chain maille challenged

yanno, when we first started this whole "if ur gonna LARP ya gotta dress the part" bit, we really didn't realize what we were getting into.

"yeah, i'm trying to make chain maille but i'm not getting very far"
"ya want help? i'll help."

here's kinda how its gone so far making the hauberk:
"bring the schtuff and let's do it"
"ummmmmmmmm ... this pattern looks kinda frogged. i'm gonna start over"

four coils of wire later ...
"i dunno about u but to me it looks like a bra or something"
"shut up and find me more wire"

"just coil, dammit"

at the store, shopping for wire:
"lady ... this is the electrical fence section. you have an electrical fence??"
"no, i'm making chain maile."
"you can't even lift that roll and u want to WEAR it???"
"it's not for me. it's for my daughter's boyfriend."
"what, lady ... you don't like him or somethin???"

two more rolls of wire ... "now it looks like one of those grandma bras" (the long kind)

two more rolls of wire ... "at least it doesn't look like a bra now. now its a halter top. kinky"

best moments?

breaking out two sets of pliers and working on it in subway lmao

heeeeeere's ur sign ...

yeah. our little town got flooded. it takes something like that to learn really strange things about the ppl u thought u knew.

"the town got flooded! why can't u just call those stupid cashiers and tell them to come to work!"
"wow. now the school really looks like a prison ... we even got a moat."
"okay like, they said we can't drink the water ... but this is from the water fountain."
"when they say water and sewer restrictions, does that mean i should take my laundry to the laundromat?"
"so if the busses can't get through, does that mean i need to get a ride to school?"
"you should have seen it! the water was so high, it like whooooshed his car into the water! like, i'm pretty sure he's gonna have to get his car detailed or something."
"yeah and the stupid thing is, the roads were all flooded and i couldn't start my car and the taxi place i called, they were like 'we can't come.' .... god, what's wrong with them?"

one of our neighbors was mad cos the insurance company told him that his flooded basement wasn't covered because he had a sewer policy, not a flood policy ... so he unstopped the sewer drain in his basement. he got even madder when the insurance company said his policy didn't cover deliberate damage ... cos now he's got 2ft of sewage in the basement

just makes u wonder about ppl, yanno?