Ah, the things I learned in SCA 101...  ^_^

(For those of you who don't know, the Society for Creative Anachronism 
is a group of social misfits that do medieval re-creation.  Visit 
http://www.sca.org for more information.)

We were very carefully schooled (read, someone did their best to 
remember the juicy bits and pass them on) in the necessities of living in 
the Current Middle Ages.  One of the things we learned was to beware 
of the dreaded Period Police.

The Period Police are very disturbed folk who seem to enjoy yelling and 
shouting at other people, and generally making them feel uncomfortable, 
whenever they do something that the Period Police consider in the least 
bit out of "period" -- anachronistic to the middle ages.  These Period 
Police are not an organized group as such, but they do seem to pop up 
more often in the less civilized reaches of the Knowne World.  'Tis a sad 
sight to see an up-and-coming SCAdian ruined by this dreaded malaise.

The Period Police should not be confused with honest and forthright 
SCAdians who notice that something seems amiss, and quietly notify 
the responsible parties.

The best response to a pestering Period Police is to quietly and 
privately respond, "That's nice dear, but you have no idea what the hell 
you're talking about," and then cheerfully ignore them.

The same goes for trolls under the bridge.  ^_^

Damon Casale, damoo@jps.net
Aka Damon de la Terre Courage, who lives in Montagne du Roi
in these Current Middle Ages.