queens but its always very sweet and mostly innocent versus the time one of our pinned wenches a few years back who challenged us to be a bawdy as we could (it was a cold rainy day very few patrons so we went to the Hostel's garden, away from the Danes, and were bawdy as we could get.)

One difference I do see that PARF does that seems to be diffrent is after the words and the rose we use to be allowed to place a kiss on the females hand but nothing above the wrist. I have not been involved with a Rouging at PARF for several years so things might have changed.

[Anna Iram]

Aww..I love having my hand kissed. When done well, it leaves my knees a bit like jello. I guess it's really all in the delivery.

[Will Knot]

Aww..I love having my hand kissed. When done well, it leaves my knees a bit like jello. I guess it's really all in the delivery.

its all in getting the lips warm, not to moist, and hitting one of the pulse points (wrist are the easiest but with practice the space between the thumb and first finger well <evil grin > and....well I will leave that to your own fertile imagination.

[Anna Iram]

Warning...fertile mind very much at work. 

Thanks Will, that was lovely.

[Will Knot]

Dear Count Adolfo,

While I appreciate the compliment, it is as likely for me to be rouged as it would be for Elizabeth 1st to get married.  I am, alas, neither cute enough nor thought highly enough of to be worthy of roguing.  It's rather like the girl who all the boys come to to find out how to get a girl to like them or how to ask them out, but never think to ask out themselves.  That's OK, I enjoy vicariously watching others receive their roses.

Dayna Thomas
Wench #3088
Bristol FoF Hench

Well if you ever get to PARF I will fix that, but till then  a virtual rouging

[Welsh Wench]

Aww..I love having my hand kissed. When done well, it leaves my knees a bit like jello. I guess it's really all in the delivery.

its all in getting the lips warm, not to moist, and hitting one of the pulse points (wrist are the easiest but with practice the space between the thumb and first finger well <evil grin > and....well I will leave that to your own fertile imagination.

Yeah, I guess they frown on that one spot on the neck....

Eye contact is very important too.

[Will Knot]

Aww..I love having my hand kissed. When done well, it leaves my knees a bit like jello. I guess it's really all in the delivery.

its all in getting the lips warm, not to moist, and hitting one of the pulse points (wrist are the easiest but with practice the space between the thumb and first finger well <evil grin > and....well I will leave that to your own fertile imagination.

Yeah, I guess they frown on that one spot on the neck....

Eye contact is very important too.

At PARF Managment does frown on fiending in public. To the eyes, yes you need to be looking into the yes so when you start the process you can watch as the wench mind turns to jelly.

[Capt Spleen]

As one of the newly started "International Brotherhood of Romanceteers" just last year at CRF, we do romanceteering as well as roguing.

We are international because we are a brotherhood three. A Spaniard, a French, and an English. (However we did lose our Spaniard to the royal court this year), so there were only two of us in 2009. We may be training another as our new IBhR as a German Romanceteer. YA!

We Romance a lady  by introducing ourselves together, then one at a time, slowly, deliberatly, and sweetly.

When we are three....and when we undertake a roguing, yet very seldom, however the effect can be delirious. Just look at her face, and the little gasps, squeels and moans that seep out of her.

One romanceteer at one hand, another at the other hand, and the third romanceteer behind her,  with hands on her hips or waist, whispering sweet nothings into one ear, then the other ear. Back and forth until the other romanceteers reach her neck.
The two romanceteers at each hand are now working their way kissingly upwards her wrist, forearm, inside elbow, biceps, and shoulder towards her neck. A finale Kiss planted upon her neck with each delivering sweet nothings in each ear. We end by confronting her front and center with a flourished bow.

Sometimes the roguing is more bawdy depending upon the lady.
We are never enebriated, and take great pride and care in what we deliver and how we are perceived by those around us.

Just be careful when no one is around!