You know you're a re-enactor if...
* Sleeping outside in the rain and mud is your idea of a fun Saturday night.
* You can identify a Regiment by the curses you hear from their camp.
* You can't sing without a mug of some sort of libation in your hand.
* You can spot 100% wool or linen from 30 yards.
* You have spent over $500 on clothes that were out of styleover 200 years ago.
* You've ever lovingly fondled your musket.
* You can eat 5 meals out of a wooden bowl, but only wash it twice.
* You have spent almost $1000 on a gun that needs a sharp rock to make it work.
* You have traveled over 1000 miles to sleep on the ground at a historical site.
* You drive by some open land and think, "What a great place for a battle!"
* You think women in 18th century dresses are sexier than seeing women in shorts and tank tops.
* You know, by heart, lines from The Patriot, Revolution,Drums Along the Mohawk, and any Monty Python skit.
* You've worn wool when the temperature hovers at 100 degrees.
* Your home dinnerware consists of items made of red earthware or tin.
* No one will watch war movie or period drama because you constantly point out the historical mistakes.
* Your re-enacting wardrobe is more expensive than your business attire.
* Your "top-ten" music selections include "To Anachreon in Heaven", The Lass of Richmond Hill", "Capt. Thunder", and 200 verses of "Yankee Doodle".
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I'd rather be historically accurate than politically correct.
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