As if they haven't been telling me I LOOK like an elf for long enough...
The highlight of a generally dull visit to King Richard's Faire '04 was a conversation held between me and a vendor in full leathers and a pinned and plumed cavalier hat that took place as I was buying a similar hat for my father's birthday, thinking it'd make him feel very Piratey indeed.
Anyway, he was inspecting the, uh, token of Lady Visa which he would invoke in exchange for the hat, and he says to me "Oh, wow, your name's really Dar?"
"It certainly is. Why?"
"I've got a friend whose name is Dar."
"Oh, really?"
"Well...his, uh, character, I mean."
"....Oh. Uh huh."
Honestly, how many of you guys have conversations like that? I should just up and move to Middle Earth New Zealand.
On another note, I just got the new George Carlin book and there really is no one in the entertainment business who I agree with more. He doesn't understand why people who believe in God are treated with any more credibility than people who believe in UFOs? Me neither! And how well does it show the power of humor that he can get away with saying what he does in such mainstream channels, just because he's presented as a humorist?
Anyway, he was inspecting the, uh, token of Lady Visa which he would invoke in exchange for the hat, and he says to me "Oh, wow, your name's really Dar?"
"It certainly is. Why?"
"I've got a friend whose name is Dar."
"Oh, really?"
"Well...his, uh, character, I mean."
"....Oh. Uh huh."
Honestly, how many of you guys have conversations like that? I should just up and move to Middle Earth New Zealand.
On another note, I just got the new George Carlin book and there really is no one in the entertainment business who I agree with more. He doesn't understand why people who believe in God are treated with any more credibility than people who believe in UFOs? Me neither! And how well does it show the power of humor that he can get away with saying what he does in such mainstream channels, just because he's presented as a humorist?