Mental note...

[Bebop and Rocksteady]

There's no weirder feeling than carrying you fencing stuff with you at school...

[KC]

Most people just asked me how long I had been playing the guitar.

[Gav]

Try walking down the street with an epee in hand!

I did that on the way to the local tool shop - weird looks on the street but the tool shop guy was unimpressed. Found out later that it's the regular haunt of one of the club coach's.

[Purple Fencer]

[quote]Originally posted by Gav:
<strong>Try walking down the street with an epee in hand!

I did that on the way to the local tool shop - weird looks on the street but the tool shop guy was unimpressed. Found out later that it's the regular haunt of one of the club coach's.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I did that at a Sears store in a local mall once...kept expecting Security to approach!

[It]

My junk is in a travel golf bag...........So when do I tee off?

[Peach]

Try being an elementary school teacher doing car dismissal duty wearing your buffalo-hide coaches jacket because you teach fencing in the after-school program. Doubletake city.

[shyHeidi]

You know, they've never stopped me from carrying my foil on the bus. I always expected them to. I have a bag for it now, but for a long time I didn't, and I'd just carry it. There are some weird people on the bus, I always thought somebody would feel threatened by it and cause a scene and I'd get kicked off the bus and stranded, but as it turns out, there are alot more people out there who've fenced than I thought. All these grubby looking old people would come up to me and tell me about how they took fencing in school and stuff... this guy in a wheelchair started calling me Dartagnan... It's kinda an interesting conversation starter, really... And anyway, if you don't put it in a bag, you can stab at rocks and hack at the weeds as you walk home... ... ... <img src="graemlins/freak4.gif" border="0" alt="[Freak2]" />

[Catlady]

Well, when asked what's in the bag, I am always tempted to answer that it's the body of the last person to ask me that question, either that or mumble darkly about being cut off on the freeway. <img src="graemlins/evild.gif" border="0" alt="[Evil]" />
I do refer to it as my body bag frequently. Considering the smells that it often emits if I haven't got around to doing laundry recently, I think people may believe that. I have a friend who worries about being stopped by the police and having them notice the bag and attendant odor.

[KC]

[quote]Originally posted by Catlady:
<strong>Well, when asked what's in the bag, I am always tempted to answer that it's the body of the last person to ask me that question, either that or mumble darkly about being cut off on the freeway.</strong><hr></blockquote>


LOL! I haven't used that one yet but I can guarantee that I will very soon... It fits my personality.
<img src="graemlins/evild.gif" border="0" alt="[Evil]" />

[KC]

[quote]Originally posted by shyHeidi:
<strong>And anyway, if you don't put it in a bag, you can stab at rocks and hack at the weeds as you walk home... ... ...</strong><hr></blockquote>

"This sword has been in my family for three generations... It has never known defeat... Until now"

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[Purple Fencer]

[quote]Originally posted by KC:
<strong>

"This sword has been in my family for three generations... It has never known defeat... Until now"

[ 05-15-2002: Message edited by: KC ]</strong><hr></blockquote>


Thank you, Rutger Hauer!


Ooohhhh..Michelle Pfeiffer....yum!

[KL2]

Well actually, when I did once take my kit to school, it got taken away from me. The reason they gave was:
How can somebody of my age know how to use a lethal weapon like this carefully?
Needless to say I did not receive it back for 4 days and missed a fair bit of training!
Lethal weapon yeah right, I was carrying an epee! Not a gun!!!!!!!
Kat x
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[Pa55w0rd]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by KC:
<strong>Most people just asked me how long I had been playing the guitar. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">someone asked me if it (epee in bag) was a golf club ???

[schlager7]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">I did that at a Sears store in a local mall once...kept expecting Security to approach!

</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Actually...down here the supervisor for security atthe localmall IS a fencer

[Inquartata]

Every time I fly to a distant tournament, someone looks at the hard plastic golf-bag case in which I carry my gear and promptly starts chattering about golf.

I guess I need to learn something about golf. Trying to explain that it's fencing equipment just starts a longer conversation than I have the patience to carry on...

[attila]

Hey Inquartata

Try painting your hard bag Army green and stenciling some numbers on it--- Bet it would look like a box of Ordnance. Nice place to stash a stinger,eh?!

[attila]

Hey Inquartata

Try painting your hard bag Army green and stenciling some numbers on it--- Bet it would look like a box of Ordnance. Nice place to stash a stinger,eh?!

[counter riposte]

I find it's a great conversation starter. I carry it in my car all the time. Then again I fence all the time too...

[D'Artagnan1673]

I've kept my mask in my car and no one have ever asked a thing. Weird if you ask me. How many times to you see people carrying fencing gear around?

[Inquartata]

Oh, sure, then I can be whisked away by Security, classifies as an "enemy combatant" and 'disappeared'... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />