Swancon notes

[zebra363]

Swancon is the annual Western Australian science fiction (with a side order of slash) convention.  Way too much SF and too little slash for my taste, but it's the best thing on offer for a slasher here.  I attended for the one day with the most slash on the program.

Comments

[kelliem]

I was bemused to meet a number of people in the first panel I attended who refused to eat Easter eggs since they didn't celebrate Easter.

This would make more sense the other way around. Apparently they don't realize that the whole 'egg' thing is leftover from the pre-Christian pagan holiday 'Oestara' and the eggs are fertility symbols.

Besides. Chocolate trumps all. :)

[zebra363]

Yes, a number of people there pointed out that eggs were a pagan symbol originally.

It meant there was more chocolate for me, anyway! I have trouble envisaging the situation where I'd decline an offer of chocolate.

[cricketk]

I have trouble envisaging the situation where I'd decline an offer of chocolate.

*immediately starts devising situations*

[zebra363]

I can tell I'm going to enjoy this experiment. Go for it!

[doctor_k_]

The first Easter when Dave and I were going out, he failed to give me chocolate as he didn't know if I was religious. Big mistake, and the only time he ever made it.
Honestly, how can you skip Annual Chocolate Holiday? Except, of course, if you now have diabetes...

[zebra363]

Annual Chocolate Holiday - I like that!

**Thinking of you today**