I think, for the first time ever, I chortled. Actually chortled. Nice headline Subbage.

In Texas, only one of the three legally recognized parties supports getting rid of the three-tier system and other absurd alcohol restrictions that are a mixture of moralizing blue laws and handouts to rent-seeking lobbyists.

So if you want cheaper beer, vote Libertarian!

Churchill2004: In Texas, only one of the three legally recognized parties supports getting rid of the three-tier system and other absurd alcohol restrictions that are a mixture of moralizing blue laws and handouts to rent-seeking lobbyists.

So if you want cheaper beer, vote Libertarian!

TABC needs to die a fiery death.

Skail: TABC needs to die a fiery death.

I'm alcoholic and I support this message.

Skail: Churchill2004: In Texas, only one of the three legally recognized parties supports getting rid of the three-tier system and other absurd alcohol restrictions that are a mixture of moralizing blue laws and handouts to rent-seeking lobbyists.

So if you want cheaper beer, vote Libertarian!

TABC needs to die a fiery death.

I'm Texan and I approve of this message.

/voted Libertarian by mail

I came here to see corseted wenches spilling out of ruffled tops and left very, very disappointed.

gbrudy16: Skail: TABC needs to die a fiery death.

I'm alcoholic and I support this message.

Hi Al (new window)!

Wenches or GTFO.

/Would be an acceptable Beer Wench
//Or Village Idiot

Voting in the 13th century was BYOB affair.

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: /Would be an acceptable Beer Wench
//Or Village Idiot

Strumpet for hire?

When I worked on the Obama campaign in Birmingham we got free beer. I drank most of it and then started arguing for the Republican party just to be an ass. Man was I drunk, subsequently I am not allowed to go back to the campaign headquarters..... something about urinating in a corner or something.....good times.

/obama/biden

Oldiron_79: Wenches or GTFO.


aight.

I just wanted to state for the record that people who dress up and attend Renaissance festivals are weirder than trekkies, star wars nuts, and civil war reenactors combined.

/But those turkey legs are good eatin.

gbrudy16: Skail: TABC needs to die a fiery death.

I'm alcoholic and I support this message.

I'm a teetotaler and I support this message.

JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm
I just wanted to state for the record that people who dress up and attend Renaissance festivals are weirder than trekkies, star wars nuts, and civil war reenactors combined.

Seconded. I'm weird as all getout, but Ren Faire and CosPlay people annoy me and weird me out in equal measures.

Ah yes, I worked this festival as kid, selling pretzels. Fun times as a 14 yo camping in the campgrounds, drinking cherry vodka.

huzzah

Skail: Churchill2004: In Texas, only one of the three legally recognized parties supports getting rid of the three-tier system and other absurd alcohol restrictions that are a mixture of moralizing blue laws and handouts to rent-seeking lobbyists.

So if you want cheaper beer, vote Libertarian!

TABC needs to die a fiery death.

Hallelujah, amen. As an a both a purveyor and consumer of large quantities of alcohol in Texas, you're damned skippy I vote Libertarian for state and local offices.

Then they should vote for Obama; after all, Mcain has said he'll veto every beer...

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lightning bolt!

JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm: I just wanted to state for the record that people who dress up and attend Renaissance festivals are weirder than trekkies, star wars nuts, and civil war reenactors combined.


*bes proud*

I'd like to thank my parents who took me to my first Ren Faire when I was a baby....

The first year I went was the second year it existed. There are a lot more girls in chain mail now...

JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm: I just wanted to state for the record that people who dress up and attend Renaissance festivals are weirder than trekkies, star wars nuts, and civil war reenactors combined.

/But those turkey legs are good eatin.

Hmm. I don't dress up, but I go every year. I'm also a Trekkie, though, so I imagine those two combine to make me extra weird.

I might dress up if I could ever find something I could stand to wear. I hate dresses and I'm well aware that I'm too fat for any other popular female costume.

Heh. The too fat thing is actually the only thing that keeps me from dressing up for Star Trek and Sci-fi cons. I like to think that I'm sparing you all in some small way.

I think ren faire people are some of the nicest people I met. So what if they dress up. So do most of these suit and tie types. They work in a office and dress the part and speak of mergers, synergy, and reports. The difference is the rennies have a good time at what they do and don't feel hollow and dirty after a days wage.

fireclown: Oldiron_79: Wenches or GTFO.

aight.

Those are Gypsies, not Wenches. (Not that there's anything at all wrong with Gypsy girls, usually.)

Here are some Wenches.

Gifted Many Few: I think ren faire people are some of the nicest people I met. So what if they dress up. So do most of these suit and tie types. They work in a office and dress the part and speak of mergers, synergy, and reports. The difference is the rennies have a good time at what they do and don't feel hollow and dirty after a days wage.

We have at least two "Western Supply" stores here in Flagstaff. The impulse to stick up signs readingCOWBOY COSPLAY, INC.is overwhelming sometimes.

OBAMA for King: He hasn't got shiat all over him.

I've seen that guy before... and yes he trotted away

JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm: I just wanted to state for the record that people who dress up and attend Renaissance festivals are weirder than trekkies, star wars nuts, and civil war reenactors combined.

/But those turkey legs are good eatin.

Beef stew bread bowls for me. Eat one and you're good for the day.

/Ren Faire is all about the booze.
//and the sex.

I was going to go to RenFest this weekend but ended up being too lazy (and hungover). I am getting a kick out of these replies (lol) because I am friends with the Centaur's beer wench.

What do you get when you cross a Trekkie with a Dead-Head?

A Rennie.

% cd pub
% more beer

orrinbloquy: Gifted Many Few: I think ren faire people are some of the nicest people I met. So what if they dress up. So do most of these suit and tie types. They work in a office and dress the part and speak of mergers, synergy, and reports. The difference is the rennies have a good time at what they do and don't feel hollow and dirty after a days wage.

We have at least two "Western Supply" stores here in Flagstaff. The impulse to stick up signs readingCOWBOY COSPLAY, INC.is overwhelming sometimes.

Well, I don't know about the "dirty" part. The band I'm in performs at faires all around the country. The first thing I want to do when I get back to the hotel/apartment/house is SHOWER. We tend to NOT camp at faire sites whenever possible.

Sometimes, it's unavoidable, like when we're performing at an SCA event (ie Pennsic War) when... well, you're camping for a week or more. It gets hot and disgusting, and humid as hell.

I love that Ren Fest. I had such a blast the last time I went. I will be bringing my girls the next time we go. I can't wait to go and visit my parents next year. They moved and now only 50 miles away. Whee...

Skail:
TABC needs to die a fiery death.

If there's one thing people do well in College Station, it's drink. So here, here!

i'm not in this picture and you cant see the rest of his "body" but this was taken 2 weeks ago. :) renFest rocked

Churchill2004: So if you want cheaper beer, vote Libertarian!

I do, and I did.

I haven't gone in a few years, but the last time I was there, there was an extremely hot chick wearing a thong and chainmail. Extremely hot. Like surface of the sun.

Probably a nutbar, but ...

I used to go to the TX Renfest religiously. Costume, rapier, main gauche, the whole nine yards. The most glorious time was when I finally turned 21 and could DRINK at Renfest. It hasn't been the same since. ;)

/votes Libertarian, wrote in RON PAUL.

Here Be Wenches (Varying Degrees of NSFW) (new window)

Our neighbors are Rennies, and work the Pirates Cove at the Faire. Fantastic people.

Just finished my 17th year of working Faires, and politics is always a hot subject..

Wow they caught Centaur reasonably sober. They must have done the story very early in the morning.

I wonder if they will take away my rennie card if I mention the "show your hooters for shooters camp" near the bonfire at the campgrounds.

Oops.

I keep missing it Dammit. Haven't been in years.

/loved the chainmail girls

kinkkerbelle: Wow they caught Centaur reasonably sober. They must have done the story very early in the morning.

I wonder if they will take away my rennie card if I mention the "show your hooters for shooters camp" near the bonfire at the campgrounds.

Oops.

Do me a favor. Tell Lance (Safer Swords) that Shadow from Silver Squirrel says hi!

Always wanted to go with full attire on a ren fair, the problem is, I'm brown-skinned.

Unless I go as a sarracen I'll look odd.

orrinbloquy: We have at least two "Western Supply" stores here in Flagstaff. The impulse to stick up signs reading COWBOY COSPLAY, INC. is overwhelming sometimes.

I am totally down for doing this. The people at Gene's are nice enough, so they're excluded from this. But Corral West and Circle Q are going down.

"Oh politics, that has to do with the king and them, right?" said a man dressed as a woman holding a sign that said "strumpet for hire."

Must be a Montrose strumpet.

/waves to all the rennies I used to work with at EV1