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Date Posted: 18:34:59 09/30/02 Mon
Author: from kat who thinks this is silly
Subject: Re: Reasons for parents to hate ANY FAIRE
In reply to: Merryll 's message, "Reasons for parents to hate KRF" on 19:13:56 09/28/02 Sat

Yes any faire. So the record can be known and not in defence of anything but the truth, at the joust they do not say "kill kill hate hate" etc,nor do they chant "blood makes the grass grow"...at least not at KRF anymore. There are other faires that still chant such things, but they really joust too, blood is real, broken bones. Krf decieded that after Columbine to tone it down. BTW to the first posting, have you even seen the joust this year? I have worked at faire for 10 years, my brother is a jouster, so if you have any questions let me know.

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[> [> Re: Reasons for parents to hate. Just hate. Hate hate hate... -- Rob, 18:58:42 09/30/02 Mon

I can't speak to the more violent chants this year, as I haven't made it to KRF. But I do know that "Cheat To Win" is traditional for the evil side, and was certainly in evidence that last year I was there (even though there really weren't "good" or "evil" knights that year). Even if the cheerleaders aren't using it, you can bet that some of the longtime patrons are! :)

- Rob, who knows that it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye


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[> [> Re: Reasons for parents to hate ANY FAIRE -- Merryll, 21:35:15 09/30/02 Mon

The "hate" post was meant as a joke folks....just like this board.

No, I haven't been to the joust this year. I was referring to past years in which the chants I mentioned were quite prevalent. My kids still remember those chants from years past, not unlike all of the other long time patrons. We actually thought they were really funny the first few times we heard them. Still it's good to know that they have tried to eliminate the most offensive ones, seems like good judgement given the times we live in (although my kids will be wicked disappointed).

We don't =really= hate KRF and we don't =really= believe it's a bad influence on our kids. If we did we wouldn't have paid the big bucks to costume everyone and bring them to the faire every year of their lives.

Merryll
Am I to be banished to the "up with rennie's" board now?


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[> [> Re: Reasons for parents to hate ANY FAIRE -- kat, 20:27:05 10/01/02 Tue

Merryll,

No offence given or taken, I just wanted to make sure that the right info was available. I must admit though, I really liked the nastier jousts, our own roman gladiator pit, sans lions( they're on the other side of the faire). During the football strike so many years ago, I remember record numbers of people to watch the joust...ahhh those were the days.


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