D.C. a little safer (I hope).

DanaC · 08-19-2006, 10:55 AM

*grins* yes I know they've clamped down. I was just being facetious:P Forgive me, it's a flaw.

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since there's apparently such a rising tide of assaults with medivial weaponry.

Once the Nanny State gets started, it's hard to get them to stop...all for such a good cause, don't cha know...

Two points:
1) Yes we are a bunch of tights-wearing, sherrif-whooping, arrow-firing, monarch-crowning medieavalists at heart :P Are you surprised?

2) Damn that nanny state, and it's unreasonable ban on broadswords and axe-wielding. 'Cause y'know maces don't kill people, people kill people......with maces.

We have had a couple of memorable samurai sword/decorative battle-axe/broad sword type killins around these parts in recent years.

footfootfoot · 08-19-2006, 07:56 PM

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*grins* yes I know they've clamped down. I was just being facetious:P Forgive me, it's a flaw.

I was just being facetious, it's the law.

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MaggieL · 08-19-2006, 08:03 PM

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I was just being facetious, it's the law.
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Either that or "Mike! They're both in the mud! They have to wrestle, it's a law or something." --MST3K

MaggieL · 08-19-2006, 08:00 PM

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1) Yes we are a bunch of tights-wearing, sherrif-whooping, arrow-firing, monarch-crowning medieavalists at heart :P Are you surprised?

Very surprised. I get a quite different impression. When my daughter got married in Oystermouth Castle the groom had to bring his own sword. From the US.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-19-2006, 08:06 PM

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Very surprised. I get a quite different impression. When my daughter got married in Oystermouth Castle the groom had to bring his own sword. From the US.

How did he get away with that? Even in checked baggage I should think they would have freaked.

MaggieL · 08-19-2006, 08:16 PM

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How did he get away with that? Even in checked baggage I should think they would have freaked.

They shipped it ahead of time.

MaggieL · 08-21-2006, 02:24 PM

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How did he get away with that? Even in checked baggage I should think they would have freaked.

Ya think?

And in other news...

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We don't need to ban water from planes; we need to keep terrorists off them. To most effectively do so, we need to get over our obsession with "bad" things (laptops, lighters, bottled water) and start looking for bad people

xoxoxoBruce · 08-22-2006, 05:53 AM

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Ya think?

Yes, that's why I asked.

MaggieL · 08-22-2006, 06:05 AM

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Yes, that's why I asked.

Well, the linked article went down somewhat after the wedding. All I know about it was: they shipped the sword ahead of time; there was a note from customs inside the package note that it had been inspected. Apparently they couldn't find a legal reason to prohibit it. Since it was probably accompanied by some piece of medivial garb they may have inferred that it was for a theatrical production, which I suppose in one sense it was. There's no shortage of reenactors in the UK either; I understand that's how Robin and Sean met.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-22-2006, 07:00 AM

OK, so for the whatever anniversary, reenactment of the wedding, they'll have to use a different country.

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