"Bagpipes - Weapon of War - 1746" t-shirt

[Old Hippie]

Actually there are "layers" of potential humor in that shirt, as kissing the dirk is an old custom. From an article I wrote ten years or so ago...

Good to see you here, Dale! Welcome aboard.

Enjoyed your work over the years, first exposed to it through SFI and then as part of the classical fencing and swordsmanship collection held at the University of Iowa, where I studied "the art of fence" and did a Ph.D. to justify my continued haunting of the library.

:ootd:

[Dale Seago]

I'd prefer the "Kiss My Dirk" shirt, 'specially since I wear one anytime I'm kilted; and I almost ordered it on the spot when I saw your post. Unfortunately it looks like they got the Gaidhlig spelling wrong: should be "biodag" for dirk, and it looks to me (would be nice if I could enlarge it) like they spelled it "diodag".

Old Hippie, great to see you here!

I asked the owner about the possible discrepancy, and he just got back to me. He says "diodag" is the spelling that was given him by several people for Gaeilge, or Irish Gaelic. (But it's a Scottish weapon!)

I'm checking that with an Irish Bujinkan instructor friend who speaks it fluently. I can think of other kinds of differences in spelling that would make sense, but that kind of difference in an initial consonant doesn't seem right to me despite the fact that there are some significant differences between Gaidhlig and Gaeilge.

[Bugbear]

I still use the pipes as a weapon. I was in a King Soopers parking lot, chillin' in my car, waiting for my wife to get done with her shopping. This car full of kids with their (c)rap bumpin' pulled into the spot next to me. They had that (c)rap up so loud that I couldn't hear my own music. I politely asked them to turn it down, which was of course met with curses and middle fingers and comments about being a fag in a skirt. Well, my system was much better than theirs... so I asked them if they had ever heard of the term "Scottish warfare." I popped in ALbannach's Eye Of The Storm and turned it to Rampant's Revenge and cranked my own stereo. I then smiled at them, watched as they got all mad and gesticulated, and proceeded to lean my head back and close my eyes- keeping that smile on my face. When I my wife got out to the car, I simply grinned and told her "I made some new friends while you were out!"

That leaves me wondering what Mrs. Hawk said.

It also leaves me wondering how Old Hippie's tepary beans did...

[Nighthawk]

That leaves me wondering what Mrs. Hawk said.

It also leaves me wondering how Old Hippie's tepary beans did...

Well, she just looked at me and rolled her eyes.

As to the other... I couldn't tell you!

[Bugbear]

I figured it was a reaction of that sort.
How come Mrs. Hawk isn't a member...?

You need a "Have trebuchet, will travel" T-shirt.

[Nighthawk]

I figured it was a reaction of that sort.
How come Mrs. Hawk isn't a member...?

You need a "Have trebuchet, will travel" T-shirt.

Yeah, this could slingshot us into a conversation on unconventional travel methods.

[Bugbear]

Yeah, this could slingshot us into a conversation on unconventional travel methods.

All you need in life, Nighthawk, is a pile of rotting watermelons and a catapolt.

I'm sure Mrs. Hawk would roll her eyes... then laugh.

[Nighthawk]

All you need in life, Nighthawk, is a pile of rotting watermelons and a catapolt.

I'm sure Mrs. Hawk would roll her eyes... then laugh.

No- she'd look at me with a slight glint of panic in her eyes and say "Don't you dare!!" ...because I actually have friends with a trebuchet and neighbors who already think I'm nuts. It would be fun to prove them right!!

[Woodsheal]

I figured it was a reaction of that sort.
How come Mrs. Hawk isn't a member...?

You need a "Have trebuchet, will travel" T-shirt.

Years ago my son built a functioning scale model mangonel (onager) for a school project. The kit came with a t-shirt that pictured the catapult and these words: "Have You Hurled Today?"

[Nighthawk]

Years ago my son built a functioning scale model mangonel (onager) for a school project. The kit came with a t-shirt that pictured the catapult and these words: "Have You Hurled Today?"