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Things overheard at FTPI 2013


William Brand

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I don't know if these exactly count as "overheard" as most everyone heard them but:

"The Mercury Crew is so cool they fart rainbows!" Zatara Delavega (I think) upon departing the Mercury camp.

"It's made of wood...Morning Wood!" Said by Cannibal Chrispy of a certain belaying pin (makes one redefine "belaying", dunnit?) during the auction.

"$69 going once!....$69 going twice!....$69 going all... night...looong!....Sold! for $69!" Same auction.

"it doesn't use batteries...that's what makes it "period correct!" Yet again, same auction.

"Because sometimes you feel like a nut...sometimes you don't!" Yeah, that was some auction.

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Ha ha. Thanks Jim! I can use those in the Journal. I only touched upon the belaying pin (so to speak) in my account here, but there are SO MANY photos of this part of the auction that I realized I had better bolster that part.

Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?"

John: "I don't know."

Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."

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That last one was, once again, in reference to That Belaying Pin. The names have been withheld due to...ah, why are we withholding the names?

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"That's a Key Deer..," said to a small inquisitive child within earshot of two FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) officers. The officers were not fooled. Made 'em look, though.

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"...bacon..."

Whispered at me by Willie Wobble as I passed his encampment. I was so deep in thought that my mind didn't register the word til I was 30 feet away when I found myself turning on my heal. Willie was smiling as he said, "I wasn't sure you heard that."

 

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Mission and I went the the ball held outside the fort, with the firm understanding that we'd only go to take a few pictures and then leave again. Within minutes of arriving, Mission said, let's go, but I wasn't through taking pictures, so he walked over to the bar and ordered a drink. Just minutes later I found him again nursing said drink and just as I started to say 'let's go' he blurted out, "I'm stayin'."

"Really? Took just one drink...?"

He simply smiled and nodded.

 

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