Enterprising fencing parent?

[mfp]

I'm not in to the whole Halloween (or parenting) thing, so I'm not sure whether this fencing parent is being enterprising or lazy, but I heard a local parent will be walking around their neighborhood Halloween night with his kid dressed in her fencing gear. The guy said he figures the kid already has a mask, why not use it for Halloween?

To avoid any problems created by walking around in the dark with a pointy object, the father and daughter are supposedly debating whether to borrow a Nerf sabre or just stick the point of a regular weapon into a stuffed bunny or somesuch. The father plans on carrying around some flyers about fencing to hand to any kids and parents who express interest.

[Peach]

My coach tells his students that on Halloween, you dress up in a costume as something you aren't. "You ARE fencers," he says, so it's not a costume.

[Purple Fencer]

Yeah, but for the vast majority of people, it WOULD be a Haloween costume...I wore my uni to work a few years ago, and the UPS guy didn't believe at first that I'd actually wear such a thing in public...go fig.

I like the flyer idea, tho!

[Psi Shadowdark]

iv never seena uni yet anywhere =)

[Peach]

Wore one for a year or so, back when I experimented with ordering my own stuff. Triplette had one. It was inconvenient to wear.

[Psi Shadowdark]

i saw that in the cataloge, just don;t seem right.....

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[BarryTice]

I like my unitard. The only trouble with it is it's a bit more to take off if you've got lots of time between rounds and you want to move to something drier. Also, if your cord goes bad, it's harder to thread a new one through without removing. For me, it's quite comfortable, though.

-- b.r.t.

[Purple Fencer]

Originally posted by Psi Shadowdark
iv never seena uni yet anywhere =)

November 17, 2002...Pasadena, CA...Couturier Sabre. I'll be there getting my *** whomped!

Not a whole lot of competition this season...3 or 4 times tops...and this from a guy who entered more divisional events than all but a couple of people in all SoCal! Oy!

[Inquartata]

That's what you get when you lose the "a" from your avocation...

[edew]

Originally posted by Inquartata
That's what you get when you lose the "a" from your avocation...

What's an avoction?

[Peach]

cosmetic surgery on an avocado.

[Saber-Psycho]

Originally posted by Peach
cosmetic surgery on an avocado.

Avocation: The Pagan ceremony accompanying the planting of an avocado tree during the first full moon of summer.

I am not sure what the ceremony is for a peach tree.

[Catlady]

Ah, the English degree finally comes in moderately handy. All kidding about avocados aside, an avocation is a hobby.

Of course if the question was tongue in cheek I'm going to feel very stupid, but that's certainly never stopped me before.

[Mo]

Originally posted by Catlady
Ah, the English degree finally comes in moderately handy. All kidding about avocados aside, an avocation is a hobby.

Of course if the question was tongue in cheek I'm going to feel very stupid, but that's certainly never stopped me before.

Observer of the obivious?
Didn't you ever play that dictionary game?
The one where someone pics some unordinary word out of the dictionary and everyone writes down a definition? The definitions are voted on and the winner is the one who gets the most votes. The real derfinition is included in the list.

I used to do very well at that game... heehee
OH MY GOSH, I am watching a show on the Sydney Olympics and they just showed the last point in an Epee bout with the mask coming off.!!!
WOW

[KShan5[PrFC]]

BALDERDASH!

That is the game you are refering to.

But there are alos, initials, people, dates, definitions, and movie titles.

[Mo]

Originally posted by KShan5[PrFC]
BALDERDASH!

That is the game you are refering to.

But there are alos, initials, people, dates, definitions, and movie titles.

Nope, I am old, we used a big ole dictionary!! You don't need anything more.