[Artemisia] RE: Draca Mor still alive (sort of)

Bill Monroe billmonroe at cordcomp.com
Fri Aug 20 16:22:27 CDT 2004


Greetings from the pathetically inactive Shire of Draca Mor.
William the Sinister at your service.
Yes, we still exist, but the semi-mundane worlds of gainful employment and
reggae music have kept myself and the seneschal too busy to come out to
play.  Our garb, armor and weapons have accumulated abundant dust, but are
not forgotten.  You can contact me at billmonroe at cordcomp.com, or call me at
970-260-8728. (I'm the KM).

-----Original Message-----
From: artemisia-bounces+billmonroe=cordcomp.com at lists.gallowglass.org
[mailto:artemisia-bounces+billmonroe=cordcomp.com at lists.gallowglass.org]
On Behalf Of artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org
Sent: None
To: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
Subject: Artemisia Digest, Vol 11, Issue 22


Send Artemisia mailing list submissions to
	artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
	http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
	artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org

You can reach the person managing the list at
	artemisia-owner at lists.gallowglass.org

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Artemisia digest..."


Today's Topics:

   1. Coronation update (Jeff Webster)
   2. Been awfully quiet, pot needs stirring... (HL Isabeau de Sevingy)
   3. Is Draca More still Active? (Charles Anderson)
   4. Re: Been awfully quiet, pot needs stirring... (Jeff Webster)


----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:23:19 -0600
From: "Jeff Webster" <red_belt at msn.com>
Subject: [Artemisia] Coronation update
To: "archeryartemisia" <archeryartemisia at yahoogroups.com>,	"artemisia
	Aerie" <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV4FG30GaET1G000074cb at hotmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"

Greetings good Gentles of the list
  I would like to make a clarification to the site directions for
Coronation. In the recent August issue of the Sage Advice the directions to
the Site stated that it was exit # 153 in Wendell Idaho. This is incorrect.
The correct exit # is 157. This was not a misprint or the mistake of the
Kingdom Chronicler, it was mine and I apologize for any confusion that it
may cause either now or in the future. Again the correct exit # is 157.
  That being said, I am reminding all good Gentles of Artemisia that if you
are planning to attend the Coronation and wish to partake of the feast, the
reservations and pre-pay are both due to me by the first of September. Send
to:  Jeff Webster, 278 Buchanan St. Twin Falls, Idaho  83301.  email:
red_belt at msn.com<mailto:red_belt at msn.com>
  Thank you,
UlricFrom badsquire at yahoo.com Fri Aug 20 17:34:06 2004
Return-Path: <badsquire at yahoo.com>
Delivered-To: lists.gallowglass.org-artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
Received: (qmail 23575 invoked by uid 511); 20 Aug 2004 12:33:58 -0500
Received: from badsquire at yahoo.com by wiley.coyotetechnical.com by uid 0
with
	qmail-scanner-1.16 (uvscan: v4.2.40/v4387.  Clear:.
	Processed in 9.528328 secs); 20 Aug 2004 17:33:58 -0000
Received: from web52808.mail.yahoo.com (206.190.39.172)
	by wiley.coyotetechnical.com with SMTP; 20 Aug 2004 12:33:48 -0500
Message-ID: <20040820173342.74142.qmail at web52808.mail.yahoo.com>
Received: from [206.81.150.250] by web52808.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP;
	Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:33:42 PDT
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:33:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: HL Isabeau de Sevingy <badsquire at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Re: An Iron Chef Lovers Plea~
To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on
	wiley.coyotetechnical.com
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.3 required=5.0 tests:YES_20,HTML_MESSAGE
	autolearn=no version=2.63
X-Spam-Level:
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2
X-BeenThere: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2
Precedence: list
Reply-To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list
<artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
List-Id: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia.lists.gallowglass.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia>,
	<mailto:artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/artemisia>
List-Post: <mailto:artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
List-Help: <mailto:artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia>,
	<mailto:artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org?subject=subscribe>

Will do!
*sigh* I'm still drooling over the rabbit. Mmmmmm... rabbit... *drool*

I just need a bit of time to get settled and to give the wonderful teams a
chance to rest and ruminate.

Isabeau

"Julia H. West" <julia.west at sff.net> wrote:
Your Ladyship Isabeau, cyfarchion!

That was a fun event, and even my picky eater loved at least some of the
dishes. My non-picky-eater had her plate full, even at just a teaspoon
apiece,
and ate everything on it. (Yay for teenage appetites.)

Congratulations to both teams. From a feaster's point of view, it was very
difficult to decide what dish was best and which team was best.

PLEASE keep us posted on that cookbook. If just for the oranges and the
torte,
I want it. I'm a horrible cook and will never compete for anything
cookingwise, but I want to support those who do all the wonderful medieval
food.

Diolch! (Thanks)

Meistres Rhonwen

_______________________________________________
Artemisia mailing list
Artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com From morganwolf at sofast.net Fri Aug 20 18:20:22 2004
Return-Path: <morganwolf at sofast.net>
Delivered-To: lists.gallowglass.org-artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
Received: (qmail 8814 invoked by uid 511); 20 Aug 2004 13:20:21 -0500
Received: from morganwolf at sofast.net by wiley.coyotetechnical.com by uid 0
	with qmail-scanner-1.16 (uvscan: v4.2.40/v4387.  Clear:.
	Processed in 5.147741 secs); 20 Aug 2004 18:20:21 -0000
Received: from garfield.sofast.net (208.35.255.2)
	by wiley.coyotetechnical.com with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP;
	20 Aug 2004 13:20:16 -0500
Received: (qmail 23180 invoked by uid 510); 20 Aug 2004 18:20:14 -0000
Received: from morganwolf at sofast.net by garfield.sofast.net by uid 90 with
	qmail-scanner-1.22 (clamdscan: 0.73.  Clear:RC:1(204.120.162.82):.
	Processed in 0.037479 secs); 20 Aug 2004 18:20:14 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO morganlaptop) (204.120.162.82)
	by 0 with SMTP; 20 Aug 2004 18:20:14 -0000
Message-ID: <00bd01c486e2$631a10c0$6401a8c0 at morganlaptop>
From: "Morgan Wolf" <morganwolf at sofast.net>
To: <archeryartemisia at yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:20:35 -0600
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on
	wiley.coyotetechnical.com
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.2 required=5.0 tests:YES_01,HTML_50_60,
	HTML_FONTCOLOR_BLUE,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63
X-Spam-Level:
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2
Cc: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
Subject: [Artemisia] ATTENTION ARCHERS AND SEIGE ENGINEERS
X-BeenThere: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2
Precedence: list
Reply-To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list
<artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
List-Id: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia.lists.gallowglass.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia>,
	<mailto:artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/artemisia>
List-Post: <mailto:artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
List-Help: <mailto:artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia>,
	<mailto:artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org?subject=subscribe>

On December 4 the Shire of Stan Wyrm will be hosting our annual Yule Revel
Toys for Tots Tournament, and this year we have ....

(insert drumroll)

A HUGE ARCHERY/CATAPULT RANGE!

Weather permitting (and it usually does that week), we'll shooting, so come
on up!

Bonheddwr Morgan Blaidd Du,
Protege and Ghillie to
Baron James Ulrich MacKellar and
Baroness Rachel Ashton,
Castellan of the Shire of Stan Wyrm
Yule Revel Steward

Fei g'wneir

------------------------------

Message: 2
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:38:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: HL Isabeau de Sevingy <badsquire at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Artemisia] Been awfully quiet, pot needs stirring...
To: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
Message-ID: <20040820183820.93039.qmail at web52808.mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii


Hi all,



It's very quiet on this list lately. I know most of our folks are off at
Pennic, but I think I'll share from another list I'm on and see what folks
think about it.



So, in An Tir...



(always a great start to a story)



A woman endured several mean jabs from all sorts of people, finally fed up,
she took her question to the Steps of the Cathedral (their Kingdom list) for
comments.



Now, she hasn't played for a Very Long Time, but she has been around for
several years. Long enough to at least recognize that this may not be
acceptable behaviour out of a society which professes Courtesy and that that
everyone is 'presumed to be minor nobility'.



It seems that she has had several people walk up to her at events and say
those six repugnant words "You must be a whore because..."



Then they'd go on to finish their sentence with 'you wear a green chemise,
so you sleep with guys in the hay fields' or 'your bodice is laced from the
top down, so the guys have easy access' or ' you wear a fox tail, so you
must be advertising'. Any of the above, or any other lame excuse the idiot
speaking could come up with.



So, she asked the Steps... Is this right??



Well, many people had many things to say, including a man who once was in
full cavalier (including swords and pistols) and had someone approach him
and denounce him as someone who 'must be a male prostitute because' he had
'red and yellow feathers in his hat'. He notified them that they 'must be an
idiot because', unarmed, he just insulted an armed man.



So anyhow, as flabbergasted folks offer to 'fix' this for her, someone took
another tack. He sent this...





<<<And now.....Ian's list of humorous answers to the "You must be a
whore...." atrocity.

1.) Why, yes! I was trained by your lady mother.

2.) Ah! And you must be an idiot.

3.) Well, both of us are easy, but at least I'm expensive.

4.) Funny, I heard the same thing about you.

5.)  No, I'm just called that by the "little" people.

6.) Why, were you looking to purchase my services? I'm not, but if I was,

I'd be out of your price range

7.) No, I'm just FABULOUS; which some people mistake for being available.

8.) No need to be jealous of my garb, dear; I'm sure what you're wearing is

just fine for people in your little village; where did you say you were
from?

(of course, if she's from a big city, and says so, you could reply, "Funny;

living up there among so many people, you'd think you'd have learned better

manners than calling someone a whore.")

9.)  My dear, your lack of breeding is showing.

10.)  We are not amused. (fans of Queen Victoria might like this one)

11.)  Perhaps it's time for you to eat, my dear; putting something good IN
your

mouth might keep something bad from coming OUT of it.

12.)  I notice we're also using period manners; yours appear to be

12th Century guttersnipe.

13.)  You know, once upon a time, children were taught proper manners

before they left the house; how sad that our society has seen such a
decline.

14.)  Oh, dear, how long have you had Tourette's Syndrome?

15.)  I have a policy about avoiding rude people, so I'll leave; my
apologies,

I know you must have been looking forward to the catfight.>>>





So, what's the best way to deal with someone so clueless, that they'd walk
up to

someone they didn't know and inform them that they must be a whore
because...?'

Personally I'm be sorely tested not to launch into a round of 'you must be
the

village idiot because...'.



But, then again, I was bit by something really nasty last night and got no
sleep from

the itching, I still feel like someone pouring battery acid on my arm. So
maybe

I might just be feeling a bit less tolerant today. *grin* Maybe what we
should do is add to

the witty comeback list, what do you all think?



Maybe something like...

16) Oh wow, is being rude your full time job? You're very good at it.

or

17) Oh no, you're confused. You've got helpfulness and rudeness backwards,
dear.



Any more ideas?

Isabeau



PS. on a more serious note. What precautions do we all take to prevent
well-meaning

newbies from learning and regurgitating this kind of garbage? I rememeber
being fed the

greensleeves nonsense when I was new, fortunately my first costuming book
was a

Janet Arnold that detailed a gorgeous gown with green silk sleeves.



---------------------------------
Do you Yahoo!?
New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!From morganwolf at sofast.net
Fri Aug 20 19:16:42 2004
Return-Path: <morganwolf at sofast.net>
Delivered-To: lists.gallowglass.org-artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
Received: (qmail 30441 invoked by uid 511); 20 Aug 2004 14:16:30 -0500
Received: from morganwolf at sofast.net by wiley.coyotetechnical.com by uid 0
	with qmail-scanner-1.16 (uvscan: v4.2.40/v4387.  Clear:.
	Processed in 9.839193 secs); 20 Aug 2004 19:16:30 -0000
Received: from garfield.sofast.net (208.35.255.2)
	by wiley.coyotetechnical.com with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP;
	20 Aug 2004 14:16:19 -0500
Received: (qmail 29204 invoked by uid 510); 20 Aug 2004 19:16:17 -0000
Received: from morganwolf at sofast.net by garfield.sofast.net by uid 90 with
	qmail-scanner-1.22 (clamdscan: 0.73.  Clear:RC:1(204.120.162.82):.
	Processed in 0.028113 secs); 20 Aug 2004 19:16:17 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO morganlaptop) (204.120.162.82)
	by 0 with SMTP; 20 Aug 2004 19:16:17 -0000
Message-ID: <000b01c486ea$37852b40$6401a8c0 at morganlaptop>
From: "Morgan Wolf" <morganwolf at sofast.net>
To: "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list" <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
References: <20040820183820.93039.qmail at web52808.mail.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Been awfully quiet, pot needs stirring...
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:16:38 -0600
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on
	wiley.coyotetechnical.com
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no
	version=2.63
X-Spam-Level:
X-BeenThere: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2
Precedence: list
Reply-To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list
<artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
List-Id: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia.lists.gallowglass.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia>,
	<mailto:artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/artemisia>
List-Post: <mailto:artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
List-Help: <mailto:artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia>,
	<mailto:artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org?subject=subscribe>


----- Original Message -----
From: "HL Isabeau de Sevingy" <badsquire at yahoo.com>
To: <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 12:38 PM
Subject: [Artemisia] Been awfully quiet, pot needs stirring...


EL SNIPPO
>
> So, what's the best way to deal with someone so clueless, that they'd walk
up to
>
> someone they didn't know and inform them that they must be a whore
because...?'
>
> Personally I'm be sorely tested not to launch into a round of 'you must be
the
>
> village idiot because...'.

So, my initial response of a full-force backhand to somebody saying that to
my lady would be wrong?

If it was said to me, I'd probably respond "and you must be a virgin, 'cuz
you're really ugly".  If it was said to a Lady in my presence, I'd probably
at least verbally go off on the fool, if they said it to a lady of my House,
I'd physically drag the offending party to my Baroness, and hold them in
place until she was done them (then I'd hit 'em).

Of course, we all know that I'm an unpleasant person and rather intolerant
of even "well-intentioned" stupidity.

Bonheddwr Morgan Blaidd Du,
Protege and Ghillie to
Baron James Ulrich MacKellar and
Baroness Rachel Ashton,
Castellan of the Shire of Stan Wyrm

Fei g'wneir


------------------------------

Message: 3
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:22:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Charles Anderson <kmac1314 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Artemisia] Is Draca More still Active?
To: Artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
Message-ID: <20040820192255.97133.qmail at web12606.mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii


 Just some info ,is the Group in Grand Junction CO
(Shire of Draca More) still active? If so could the
Hospitaller/chatelaine or seneschal contact me. It
looks like we may be re-locating to GJ early next
year.

In Service, Lord Alexander,
Shire of Arenal, K. Meridies



__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

------------------------------

Message: 4
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:27:53 -0600
From: "Jeff Webster" <red_belt at msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Been awfully quiet, pot needs stirring...
To: "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list"
	<artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV3WpnrScDBm000004f49 at hotmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"


If it was said to me, I'd probably respond "and you must be a virgin, 'cuz
you're really ugly".  If it was said to a Lady in my presence, I'd probably
at least verbally go off on the fool, if they said it to a lady of my House,
I'd physically drag the offending party to my Baroness, and hold them in
place until she was done them (then I'd hit 'em).

snip snip
And I would follow you, kicking them in the behind all the way.

UlricFrom sca_redhawk at yahoo.com Fri Aug 20 19:37:10 2004
Return-Path: <sca_redhawk at yahoo.com>
Delivered-To: lists.gallowglass.org-artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
Received: (qmail 4128 invoked by uid 511); 20 Aug 2004 14:32:31 -0500
Received: from sca_redhawk at yahoo.com by wiley.coyotetechnical.com by uid 0
	with qmail-scanner-1.16 (uvscan: v4.2.40/v4387.  Clear:.
	Processed in 9.185595 secs); 20 Aug 2004 19:32:31 -0000
Received: from web50409.mail.yahoo.com (206.190.38.244)
	by wiley.coyotetechnical.com with SMTP; 20 Aug 2004 14:32:21 -0500
Message-ID: <20040820193214.66069.qmail at web50409.mail.yahoo.com>
Received: from [63.227.173.214] by web50409.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP;
	Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:32:14 PDT
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:32:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Pam Jones <sca_redhawk at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Been awfully quiet, pot needs stirring...
To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040820183820.93039.qmail at web52808.mail.yahoo.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on
	wiley.coyotetechnical.com
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.8 required=5.0 tests:YES_30,HTML_MESSAGE
	autolearn=no version=2.63
X-Spam-Level:
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2
X-BeenThere: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2
Precedence: list
Reply-To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list
<artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
List-Id: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia.lists.gallowglass.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia>,
	<mailto:artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/artemisia>
List-Post: <mailto:artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
List-Help: <mailto:artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia>,
	<mailto:artemisia-request at lists.gallowglass.org?subject=subscribe>

Personally, I like number 3 and number 6.  number 1 and 2 are great also.
Now, I am going through my material boxes to find some green fabric.  and i
have a bodic that laces from top to bottom.  and i dare anyone to say that
to me.
good thing that wasn't said in front of any of the Blackwing Company.
especially the women fighters.  the person(s) nards would look great hanging
from a buckler or a scabbard.
Redhawk..

HL Isabeau de Sevingy <badsquire at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi all,



It's very quiet on this list lately. I know most of our folks are off at
Pennic, but I think I'll share from another list I'm on and see what folks
think about it.



So, in An Tir...



(always a great start to a story)



A woman endured several mean jabs from all sorts of people, finally fed up,
she took her question to the Steps of the Cathedral (their Kingdom list) for
comments.



Now, she hasn't played for a Very Long Time, but she has been around for
several years. Long enough to at least recognize that this may not be
acceptable behaviour out of a society which professes Courtesy and that that
everyone is 'presumed to be minor nobility'.



It seems that she has had several people walk up to her at events and say
those six repugnant words "You must be a whore because..."



Then they'd go on to finish their sentence with 'you wear a green chemise,
so you sleep with guys in the hay fields' or 'your bodice is laced from the
top down, so the guys have easy access' or ' you wear a fox tail, so you
must be advertising'. Any of the above, or any other lame excuse the idiot
speaking could come up with.



So, she asked the Steps... Is this right??



Well, many people had many things to say, including a man who once was in
full cavalier (including swords and pistols) and had someone approach him
and denounce him as someone who 'must be a male prostitute because' he had
'red and yellow feathers in his hat'. He notified them that they 'must be an
idiot because', unarmed, he just insulted an armed man.



So anyhow, as flabbergasted folks offer to 'fix' this for her, someone took
another tack. He sent this...





<<
1.) Why, yes! I was trained by your lady mother.

2.) Ah! And you must be an idiot.

3.) Well, both of us are easy, but at least I'm expensive.

4.) Funny, I heard the same thing about you.

5.) No, I'm just called that by the "little" people.

6.) Why, were you looking to purchase my services? I'm not, but if I was,

I'd be out of your price range

7.) No, I'm just FABULOUS; which some people mistake for being available.

8.) No need to be jealous of my garb, dear; I'm sure what you're wearing is

just fine for people in your little village; where did you say you were
from?

(of course, if she's from a big city, and says so, you could reply, "Funny;

living up there among so many people, you'd think you'd have learned better

manners than calling someone a whore.")

9.) My dear, your lack of breeding is showing.

10.) We are not amused. (fans of Queen Victoria might like this one)

11.) Perhaps it's time for you to eat, my dear; putting something good IN
your

mouth might keep something bad from coming OUT of it.

12.) I notice we're also using period manners; yours appear to be

12th Century guttersnipe.

13.) You know, once upon a time, children were taught proper manners

before they left the house; how sad that our society has seen such a
decline.

14.) Oh, dear, how long have you had Tourette's Syndrome?

15.) I have a policy about avoiding rude people, so I'll leave; my
apologies,

I know you must have been looking forward to the catfight.>>>





So, what's the best way to deal with someone so clueless, that they'd walk
up to

someone they didn't know and inform them that they must be a whore
because...?'

Personally I'm be sorely tested not to launch into a round of 'you must be
the

village idiot because...'.



But, then again, I was bit by something really nasty last night and got no
sleep from

the itching, I still feel like someone pouring battery acid on my arm. So
maybe

I might just be feeling a bit less tolerant today. *grin* Maybe what we
should do is add to

the witty comeback list, what do you all think?



Maybe something like...

16) Oh wow, is being rude your full time job? You're very good at it.

or

17) Oh no, you're confused. You've got helpfulness and rudeness backwards,
dear.



Any more ideas?

Isabeau



PS. on a more serious note. What precautions do we all take to prevent
well-meaning

newbies from learning and regurgitating this kind of garbage? I rememeber
being fed the

greensleeves nonsense when I was new, fortunately my first costuming book
was a

Janet Arnold that detailed a gorgeous gown with green silk sleeves.



---------------------------------
Do you Yahoo!?
New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!
_______________________________________________
Artemisia mailing list
Artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com

------------------------------

_______________________________________________
Artemisia mailing list
Artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia


End of Artemisia Digest, Vol 11, Issue 22
*****************************************





More information about the Artemisia mailing list