Why that's pretty OAR!
Are we allowed to coin acronyms? I say YES and present mine (with the help / approval of Jess Haines and Chris Gwinn):
OAR. Sounds funny, yes, but it stands for Overbearingly Authentic Reaction. You know you've seen / done it! Now we need a fun acronym to tell people to calm down. Use for a response to questions / situations like the following:
--"Is that cockade [that was, incidentally, a present] documented?"
--Craig holding measuring tape up to a glass case in the G-burg visitor center to get measurements on that undershirt
--"Oh my god you should come and prove you're not farby!"
--Marc's quest to smell like 101st Airborne troops did c. 1944
--My acquiesing to possibly doing boys' laundry until I realised what I would get myself into
--That whole "peeing on buttons gives them the right patina." Right RH, you said you were joking. Suuure.
--"Hey, pard, can you spare a Lucifer?" / "Gee, I hope Becky's all right on the farm. I hope them rebs dont attack us tonight"
--lard + hair
--Rob Hodge anything
...if you have any other examples, by all means, tell me!
I mock because I love, kids. :)
ETA: amusing anecdote found whilst finding examples:
me: quick! what are examples of reenactors acting crazy authentic?
shadick: craig schneider
OAR. Sounds funny, yes, but it stands for Overbearingly Authentic Reaction. You know you've seen / done it! Now we need a fun acronym to tell people to calm down. Use for a response to questions / situations like the following:
--"Is that cockade [that was, incidentally, a present] documented?"
--Craig holding measuring tape up to a glass case in the G-burg visitor center to get measurements on that undershirt
--"Oh my god you should come and prove you're not farby!"
--Marc's quest to smell like 101st Airborne troops did c. 1944
--My acquiesing to possibly doing boys' laundry until I realised what I would get myself into
--That whole "peeing on buttons gives them the right patina." Right RH, you said you were joking. Suuure.
--"Hey, pard, can you spare a Lucifer?" / "Gee, I hope Becky's all right on the farm. I hope them rebs dont attack us tonight"
--lard + hair
--Rob Hodge anything
...if you have any other examples, by all means, tell me!
I mock because I love, kids. :)
ETA: amusing anecdote found whilst finding examples:
me: quick! what are examples of reenactors acting crazy authentic?
shadick: craig schneider