Balingup Part II
September 13, 2008
Filed under:Lotso Pics
The next day at Balingup was more of a free-for-all with people fighting in Later Period stuff. This show was “Dueling Through The Ages” with Dark Ages Vikings and 15th C. Armoured Knights duking it out one-on-one (in separate fights, of course).
Me and the Doc had been practicing our duelling with cutlasses to maybe do a Pirate Show (remember when I got my black eye?). Turns out, we had enough to put two costumes together and even enough leftover tawdriness that we could gear up a buxom wench, that sis-in-law Roni so graciously volunteered my wife to be.
Dapper and pretending to be a bit drunk in a bar in Tortuga (is that even a real place?).
Buxom wenchage, my wife, bringing drinks to the Doc, who flirts a bit and riles me up. I say something, he hits the mug out of my hand. I take the tray off Jo and smack him with it while she hurries off (bystanders aren’t allowed while we’re being swordy).
Then, he headbutts me and ruins my headwear.
I try to be tough about it but that buzzard drunkenly weaves and taunts me while drinking his “rum”.
We fight intermittently while we’re trading insults. I believe I called him a “Scurvy Scallywag” or even a “Poopyhead” or some such.
Weaving drunkenly helps explain why we so rarely actually sworded each other.
Until he hits me with his mug. Not all of it even spilled, so he threw that in my face.
And punched me.
And tries to cut my head off.
Then throws the mug into my groin (unintentional aim, but a perfect shot). Stunned, I attempt to explain why that wasn’t cool and he HITS me.
…and hits me again. And again. And knocks me down.
Then taunts me, pours whats left of his “rum” and says, “That was fun! Same time next week!”
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Later in the day Doc and I were a couple of brigands beset upon by one of the King’s Men. He was quite a dandy and we were drunkenly weaving again. I’m sensing a trend.
I yell lots and make some jokes about his hat and his pants.
In response, he parries away my shot and slices me up the arm.
I politely tell him that it hurt. And then tell him he should go after the guy that’s playing with his hat.
He does. Whups the Doc’s buttocks a bit, and then I step over and kick Doc for drunkenly getting me in trouble again.
In all humility and sincerity, we’re awesome.
The crowd LOVES that kind of stuff, and it’s an absolute hoot to do. We got some laughs and had a righteously good time.
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A candid shot. We didn’t even know there were image-capturing machines nearby while she gives me my Kiss For Luck before our show.
Some poserific shots were taken. More than this, but Wife doesn’t even know I’m posting this one, I better be good and not do the others until I ask her.
Isn’t she absolutely beautiful?
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These were a CLASSIC. Uncle Shutterbug, Grey Company’s photographic artist extraordinaire, set these up with some of the older gals that were helping stitch a replica of the Bayeaux Tapestry.
Buxom wench being all buxomy and wenchy, showing she’ll have nun of that being pious nonsense.
Then the nuns show her what’s up underneath those habits. HAHHAHHAHAHHA…
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Lots of the other pics are here on Flickr too.
All up, a great time, and it makes me kind of sad that’s its only once a year because there were so many pictures and stories over the weekend that it could’ve been a month long.
That’s all for now. I have to go pick up a fridge in my newly purchased 4WD.
What’s that? Oh, I’ll tell all about those things and how we were able to afford them later.
Smooches and hugs all.
6 Responses to “Balingup Part II”
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September 16th, 2008 at 9:19 am
You are a brave, brave soul. Not too many men can pull off wearing tights like that…
September 21st, 2008 at 8:41 am
That is a lovely picture of you two! :)
September 21st, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Beautiful!
September 27th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Are you kiddin’?
After wearing a kilt in public in the middle of Atlanta, tights are nothin’…..
November 14th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Now I see why you left the states.. haha good on you!
November 15th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Incredible pictures, but I think the running commentary is the best! You always did have a lot of entertainment value (boy, do I miss that!)…