You Know You're a Fencer-Part 2

[135711]

you know you're a fencer, when you still believe you can defend the nation with a foil.

<small>[ 08-02-2002, 10:21 PM: Message edited by: 135711 ]</small>

[counter riposte]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial"><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by counter riposte:
<strong>You know you are a fencer when...

You are willing to drive 10 hours to the closest fencing store in the state, to shop for clothing and shoes.

(Yes, I did this.)</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">You know you're a fencer when you're jealous of people who are only ten hours away from a fencing store.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">You know you are a fencer when you look for clubs/suppliers in the area you are considering moving to, before you even consider moving.

[135711]

that's true,

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[counter riposte]

You know you are a fencer when....
you cross reference universities you are considering against those that have NCAA Fencing Clubs

[Catlady]

You know you're a fencer when. . .
you hurt your hand and as you're standing at the sink rinsing off the blood you think, "oh well. At least it's not my weapon hand", and this is actually comforting. It's a true story I swear. I was scraping a weapon Monday so I could rewire and stabbed my finger twice.
Note to self: keep pointy end away from your body.

[epeefencer74]

You know you are fencer if every straight piece of metal you come across, instantly starts your analysis of whether it can be fenced with.

You know you are a fencer if you believe you can defend yourself from a mugger with an umbrella and a really good lunge.

You know you are a fencer when you believe that Kendo is like sabre with two hands.

[Shadow Fencer]

when you've had foot surgery a month ago and you plot out how soon you can compete..... and your spouse feels that you shouldn't think about a tournament until October and you secretly await Sept 10 because that's the first practice since surgery!!!!

[Shadow Fencer]

when your credit card company places a security hold on your credit card.... yup, this happened to me over the weekend...how embarrasing it was at the Wal-Mart counter when the cashier looked at me and said: "the transaction won't go through" and only after I called the credit card company to tell them that a charge for fencing equipment was legitimate, was the security hold removed!


I just assembled about 20 feet of fencing in my back yard using my new fencing equipment!

[Catlady]

You know you're a fencer when you're no longer allowed to carry the umbrella because everyone knows you'll use it as a weapon.
This another story from real life. I went to a football game Saturday and I was carrying my seat and I asked if I could carry something else too, like say, the umbrella, and I was told thanks, but no thanks, we don't trust you.

[Zelda]

You have a full scale phone arguement with your mother over the cost of air freight v sea frieghting your fencing gear home. Air frieght won as I have nationals in 4 weeks and I havent trained in 3 months. EEK!

[lorraine]

You know you're a fencer when you and your husband (other significant other) settle your arguments with "epees at dawn" 1st touch wins the argument....................

[counter riposte]

You find out that your class schedule is in direct conflict with your entire fencing schedule, you choose to fence and take a year off.

[Shadow Fencer]

You know you're a fencer when you are desperate for a lesson and will chauffer your fencing teacher to and from the club in order to get a lesson!!!!

[hi5]

YKYAFW:

being driven home from a tournament where you fence 21 different opponents and everytime you close your eyes you automatically get mentally taken back to the strip. Iv'e had enough fencing for for one day, give it a rest brain!

[Zelda]

Had to bump this thread as I thought of another one!

You know you are a fencer when a large majority of your t-shirts have some sort of fencing logo on it...be it from clubs or competitions!

[sallearmourer]

You know your a fencer when you take all the old fencing T shrit and cut out the logo to make a quilt out of them.

Tim

[Aoife]

YKYAFW:

All your anecdotes seem to refer to fencing in some way.

(I discovered this recently, having been introduced to a friend of a friend, by the end of the day he knew nothing much about me, other than that I fence. Whoops. Whatever happened to the 15 years of life before I started fencing? )

[Sildar]

Originally posted by Aoife
Whatever happened to the 15 years of life before I started fencing? )

You seem to have repented of your misspent youth wholeheartedly, so we forgive you. It's okay, we've all done things we regret

[Aoife]

YKYAFW:

You cycle for hours to get to the address of a fencing supplier in The Sword, only to discover that it's not actually a shop, but a house from which a phone odering service is run. Doh! (silly me, thnking there might actually be a fencing *shop* in my area! )

[buccaneer]

Originally posted by lorraine
You know you're a fencer when you and your husband (other significant other) settle your arguments with "epees at dawn" 1st touch wins the argument....................

i would love to argue only like that but...
my wife wouldnt confess to be touched (saber)