NationStates Jolt Archive

I walked into a conveniece store today, and the clerk starts looking at me funny. Thinking nothing of it, I just grin, and go get a Fruit2o and a candy bar. When I get to the counter she's still staring at me. Then she says, "What are you, some kind of weirdo?"
I just sigh and shake my head. "Judge not, lest ye be judgd. That's what the Bible says." I adjust the jockstrap on my head, pay for my snack and leave.

People are so quick to judge.

BTW, I have to wear a jockstrap on my head for 24 hours because the damn Yankees blew a 3-0 lead in the ALCS. :(

LOL!!!

In sports, theres no such thing as a sure thing.

GO RED SOX ALL DA WAY!SO PITIFUL UP 3-0 and they lose :p

I walked into a conveniece store today, and the clerk starts looking at me funny. Thinking nothing of it, I just grin, and go get a Fruit2o and a candy bar. When I get to the counter she's still staring at me. Then she says, "What are you, some kind of weirdo?"
I just sigh and shake my head. "Judge not, lest ye be judgd. That's what the Bible says." I adjust the jockstrap on my head, pay for my snack and leave.

People are so quick to judge.

BTW, I have to wear a jockstrap on my head for 24 hours because the damn Yankees blew a 3-0 lead in the ALCS. :(So she judged right... what do you complain about?

So she judged right... what do you complain about?

People should get to know me before they judge me right. *nod*

Well she certainly shouldn't have said anything. I mean... laugh after the person leaves, and wonder why on earth they would have a jockstrap on their head, but don't insult them or judge them. :)

Always assume people have a good reason for what they're doing.

Well she certainly shouldn't have said anything. I mean... laugh after the person leaves, and wonder why on earth they would have a jockstrap on their head, but don't insult them or judge them. :)

Always assume people have a good reason for what they're doing.

I wouldn't have minded a little laughter.

People should get to know me before they judge me right. *nod*

Ill judge you after you tell us whether the jockstrap was "clean" or not.

Ill judge you after you tell us whether the jockstrap was "clean" or not.

It's a deal. :)

People should get to know me before they judge me right. *nod*

We're all weirdos. I distrust people intensely who think they are normal. "Normal" people frighten and confuse me.

We're all weirdos. I distrust people intensely who think they are normal. "Normal" people frighten and confuse me.

Carry around a can of spray paint and mark the normal ones.

Wat is this normal? From wat i can see, the world defines normal as anything that each country's government agrees with. Things that are not normal are things that the government objects to, like The First Church of Tiger Woods, which was created just the other day ?!?! :p :headbang:

Wat is this normal? From wat i can see, the world defines normal as anything that each country's government agrees with. Things that are not normal are things that the government objects to, like The First Church of Tiger Woods, which was created just the other day ?!?! :p :headbang:

I see no place in the Constitution where they define normal.

I see no place in the Constitution where they define normal.
I don't think there's a part in the constitution that says it's illegal to possess cocaine, and legal to smoke cigarettes. (At least not where I'm from) Nonetheless, that's the law. Constitutions tend to say what powers a government has and doesn't have, and very general rights people have, not to set out the specifics of how the government ought to use that power.

If I were the clerk, I would have judged you right away. I would have said "That jockstrap looks good on you."

That brings back lovely memories of my days in the SCA and "freaking the mundanes". :D

That brings back lovely memories of my days in the SCA and "freaking the mundanes". :D

YAY SCA! :)

Carry around a can of spray paint and mark the normal ones.

My God! Genius!

Could I possibly substitute those little tracking tags I see on pigeons instead do you think? Spray paint fumes make me dizzy.

My God! Genius!

Could I possibly substitute those little tracking tags I see on pigeons instead do you think? Spray paint fumes make me dizzy.

Tag em? Good idea. Then we can track their migration patterns. *nod*

I can help with the sedating and application of these tags.

I can help with the sedating and application of these tags.

Excellent. Now I just need someone to help with the capturing of pigeons (to steal the tags from), and the hijacking of the pigeon monitoring devices.

Anyone?

I can help with the sedating and application of these tags.

The tags can be little jockstraps. :)

The tags can be little jockstraps. :)

Nahhh, you can't track them remotely.

*However*

We could always sew the tags into jockstraps, if that's a satisfactory compromise...

Nahhh, you can't track them remotely.

*However*

We could always sew the tags into jockstraps, if that's a satisfactory compromise...

I'm not convinced that normal people wear jockstraps.

Maybe we can sew them into Che Guevara t-shirts. :)

I'm not convinced that normal people wear jockstraps.

Maybe we can sew them into Che Guevara t-shirts. :)

Ooooh...

But, aren't we trying to track 'normal' people?

Anyway, then I'd have to hoard all the shirts for myself and build a nest out of them.

In small matters, liberty. In big matters, unity. In all things, love.

Ooooh...

But, aren't we trying to track 'normal' people?

Anyway, then I'd have to hoard all the shirts for myself and build a nest out of them.

Che Guevara t-shirts are depressingly normal, I'm afraid.

As are those bizarre jeans with the chains on them that look like they were sewn together by a Home Ec. student.

ANd fitted baseball caps. *nod*

In small matters, liberty. In big matters, unity. In all things, love.

"You can do no great things. Only small things with great amounts of love." Mother Theresa.

"We're all fu*ked. It helps to remember that." -George Carlin.

Che Guevara t-shirts are depressingly normal, I'm afraid.

As are those bizarre jeans with the chains on them that look like they were sewn together by a Home Ec. student.

ANd fitted baseball caps. *nod*

Nor...mal? You're kidding?

Wow, I really must start paying more attention. If normal people are wearing Che shirts, I'm just a few muggings away from a nest! Huzzah!

Pants with chains annoy me. Pants have no need for chains. Chainless pants are no less pants. The chains are foolish and mocking of me.

(Cheez, has anyone told you lately you're a bad influence? I was *studying* before. *Studying* for my *exams*. Which are in *four* days. *Four*. And now I'm ranting about nests and chains.... *sighs*)

"You can do no great things. Only small things with great amounts of love." Mother Theresa.

"We're all fu*ked. It helps to remember that." -George Carlin.

Not as often as we'd like, in most cases.

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WHAT? Don't look at me like that!

Nor...mal? You're kidding?

Wow, I really must start paying more attention. If normal people are wearing Che shirts, I'm just a few muggings away from a nest! Huzzah!

Pants with chains annoy me. Pants have no need for chains. Chainless pants are no less pants. The chains are foolish and mocking of me.

(Cheez, has anyone told you lately you're a bad influence? I was *studying* before. *Studying* for my *exams*. Which are in *four* days. *Four*. And now I'm ranting about nests and chains.... *sighs*)

Is your test on nests and chains? :)

Is your test on nests and chains? :)

Not unless I missed some really, really vital passages in Oedipus the King and/or Henry Lawson short stories.

Cheez, if only it were on our ability to rant incoherently. Then I'd be allllllll set.

Not unless I missed some really, really vital passages in Oedipus the King and/or Henry Lawson short stories.

Cheez, if only it were on our ability to rant incoherently. Then I'd be allllllll set.

It takes considerable practice to ramble on aimlessly. :)

I've never been a big fan of studying. I figure if I didn't learn it the first time, I am probably not interested.

It takes considerable practice to ramble on aimlessly. :)

I've never been a big fan of studying. I figure if I didn't learn it the first time, I am probably not interested.

Well, to be honest, it's less 'studying' and more 'reading all the way through the texts for the first time'.

Yes, that's right, I am indeed a lazy slacker.

And I'm half Italian, half Irish. Rambling incoherently comes pretty naturally to me (not to mention loudness, craziness and all that other good stuff :D). I could happily spend 1000 words ranting about how the sky, the sky is stealing my weasel-flavoured chips! And the Cheese Midgets! GAH! They are plotting to take over grapes! Can't you see, you fools!

Heh, I once convinced a friend to insert 'AHHHH! THE CHEESE MIDGETS, THEY ARE ATTACKING SIR!" into one of her history essays. The teacher didn't notice/comment.

Well she certainly shouldn't have said anything. I mean... laugh after the person leaves, and wonder why on earth they would have a jockstrap on their head, but don't insult them or judge them. :)

Always assume people have a good reason for what they're doing.

He might have been an evil cultist who believed that any who question the Holy Head Jockstrap should be burned to death along with all witnesses who do not immediately praise the Jockstrap.

There is no such thing as normal.

Do NOT CONFORM!

There is no such thing as normal.

Do NOT CONFORM!

Sooo... what you're saying is... it's normal to be abnormal?

Right?

Doesn't that mean it is possible to be normal? by virtue of being abnormal? Because everyone else is also abnormal? Because there's no normal?

YAY SCA! :)

My favorite "freaking the mundanes" story:
At an event in a very rural area of Ansteorra (Texas), a friend and I went to pick up something at a local 7-11 - at 2 am, and both in garb. He had a viking persona, and the appropriate long braids and I was wearing a floor length tunic. The site was a popular one for SCA events, so the clerk had seen lots of SCAdians, and wasn't freaked. but the local sherrifs deputy who walked in behind us was. He looked us up and down, and commented on my friends hair. My friend simply replied "verily, good sir, it doth pad mine helm." The look on the cops face was priceless.

I was normal once. It WAS the boringest 15 minutes of my life.

My favorite "freaking the mundanes" story:
At an event in a very rural area of Ansteorra (Texas), a friend and I went to pick up something at a local 7-11 - at 2 am, and both in garb. He had a viking persona, and the appropriate long braids and I was wearing a floor length tunic. The site was a popular one for SCA events, so the clerk had seen lots of SCAdians, and wasn't freaked. but the local sherrifs deputy who walked in behind us was. He looked us up and down, and commented on my friends hair. My friend simply replied "verily, good sir, it doth pad mine helm." The look on the cops face was priceless.

LMFAO.

BTW What part of Texas?

LMFAO.

BTW What part of Texas?

Brazoria county, between Houston and Angelton.

Maybe the cashier was trying to figure out what the tag wiht 'XS" stood for...

Lunatic Goofballs makes me laugh. :p :D

Also, what's SCA?

Lunatic Goofballs makes me laugh. :p :D

Also, what's SCA?

The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is a historical "re-enactment" society.

http://sca.org/

A SCAdian is a member.
Mundanes are ordinary people. "Freaking the mundanes" is what happens when you go about in garb in situations like the above and people are surprised. There's even a song about it. Here's one version (http://www.geocities.com/yourstruly/freakmun.html).
A persona is an adopted fictional historical character.
Garb is clothing. Note that it's not a costume, it's real clothing ment to be lived in.
Ansteorra is one of the "kingdoms".

The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
The SCA is an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe. Our "Known World" consists of 18 kingdoms, with over 30,000 members residing in countries around the world. Members, dressed in clothing of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, attend events which may feature tournaments, arts exhibits, classes, workshops, dancing, feasts, and more. Our "royalty" hold courts at which they recognize and honor members for their contributions to the group.

Maybe the cashier was trying to figure out what the tag wiht 'XS" stood for...

:p

Wat is this normal?It's the setting half-way between "Delicate" and "Heavily soiled." :p

It's the setting half-way between "Delicate" and "Heavily soiled." :p

LOL! :)