The 'You Know You Fence Too Much When..' Thread

[Zasha]

you think the guy above is a loser for playing and having time for anything else besides fencing ( im joking )

i certainly hope so, since i'm a woman.

YKYFTMW:
you plan your class schedule for next semester to allow for extra training sessions.

the most expensive pair of shoes you own are for fencing

you are always saving money for a piece of equipment.

[parrythis]

You know you fence too much when you're on a crowded elevator and when it reaches your floor you extend your arm to get right-of-way to get out the door first.

[Sabredancer]

You know you fence too much when you have an encyclopedic knowledge of everyone you have fenced (name, rating, strong/weak points) but can't remember what class you just took notes on.

You know you fence too much when you start working on keeping distance by maintaining advance lunge distance from any and all people.

...you try playing racquetball (or tennis, I guess) and find yourself lining up with the ball, getting into en garde, and advance-lunging at it.
With a sabre cut.

You know you fence sabre too much when you assess who has right of way on the road by who hesitates first. Pedestrians included.

You can tune out annoying, high pitched noises easier than any of your friends.

[fancy for fencing]

...when your family puts the fingers into the ears before you can say "fen...".

[Phaeton]

For all those lefty mutants out there:

You know you fence too much when while driving and you come upon a red light and for some reason are extremely satisfied with yourself.

[ThatReallyHurt]

... you need to have the hem let out of one thigh on your new pants.

[MessiahFencing]

You know you fence too much when you start working on keeping distance by maintaining advance lunge distance from any and all people.

And we have ourselves a HERMIT! YAY

YKYFTMW: Fencing.net is more than just a homepage, but a portal to the infinite knowledge.....of fencing

[labelle]

- You disrupt traffic flow in the hallway because you've started an impromptu finger-fencing bout with a clubmate.

- You carry your books in your non-weapon arm so that you are prepared for impromptu finger-fencing bouts in the hallway.

- You eliminate schools from your college search because they don't have a fencing club, or one nearby.

- Your little brother yells at you for stealing all his baseball socks for use in the REAL sport.

- When you're running, you're annoyed by the fact that one side of your body is sore in different places than the other.

- You buy running shoes based on whether or not they would be good fencing shoes after 300-500 miles of running.

- When you start playing badminton with your non-weapon hand because if you use your weapon hand, you inevitably lunge and fleche at the birdie.

- When you do lunges across the gym in p.e., you do more with your back leg to offset the muscle-building effects of fencing. (Or more with your front leg because you feel you didn't do enough at practice the previous night.)

- You're not allowed to carry the umbrella anymore.

- You're don't want to go on vacation because you'll miss practice or a tourney.

- When you are forced to go along on said vacation, you contact the local club to find out when you can get in a few bouts.

- Fencing tournaments ARE your vacation!

- You lunge at doorbells, elevator buttons, and when you're throwing something in the trash.

[larkmaj]

You try to figure out how to line up your vacation time so you can go to coaches college.

[Sabredancer]

And we have ourselves a HERMIT! YAY

YKYFTMW: Fencing.net is more than just a homepage, but a portal to the infinite knowledge.....of fencing

we're talking about my lunge distance, not michael marx's.

[MessiahFencing]

we're talking about my lunge distance, not michael marx's.

It starts off with adv. lunge distance, then it becomes adv.-slide lunge distance.

then you throw a couple adv. and balestras in your paranoid mind.

Then you live by yourself 4o miles away from concrete and fear the Advancex100 balestra x234 sildex234 (uber)Lunge

[parrythis]

YKYFTMW: You're asleep. You're snoring. Your significant other pokes you on the arm to get you to stop snoring and you wake up just enough to say, "Off target to the arm. Nothing done."

[Fencergrl]

YKYFTMW: You're asleep. You're snoring. Your significant other pokes you on the arm to get you to stop snoring and you wake up just enough to say, "Off target to the arm. Nothing done."

No m'dear... that doesn't mean you have been fencing too much, you've just been fencing and directing too much foil. Epee is of course the cure to all that ails you.

[parrythis]

Epee is of course the cure to all that ails you.

Touche, and you are, of course, right.

[Rick Shellhouse]

Twitch

You actually schedule your vacation around summer nationals....




then wonder can you get the Harley into the truck for the trip down



R

[Rabid Monk]

For all those lefty mutants out there:

You know you fence too much when while driving and you come upon a red light and for some reason are extremely satisfied with yourself.

So that's why I like red lights! Especially train-crossings. Lots of red there.
(Aside from the fact that red is favorite colour, too)

[MessiahFencing]

YKYFTMW:

Fencing tournaments and dual meets are your dating setups

[fences_like_a_lemur]

You actually schedule your vacation around summer nationals....

You know you fence too much when you turn down a job offer because you're going to be gone for a week in the summer because of nationals.

[seven6ty]

You know you fence too much when you find yourself putting your whites through the laundry at least twice a week... And you have the least amount of white clothes.

[Point_Left]

You know you fence too much when your fencing notes take up more volume than your class notes...and you study them more than you do your class notes because both provincials and westerns occur during finals, and isn't fencing more important?

...when you (as a leftie) shake hands with someone you just met and ask them if they are left handed, since they shook with the off hand...