Intro to Literature · 8:53pm Oct 17th, 2014
So the teacher of my intro to lit class has a strange hobby. On weekends, she and her husband act in reenactments of revolutionary war era things, like towns and battles. So last week, she told us some stories about stupid questions and stuff she's been asked or seen people ask. These are priceless. So, going from least funny to funniest, here are the best ones. 'AHEM'
So in this first one, you have to have the setting first. It's the middle of winter, and it's 23 degrees Fahrenheit out. She's sitting out there dressed as a lady from colonial times with a bucket of washing. It's 23 degrees out, so it's frozen solid. Some guy walks up to her and asks "I was just wondering, did you take that bucket up to the visitors center and freeze it, then bring it back down for effect?"
No kidding. That's basically the whole story. Next story.
So one of the other people that do this is sitting out, and has some furs laying out. One of them is a really pretty fox fur. So a little kid and their mom walk by, and the kid reaches out and touches it. So the mom goes, "Don't touch that! They had to kill an animal to get that!" And so the person with the furs is quick on his feet and says, "Oh no, that's how we used to do it, but now we trap them, skin them, and let them go." And the lady says, kid you not, "Well I hope you've learned your lesson." And walks off.
Last one.
So there's this tent with furs, and it has paintings lining the walls. So this teacher, I'm fairly positive she had a class with her, walks in and sees a painting of a moose. So she points it out to the class, and asks, "I can't remember, how long does it take for a deer to turn into a moose?" And so the guy in the tent replies, "Oh, it takes a really long time. They have to be elk first." And the teacher say, "Oh that's right, I forgot."
These are all real stories. Hopefully our teacher will tell us more at some point.
wait do you know what her husband's name is because i had a teacher who had reenactment buddies and it would be really weird if they were part of the same group
2540206 I don't know first name, but to me he's Mr. Jarboe. Again, not sure about last name...
has she ever mentioned the name "slater"
2540261 No she hasn't. I can ask her friday. Does she do revolutionary war stuff?
no dont ask its ok
he does like ww2 stuff i think
2540285 Oh, they probably wouldn't know each other then. They do colonial era and 1700-1800 stuff.