# My roomie is about to NOT get to Pennsic **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 25, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384 "2012-07-25T21:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/21 "2012-07-26T09:35:34Z")
I heard that blacksmithing is poised to make a big comeback and there are rumors of a wrought iron iPhone in the works. And mayhaps they shall encounter a noble lord in their journeys who commissions their services as court smithy and rewards them with a fine chariot and great riches. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/22 "2012-07-26T09:50:53Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > It’s almost as if someone who likes to play dressup and pretend to be a blacksmith lacks basic life skills like having a job and their own access to transportation. It’s almost as if some prick who likes stereotyping and pretending to be a worthwhile human being lacks the basic social skills to shut the fuck up and keep their idiotic opinions to their own stupid selves. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/23 "2012-07-26T10:03:46Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > It’s almost as if someone who likes to play dressup and pretend to be a blacksmith lacks basic life skills like having a job and their own access to transportation. Properly she is a farrier, a blacksmith that is trained to shoe and maintain hoof-care in horses, and working with the vet on orthopedic shoeing work for horses with leg and hoof problems. Unfortunately with people having money trouble, the number of horses in the area is drastically reduced so her client base [for lack of a better term] has left the area. The number of people needing other smithed items is also decreased because they now tend to be decorative items like candle holders, strap hinges, decorative headed nails and wrought iron gates, fences, balusters and such. She was employed by the Post Office, however with the cutbacks as she was the most recently hired, she was the first on the block. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/24 "2012-07-26T10:14:32Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Oh, nice one. > > **aru** , it’s a pity about the truck. Can your roomie not find another lift to the War (I know it’s last minute, maybe she can trade some smithing for a ride or something?) I know if I was able to go to Pennsic I’d be decidedly grumpy if I was held away for mundane reasons, but your roomie really should be more understanding. > > Maybe in a couple years I’ll make it - some of my Shire members have been going the last couple years and always had a blast - but then, they camp with the Mad Swedes. The camp our household uses is down on the lake shore, next to Pentwyvern [actually we have a couple of the Gypsies that always camp with us] Other than the pentwyvern Goes to Hell party, and the hofla, it is normally a quiet camp. Of course, with the drumming class you occasionally feel like that poor guy inthe Lovecraft stories that has the eternal infernal drumbeat in his head [dum teka teka teka dum teka teka tek] And nobody ever has spare room with everything crammed into vehicles. We actually had a storage locker in Zelienople for a number of years to hold the larger items when we regularly camped 25+ people. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/25 "2012-07-26T10:23:31Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I promised we would manage to get you there. You are a better person than I am. That’s what, an 8 hour drive from Eastern CT to Western PA? I can’t imagine offering someone an 8 hour ride to someplace I didn’t also want to be. Are you going out to pick her ass back up too? Between the extra gas, wear and tear, and renting a motel room, perhaps it wouldn’t be a bad idea for her to rent a car instead of bumming a ride. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/26 "2012-07-26T10:29:39Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > It’s almost as if some prick who likes stereotyping and pretending to be a worthwhile human being lacks the basic social skills to shut the fuck up and keep their idiotic opinions to their own stupid selves. It’s almost as if I’ve touched a nerve. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/27 "2012-07-26T12:49:36Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > It’s almost as if I’ve touched a nerve. No, you were just being an asshole. But if that’s something to feel proud about, then go ahead; you gotta have a dream. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/28 "2012-07-26T13:37:23Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > You are a better person than I am. That’s what, an 8 hour drive from Eastern CT to Western PA? I can’t imagine offering someone an 8 hour ride to someplace I didn’t also want to be. Are you going out to pick her ass back up too? > > Between the extra gas, wear and tear, and renting a motel room, perhaps it wouldn’t be a bad idea for her to rent a car instead of bumming a ride. Well, I drive a diesel jetta and get 43 mpg, so I can do the round trip for barely more than a tank of fuel, one can not rent a vehicle to go out of state for 2 weeks for under around $500. That is more than her entire stay at Pennsic budget including entrance fee. And a hotel room for a 16 hour drive? Meh. Ill probably catch a small nap midway on the way home after I grab a bite of dinner more from the boringness of driving than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/29 "2012-07-26T14:14:49Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > It’s almost as if I’ve touched a nerve. :rolleyes: Yes, yes, you’re a successful troll. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/30 "2012-07-26T14:16:34Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > No, you were just being an asshole. But if that’s something to feel proud about, then go ahead; you gotta have a dream. Sorry to laugh but the combination of your user name and the subject matter will probably amuse **madmonk28** instead of dissuade him. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/31 "2012-07-26T14:18:10Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > :rolleyes: Yes, yes, you’re a successful troll. Well done. A more literate version of “u mad bro?” ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/32 "2012-07-26T14:20:54Z")
I understand now, I thought you were going to be driving her out in the truck while hubby was stuck in a motel room, then picking her up again with the truck, while he rented another motel room. I didn’t realize the plan was for her to borrow the truck, and you were considering using your other car to give her a lift. Still, you’re a better person than I. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/33 "2012-07-26T14:27:52Z")
Is she hot? I’ll give her a ride. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/34 "2012-07-26T15:15:00Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Pennsic ensues. Instant City. Just add SCAdians. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/35 "2012-07-26T15:25:18Z")
> [@](#): > > and our chevy s-10 is currently hors de combat fuel pump. Huh? I’m thinking it’s broken, am I right? I’ve never heard this expression. > [@](#): > > At this point in time I would be driving her and dropping her off even if the truck worked just to be nasty. You got me here. Is there a word missing, maybe? How is it nasty to take her? Even if the truck worked? Confused again, apologies. Pennsic? I’d never heard of that before either. Learned something new today, thanks for that! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/36 "2012-07-26T15:25:12Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > It’s almost as if I’ve touched a nerve. You’ve matched the effectiveness of Homer Simpson yelling “NEEEEEEERRRRD!!” from the car on the college campus. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/37 "2012-07-26T16:18:51Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > No, you were just being an asshole. But if that’s something to feel proud about, then go ahead; you gotta have a dream. [The irony, it burns.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15313574&postcount=17) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/38 "2012-07-26T16:26:30Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > You’ve matched the effectiveness of Homer Simpson yelling “NEEEEEEERRRRD!!” from the car on the college campus. Hey, buddy - did you get a load of the nerd? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/39 "2012-07-26T17:28:13Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > What if someone threw a war and nobody could get across the river to fight?? It’d make the Bridge Battle real, for once. Kind of like playing Diablo in Hardcore mode. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384/40 "2012-07-26T18:56:08Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Huh? I’m thinking it’s broken, am I right? I’ve never heard this expression. “Hors de combat” means “out of the fight” or basically “sidelined (due to) fuel pump” in this context. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-roomie-is-about-to-not-get-to-pennsic/629384.md?page=3)