You know you're a fencer when...part 3

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

I think it looks good. Fencergrl, you need some lasik surgery.

[mrbiggs]

Originally Posted by mrbiggs

When your response to being free on any given weekend is "no" because you figure you'll definately be at a fencing tournament, whether or not you actually have something planned.

And, of course, their response is "Fencing again? Damnit!"

[teamusaepee]

YKYAFW:

You're sitting in the hotel room during a REAL vacation (not that there's many of those anymore!) and suddenly think "Now what event am I fencing tomorrow?"

(For the college folk) You check a fencing web site (f.net, askfred.net, usfencing.org, etc) as many times (a day) as you check Facebook.

There's a $2.00 long distance charge on your phone bill - every month - because you had to fax a tournament entry to Colorado Springs.

You remember events (even important non-fencing ones) happening in relation to the dates of fencing tournaments, such as "yeah, my sister got married after I got back from the Houston NAC."

[greenchick]

YKYAFW:

You scheduled your wedding around the USFA calendar, since you knew your family would be there whenever you scheduled it, but picking a NAC weekend would wipe out half the guest list.

[little_old_me]

Originally Posted by teamusaepee

(For the college folk) You check a fencing web site (f.net, askfred.net, usfencing.org, etc) eight times more often than you check Facebook.

Fixed

[Mr Epee]

Originally Posted by tbryan

Worse, you semi-dream that you lunge, and your entire back leg snaps straight, waking you up. Double whammy: I'm no longer asleep, and I'm not actually fencing.

Extra points if you manage to drive your back foot directly into the cement wall next to your bed... and the side of your foot turns into a large black and purple bruise.

It's amazing how painful this can be.

True story.

[Black Jeebus]

YKYAFW:

You no longer think of things as being x number of feet away from you but rather as y number of tempos, or even better the only two distances you can think of are in distance and out of distance.

[Go? Fencing?]

Originally Posted by teamusaepee

(For the college folk) You check a fencing web site (f.net, askfred.net, usfencing.org, etc) as many times (a day) as you check Facebook.

Many more times!

[gh02t]

When you randomly start a duel sweeping up the garage

And when you choose your vacation spots for their nearby fencing clubs

[seak]

when you type an F into google and fencing pops up immediately in the drop down menu

[sjpfencer220]

Okay, okay, I'll stop with the light blue. Will dark blue/navy be better? Anyway, I'm just happy that people actually read my posts.

EDIT: Oh, and thank you for your compliment D+F+P

[ebonylevin]

You haven't gone away on a holiday for years and the only time you do go away is for fencing and the sites you see when on said holiday are: fencing halls, fencing equipment shops or even randomly walking down the road a shop selling swords.
Fencers can never resist any sword.
Or on the rare time that you go out with non-fencing friends (because you havent seen them for months and months) you cant do anything fun like rollerblading or drinking or both because you have a competition the next day and dont want to be hungover or injured.

[Black Jeebus]

Originally Posted by sjpfencer220

Okay, okay, I'll stop with the light blue. Will dark blue/navy be better? Anyway, I'm just happy that people actually read my posts.

EDIT: Oh, and thank you for your compliment D+F+P

YKYAFW

You realize a compliment from DFP is like a compliment from a caveman Nazi.