To the Lady on the Muni Train with Me This Morning:

[lwood]

I realize that the religion we may both share is a vanishingly small minority in the US. So, when I see someone displaying any of our several identifying marks, I like to strike up conversation.

However.

Dude.

You kinda confused me there by wearing both a tasteful wooden hammer on a long-linked wooden chain and a medical (not costume) eyepatch^*. I tried to use this as a conversational opening ("Hammer and an eyepatch? Not a combination you see very often...") but you did not take me up on this, nor did you notice when I fished my valknut out of my shirt, although the one around my neck is kinda discreet^†, you might have missed it.

Let's try to catch the same train tomorrow and have this conversation again tomorrow, only with more content, k? Thanks.

-- Lorrie

^*

Leaving aside, just now, what-all wearing an eyepatch can mean in my world. Outside my world, it usually just means "ow my eye hurts".

^†

These pendants come in three sizes: "discreet", "identification", and "pimpin'". Mine's discreet. Yours was identifying. Pimpin' I tend only to see at festivals.

Comments

Re: Amused

[lwood.livejournal.com]

*snrk*

Also, I am making a mighty NOG for Wednesday's Hrafnar.

It involves two whole 750mL bottles of booze, a gallon of whole milk, a half gallon of heavy cream, and two dozen eggs.

Now, if I only sprinkled bacon on top of your glass thereof...

-- Lorrie

Re: Amused

[baldurrising.livejournal.com]

Baconic Nog?

Wow- I might actually drink that. :)

Re: Amused

[keristor.livejournal.com]

What sort of booze? I usually use 54% dark rum for eggnog (from Germany, where it's cheap because they don't have the ridiculous amount of tax on it), I haven't tried other sorts of alcohol.

Re: Amused

[lwood.livejournal.com]

Myer's Special Dark Rum (http://www.bevmo.com/productinfo.asp?sku=00000001300) and Knob Creek (http://www.bevmo.com/productinfo.asp?sku=00000001616) bourbon, half and half.

-- Lorrie

Re: Amused

[wednesday]

I can has Hrafnar?

Re: Amused

[lwood.livejournal.com]

Only if you come to Berkeley to collect your prize (http://www.hrafnar.org/). ;)

-- Lorrie

Re: Amused

[wednesday]

An organization devoted to cider and it's all mine! I AM THE GREETEST! And now I shall fly to Berkeley for NO RAISIN.

Re: Amused

[lwood.livejournal.com]

There's wine country.

You can has raisins. ;)

And, really, am I not raisin enough, to say nothing of all those evenings raisin Cain to which one may aspire in such excellent company...

-- Lorrie

Re: Amused

[wednesday]

Well, yes, but I'm not entirely certain Immigration will let me in if I put RAISIN down on the forms...

Re: Amused

[lwood.livejournal.com]

Raisin is the reason for the visit?

'scuse me, someone is cheerfully suggesting that he can really really help you come very very soon if you just stop off at the tobacconists and get him something, and, moreover, your puns are witty and charming, and--

*eyes Peanut Gallery warily*

-- Lorrie

Re: Amused

[wednesday]

Probably more accurate:

"What are you bringing with you into the country?"
"Raisin." *holds up wine*
"Any alcohol or tobacco?"
"Yes. The raisin. For the season."