Impressions Reenactor Humor

[frontrank2]

I realize this isn't pertinent to the ACW, but reenactors in general will find it funny.

 

[JeffFromSyracuse]

A big reason I don't re-enact - I hate camping!

 

[turner ashby kidd]

That moment I knew I was crazy :
3 AM Sitting on hay bale with poncho on in the rain while minding the horses on picket line...I was smiling to myself.

 

[JOHN42768]

Not to mention they will pay a fortune for our firearms and gear

 

[SeaTurtle]

A big reason I don't re-enact - I hate camping!

It's too bad there aren't any naval reenactments. I'd much rather spend my time aboard ship, even on one from the ACW period with all its lacking comforts, rather than sitting in some hole in the ground or slogging through mud like the army guys.

 

[2nd Dragoon]

Been there done that. A Napoleonic era (21st of the Line), ACW (USA-2nd Dragoons, CSA- 26th Texas Cav, USN-USS Hunchback), and WWI (UK - 17th Lancers) reenactor.

 

[Library Lady]

It's too bad there aren't any naval reenactments. I'd much rather spend my time aboard ship, even on one from the ACW period with all its lacking comforts, rather than sitting in some hole in the ground or slogging through mud like the army guys.

I respect what you're saying, Sea Turtle, but I have to be honest: You could not get me into the Monitor or the Hunley. Way too much like being trapped in an MRI machine with somebody trying to kill me.

 

[SeaTurtle]

I respect what you're saying, Sea Turtle, but I have to be honest: You could not get me into the Monitor or the Hunley. Way too much like being trapped in an MRI machine with somebody trying to kill me.

I was thinking more of "conventional" ships like the Shenandoah or Alabama, not those hotbox ironclads Yes, those things were hell to serve in from what I've read. And as for subs like the Hunley, forget it! I wouldn't even set foot on a modern sub. I wasn't born with gills so that's nature's way of telling me I don't belong under water

 

[JeffFromSyracuse]

I was thinking more of "conventional" ships like the Shenandoah or Alabama, not those hotbox ironclads Yes, those things were hell to serve in from what I've read. And as for subs like the Hunley, forget it! I wouldn't even set foot on a modern sub. I wasn't born with gills so that's nature's way of telling me I don't belong under water

I was on Old Ironsides once. On the third deck, I had to duck a good 6 inches to get under the beams, and I'm not that tall.

 

[Lubliner]

I respect what you're saying, Sea Turtle, but I have to be honest: You could not get me into the Monitor or the Hunley. Way too much like being trapped in an MRI machine with somebody trying to kill me.

Well, I am so sorry to hear that! I guess our date for the next civilian Space-X flight is cancelled. Humbug on gravity-bound!
Lubliner.

 

[SeaTurtle]

I was on Old Ironsides once. On the third deck, I had to duck a good 6 inches to get under the beams, and I'm not that tall.

You bump your head enough times and eventually it becomes second-nature to walk around hunched over anywhere below the maindeck on early-modern ships

 

[Llewellyn]

You bump your head enough times and eventually it becomes second-nature to walk around hunched over anywhere below the maindeck on early-modern ships

That's why members of the Royal Navy drink the Loyal Toast whilst seated.
Saves them knocking themselves out when the Mess President calls for, "Gentlemen. The King!"

 

[reading48]

Naval reenactment ... you better get your Sea Legs P D Q..

 

[Lubliner]

Naval reenactment ... you better get your Sea Legs P D Q..

"Which way to the head?"
Lubliner.

 

[frontrank2]

Some more humor.
"That will be six orders of salt pork, eight sides of hardtack, and four small cups of sloosh, please. Oh, and coffee beans."

 

[SeaTurtle]

"Which way to the head?"
Lubliner.

"Grab a line and point yourself over the rail. If you have to do anything more substantial, use that bucket"

 

[JOHN42768]

Some more humor.
"That will be six orders of salt pork, eight sides of hardtack, and four small cups of sloosh, please. Oh, and coffee beans."

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You forgot to order the oatmeal cookies for "Toby"

 

[Yankeedave]

During my reenacting years we thought we had to create a period persona. Amongst mine was I reenacted the war of 1812...

 

[SeaTurtle]

During my reenacting years we thought we had to create a period persona. Amongst mine was I reenacted the war of 1812...

One of the things about personas in reenacting is the date of the reenacted event stays the same, but your own age keeps increasing. So you might start off reenacting as a 30 year old in 1861, and finish up as a 67 year old in 1865

 

[Yankeedave]

Changed my birthday more than once.