Funniest Moments in the SCA

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Heralds Hill was a new Shire and asked Roselyn and I to come help show them how to cook their first feast They had rented an entire RV park. With electricity available we decided to use the 4 roasters we owned plus open fire to cook on.

The owners of the park advised us that the roasters had to be at separate sites to keep from blowing fuses. So helpers were recruited to keep an eye on them and off we went to happily cook. All was well until I decided that all 4 roasters needed to be turned up to finish in time for feast.

I managed to blow the circuits for the entire site.

More fires were lit and food continued cooking.

Then came feast, outdoors, with candles, lanterns and added string lights where we were dishing up the food. Until we blew the electricity, again

I have to say that was the only time I have used a headlamp in a feast kitchen.

  • Beth Trevor

At a Coronation. I can't recall which one. There was a group of men standing in front of the doors to the Hall before the ceremony and I tried to go around them. I ended up slipping and falling, only to be helped up by the King, HG Conn MacNeill, and the Prince of the time. Rather embarrassing as I hadn't even realised they were there.

  • Elouise Montgomery

Wandered up to Damien MacGavin's camp after the fighting one day, he had his foot up on a chair, so I walk up and just smack the bottom of his foot. He immediately screams and my reflex is to reach out and grab his ankle and latch on... which causes even more screaming.... turns out he had twisted his ankle pretty bad in the fighting and was elevating it. Needless to say I was mortified, and came very close to being murdered by Hirsch on the spot.

  • Ingjaldr Inn Storrhoggvi
I was helping Alvira when she was KMOC. She asked me to attend a Lilies committee meeting to report on Children’s activities. I was still kinda new so when they called for a Lilies meeting I went in with HE Sile. All of a sudden the Crown was discussing candidates for the Order! I hurriedly arose and bowed and left the meeting saying‘I’m so sorry, just a Swan! I was so embarrassed. I’m still just a Swan.
  • Roselyn of Aberdeen

Back when Dun Ard was a group and had hosted an event.... I, as the herald for court, called Mistress Alvira (but, pronounced as Elvira [Mistress of the Dark]....) before their Majesties.

  • Gottfrid von Schwaben

I was heralding one of my first tournaments. The list minister told me to announce that the next fight was two people fighting bye fights against each other. I did. Then I summoned the bye-fighters to the list field. I have issues with gender-related words when speaking. Unless I'm really concentrating, I have about a 50% chance of using the correct word. Years ago, I was heralding a court with only his majesty present. I called his majesty "her majesty" three different times during that court. I apologized later. Interestingly, that was the last time I heralded a royal court. When field heralds mess up, we do it at full volume.

  • Odierne Lion

We were doing morning announcements at Lilies years ago. A prize for volunteering was a lap desk. When doing camp crying it is important to enunciate. “Lap desk” sounded like “lap dance.” That would have been an interesting prize!

  • Lisa Adams

Waaay back when, a lap desk was offered as a prize at Twefth Night, and instead it became a lap dance by "Big Rory" on our king Fernando while Queen Lyrial was shielded as best as possible from the comical sight.

  • Joan Alfers

Wooly Mammoth event one year did the Inquisition with Master Juan as the Inquisitor. I had been on the Listserv and reading Colonel Jenna's post about whatever. I went over and said hello I really like your post on the Listserv. She of course played the period role perfectly and denied ever having been on a mysterious box to converse with faceless people. I was sunk, Juan overhears the conversation and accuses me of Witchcraft. I of course have no defense and attempt to accuse the Inquisitor of also conversing on the box. He skillfully deflects that and the crowd convicts me of being a witch and scrying. Luckily no stakes were burned.

  • Michael Newton

It's been a minute or two (like 39 years), but there I was, living in the Barony of the Northwoods, in the Middle, getting ready to authorize S&S. I had the great honor (?) to have Laurelin Darskbane, the Kingdom Earl Marshal, and the recently-stepped-down Count Alen Elegil doing the authorization. Names some of you may recognize. I was using a bastard sword with a basket hilt, 48" long. Not optimal, kind of slow, but boy, when it hit, it wasn't ignored. So, there we were, in a school gymnasium, swinging away at each other. On one of my long, long recoveries (all the way behind my back, even), I hear and feel a 'thump' as I hit something, followed quickly by a loud groan/squeak/growl sort of noise behind me. I looked back, and Alen was hobbling over towards the stairs up to the stage. Did I neglect to mention that he was using a cane? That was to help him walk after the surgery on his foot earlier that week, just above the arch. Right where the tip of my sword hit him. I followed him over and tried to apologize (thinking that I was never, ever going to manage to authorize), and he was quite nice about it. He told me that it was his fault, he was supposed to stay out of the way, and that he'd finish up from (way) over here. I did authorize, surprisingly, and I don't think I've ever run into either of those worthies again, probably for the best.

  • Avraham ben David Hakhuzari

At Lilies way back when, Hotel Forgotten Sea camped along the tree line of the road leading from the "new" merchant area/shower house down towards the "old" battlefield. Baroness Liriel Catherine Kinsey camped a little ways farther towards the battlefield, and hosted the (in)famous Daquiri Party with HL Belfiore Carole Mell White. So, NSTWW, hanging out at Hotel Forgotten Sea camp. I was a fairly new Laurel, and I don't think they'd Laureled my then-apprenticev Jorunn Juli Kupperman. Anyway, some foreign visitors came through, camp hopping like you do. Introductions were made all around, and I was introduced as "Mistress Aidan." The visitors looked stunned and baffled. We asked what was the matter. They asked if they'd heard right, since they'd just heard me introduced as "Mister Satan." And that is the SECOND funniest thing I remember. The first belongs to Sir Halidor Arkellsson and Sir Conall Todd McKovich to tell., If they choose.

  • Aidan Cocrinn

Oh Yes, We Don't put that in Writing....ever. I will Tell the story, but only in person. Her Royal Majesty was very generous in sharing Her time with us. It also involved His Royal Majesty of Calontir, at the time, and His Royal Majesty of Caid, at the time. Lets Not leave their parts out....

  • Halidor Arkellsson

I once called Logan and Ylva, while they were Baron and Baroness of Forgotten Sea, Their Magi-heinies. While I was their herald. Y'all, court is hard.

  • Konstantia Kaloethina

During Eringlins first reign I had only been to a handful of events I didn't really know anyone in the Kingdom at the time. My first event was Vaulkmar's coronation. But at this point I went to my very first out-of-kingdom war at Estrella, I took a local friend with me, we got to the event around 2-3am and had no idea what to do, this fellow walks up asks if we are with Calontir and I said yep. He says "Oh I am your King!!!" (Note he was really excited about this announcement), my buddy and I were both completely unimpressed, looked at one another shrugged and were like yeah okay whatever we just need to put up our tent can you help with that? Yeah we didn't have much in the line of understanding or social graces at this point in our SCA carriers.

  • Ingjaldr Inn Storrhoggvi

I forgot the name of the person for whom I was reading an award scroll. It was a Calontir-standard “fill in the blank” AoA and when it came to the name, all I could think of was the recipient’s *real* name. I stammered and hemmed and hawed - and then finally His Majesty Ashir whispered her name and I continued to much (mortifying) laughter.

  • Da'ud ibn Ibrahim al-Sisari

N00b mistake in first year, Using a newly learned nickname for a domicile to (unknowingly) the domicile’s herald as a newbie only to be immediately corrected by the herald that in no uncertain term should I ever refer to it as the $InappropriateNickname again!

  • Maisie Shairpe

All I can say is I'm grateful I've never been heralding a court and welcomed in the totally wrong, 250 miles away baronages rather than the ones I was looking dead-ass in the eye... right, Gwendolyn verch Morgaine and Duncan Eardstapa?? Phew! Good thing I never had an oops moment like that!

  • Hugo van Harlo

The king walked by, I tried to rise, I was attached to my chair by my farthingale.

  • Rosie Zoe

My most mortifying moment must be understood from the perspective that I came into the SCA from Renaissance Guilds in Northern CA, 40 yrs ago or so. I attended many SCA events out there, but really never got involved, and just hung out with the people I knew. No one believes this, but I am actually quite shy in situations where I don't know people already. So when I came out to MO in 1988, I was involved again with the Renfest, but met up with the SCA folks there and decided I liked them better than the festies (nothing against any of them, it's just the SCAdians were more friendly.) So I went to a feast in Lost Forest and used my Renaissance name and title, signing in as "Countess Mary Elizabeth Hathway." Everyone seemed so excited to meet me, and I had no idea why (I assumed it was because I was in a full Elizabethan gown, and Loki was humorously pissed off because I outshone him, even in his gold lame sash and bandoliers made from Walmart conch-style belts! LOL) It took another event for me to understand my gaff, that in the SCA titles are earned and there I was, a complete SCA NEWB calling myself Countess because that's who I'd been in my Renaissance guild! I was so embarrassed when, at a Forgotten Sea event, someone with a little more understanding of the SCA "game" than the other newbies in Lost Forest, grilled me a little about my use of the title, and set me straight...very kindly, but it was excruciatingly embarrassing for me!

  • Laurie Hall

That one Lilies where Her Majesty kept needing to speak with me (apparently...), except she'd keep catching me at the Harp after I've been swimming in my cups for a while, and I couldn't form a complete sentence to save my life. Oops... I mean, in normal conversation, being incapable of forming a sentence can be amusing, but... (Oh I should mention I’m the kingdom minister of youth at the time, by day running children’s activities, and by night, living it up...)

  • Lee Gill

...at Lilies. I was in Hotel Forgotten Sea's camp and some of us decided to have a girl's night out. We went from camp to camp looking for THE party. We kept picking up company and became THE party. At one point someone said they needed to use the outhouse. A few others agreed so we made a stop at pottyhenge. Several ladies went in. The rest of us hung out on the other side of the road and waited. A pair of gentlemen in kilts showed up. They endured some good humored ribbing and moved on. We realized the one of the original party members (she can give her name if she wants) had not emerged from the bathroom yet. We called to her and asked if she needed help. In a sheepish voice she replied "Yes, I can't find the door."

  • Ann Asher

Having a Count fight for me in the 4th Company Rattan tourney that *I* had sponsored, and he won...

  • Ameline de Coity

I had on my Ugly Plaid Dress (UPD) when I got my GoA for costuming. It's literally the worst thing in my wardrobe. Cheap WalMart cotton T-tunic. I didn't even make my UPD.

  • Jane Fox

Back in the dark ages, when I was a young bard wandering Lilies with Mikal the Ram (of blessed memory) he took me to an Ansteorran party where they were giving free drinks to bards. I had a LOT of material back then, and spent many hours regaling. And drinking. Different drinks. Sometimes whisky poured into half a mug of mead, and similar chemistry experiments. The nickname "Speedbump" took two or three SCA generations to die out.

  • Mathurin Kerbusso
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