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 Originally Posted by pinkelephant  17 Staying in your kit when you've been knocked out, so that other people will think you haven't been knocked out. Got that one beat....how about walking around the venue ALL DAY in full whites, your mask under your arm and gripping a sabre...and sabre's not even being fenced that day???
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Originally Posted by Piranha I can't stand wacky-colored socks. They make me see red  Don;t watch me fence, then....my purple socks are where my screen name comes from!
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I used to wear bandanas all the time to keep my hair out of my eyes because it was too short to put into a pony-tail.
At one tournament I had to wear a pink camo print bandana because I couldn't find any of my other ones. I didn't care how stupid it looked as long as I could see! (\ /)
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Originally Posted by veeco I'm sure most people who've seen Milanoli's painted mask would disagree. I don't; it's number one on the Dorky Masks list. It's just plain ugly.
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The following items listed are a few more ways to get tagged a "Fencing Dork".
1. Calling your mask a helmet.
2. Using the D-ring on your jacket or lame as a handy place to hold your sword.
3. Calling your weapon a sword.
4. Asking people to fight instead of fence.
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Originally Posted by Jengar Pardon my ignorance. I haven't seen Milanoli's painted mask. What about said mask would change my mind?
edit: It's not the person or a "colored" mask that bothers me. Just the "smiley face." This one isn't smiling exactly:
http://www.oxfordfencing.com/img/Pao...anoli.mask.jpg
The reason I don't find it dorky is that it was IMO a great idea and a kick in the proverbial ant hill. It got R. Roch's panties in a bunch. It was also the first time most people had seen such a painted mask. Created a roar in the audience, as Milanoli, an Italian, was wearing it at a world championship hosted in France (both nations traditionally compete very aggressively against each other - call it a fencing rivalry).
It was brash, loud and obnoxious, for sure. But I don't think it was dorky.
But yeah, a smiley face is pretty dorky.
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Originally Posted by veeco Okay, you convinced me. The Milanoli mask is not "dorky." But I concur with brash, loud and obnoxious. But it would definitely be distracting until you got accustomed to having that staring at you on the piste. "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
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Probably should start a new thread.... [QUOTE=veeco;639479]
http://www.oxfordfencing.com/img/Pao...anoli.mask.jpg
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Ewwww. I don't think I've seen enough designs on masks to note a trend toward them, but we can hope that the trend does not catch on or we might end up here.
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Reason: typo
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Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken! Whats dorky?
Losing. Lighten up, Francis.
Rep to anyone who gets the reference.
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I didn't even notice the contest at the end of the post at first.
Doesn't everyone have Stripes memorized? 
Originally Posted by Durando Lighten up, Francis.
Rep to anyone who gets the reference.
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Razzle-dazzle!
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Originally Posted by Durando Lighten up, Francis.
Rep to anyone who gets the reference. Stripes. Nice.
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Aaaaaaaaaarrrrmy training, sir!
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Durando, you are a madman... I want to party with you, Cowboy!
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Originally Posted by HDG Stripes. Nice. Is it just me, or for years was Stripes always on TV at about 2 am when ever I got back from the pub half drunk. And now that I'm a clean living settled family man I'd love to know what the equivalent movie is?
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Originally Posted by tlucente Nothing screams "noob" like taking off your jacket to swap body cords. ???
still better than knotting the ends of body cords and running the risk of breaking the conductors..
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Jeepers, what kind of knot are you seeing people tying??? Just a loose square knot a couple of inches from the ends is all that's needed. Loose so it doesn't kink up anything, not right at the ends so it doesn't put any pressure on the plugs, and voila!
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Everyone that wears a bandana when they fence raise your hand...
Now put a fake parrot on your shoulder, put a patch over one eye and say arrrrrrgh!
Dodgeball anyone?
Rick "Some people are born great fencers, some people achieve fencing greatness, and some people have it thrust upon them."
My pet Monkey on an IBM selectric
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Originally Posted by Fencing Mom And by the way, why do you never see a quarterback wear a bandana under his helmet to soak up sweat? I have. I've seen quite a few high school football and lacrosse players wear bandanas. I've not seen it in hockey though, which is surprising. I would assume any sport that requires a mask would have players wearing bandanas.
I wear one, and I don't care what anyone says. Can't you, just this once, f*** off?
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