Post by: Balog on January 22, 2007, 07:25:43 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16725299/
Rhode Island official orders high school to allow photo in yearbook
Updated: 5:57 p.m. PT Jan 20, 2007
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island's education commissioner has ordered a high school to publish a yearbook photo showing a teenager with a sword.
The 17-year-old is a fan of the Middle Ages, so he wore chain mail and slung a prop sword over his shoulder for his senior portrait. Portsmouth High School officials rejected the picture, saying it violated their zero-tolerance policy on weapons.
The American Civil Liberties Union got involved. Its lawyers argued the school has allowed students to pose for more than a decade with props that show their interests, including musical instruments and horses.
A state education hearing officer added that past editions of the yearbook have had pictures of other items banned by school rules, including a corn-cob pipe, liquor bottles, a beer stein, toy guns, arrows and a knife.
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In this 2006 photo released by Heidi Farrington, her son, Portsmouth High School senior Patrick Agin, 17, is shown in his Society for Creative Anachronism costume in Portsmouth, R.I. Portsmouth High rejected the photo for use in the school yearbook.
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Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on January 22, 2007, 07:29:54 PM
Post by: Matthew Carberry on January 22, 2007, 07:49:57 PM
Post by: mtnbkr on January 23, 2007, 01:59:39 AM
Chris
Post by: Harold Tuttle on January 23, 2007, 02:15:00 AM
thats a pretty bad picture
If he lost the Claymore and kept the hand on the other pommel,
He could have slipped right by the editor
Post by: Iain on January 23, 2007, 02:23:38 AM
Post by: Mabs2 on January 23, 2007, 02:43:42 AM
A portable booze vessel.
*puts it on The List*
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on January 23, 2007, 07:18:49 AM
Post by: Matthew Carberry on January 23, 2007, 08:27:10 AM
Post by: Harold Tuttle on January 23, 2007, 09:41:40 AM
now that i have looked for the tip over the good knights left shoulder,
and see none, i assume its a four handed dirk
Post by: Matthew Carberry on January 23, 2007, 09:48:29 AM
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 23, 2007, 11:32:47 AM
The vessel with the pestle holds the pellet with the poison, the flagon with the dragon holds the brew which is true.
Isn't that from a Danny Kay movie?
I thought the metal cup was for making rabbit stew and such in the field.
Post by: Matthew Carberry on January 23, 2007, 11:50:32 AM
The vessel with the pestle holds the pellet with the poison, the flagon with the dragon holds the brew which is true.
Isn't that from a Danny Kay movie?
I thought the metal cup was for making rabbit stew and such in the field.
Danny Kaye it is, a very funny film.
"The Court Jester" as Hubert Hawkins...
Quote
Hawkins: I've got it! I've got it! The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right?
Griselda: Right. But there's been a change: they broke the chalice from the palace!
Hawkins: They *broke* the chalice from the palace?
Griselda: And replaced it with a flagon.
Hawkins: A flagon...?
Griselda: With the figure of a dragon.
Hawkins: Flagon with a dragon.
Griselda: Right.
Hawkins: But did you put the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle?
Griselda: No! The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!
Hawkins: The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.
Griselda: Just remember that.
Griselda: Right. But there's been a change: they broke the chalice from the palace!
Hawkins: They *broke* the chalice from the palace?
Griselda: And replaced it with a flagon.
Hawkins: A flagon...?
Griselda: With the figure of a dragon.
Hawkins: Flagon with a dragon.
Griselda: Right.
Hawkins: But did you put the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle?
Griselda: No! The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!
Hawkins: The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.
Griselda: Just remember that.
Post by: crt360 on January 23, 2007, 11:55:36 AM
It's that short for convenient carry. It becomes longer when he yells "Thunder! Thunder! Thundercats, YOOOOO!"
Thanks. I nearly spit coffee on my desk.
Post by: Harold Tuttle on January 23, 2007, 12:17:51 PM
the guy in the picture would have been at best, a stable hand,
and today's Football team captain would have been the sword wielder.
That "sword" is way beyond his armament class.
Heck, its a little too big for a "Deathdealer"
Post by: crt360 on January 23, 2007, 12:26:28 PM
Post by: Matthew Carberry on January 23, 2007, 12:28:01 PM
Post by: MechAg94 on January 23, 2007, 03:02:45 PM
Actually, the star football player would not be the knight. The knight would be the son of a landowner who trained since a child to fight. The son of a peasant may not even eat enough to grow that big.
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on January 23, 2007, 03:14:46 PM
Maybe it is just perspective, but that sword looks rediculously oversized. Maybe it is not a sword and just an anachronism.
The photo was taken with a wide angle lens. This causes items close to the camera, such as the pommel of the sword, to look comparatively much larger than items farther from the camera. Notice that his curled fingers appear about the same size in the photo as the exposed part of his face, yet in real life his fist can't possibly be that big.It's a poorly made photograph. It does look ridiculous. It isn't the sword's fault, it's the photographer's.
Post by: Phyphor on January 23, 2007, 05:26:16 PM
It's that short for convenient carry. It becomes longer when he yells "Thunder! Thunder! Thundercats, YOOOOO!"
Thanks. I nearly spit coffee on my desk. No kidding...ah the days of 80s cartoons.
A while back me and a few friends were doing that whole Ren faire gig, crusing around as Scottsmen, complete with accurate kilts and drinking horns. Said drinking horns were also filled with something any Scottsman would be proud to drink, needless to say. Anyway, my friend takes a big swig just as some little kid sees him, and the kid FREAKS.
"EWWW! HE'S DRINKING OUT OF A COW HORN!! EWWWWWW!!!!"
<friend> I used to use the whole skull, lad, but there were too many holes! Waste of good drink!
Post by: MechAg94 on January 23, 2007, 05:39:06 PM
Post by: Balog on January 23, 2007, 06:30:00 PM
Post by: Strings on January 23, 2007, 06:44:41 PM
Post by: cosine on January 23, 2007, 06:55:51 PM
I spent the entire weekend helping at a bridal show in kilt with a tux shirt and jacket...
Okay, we need pics.
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 23, 2007, 07:05:40 PM
If any pics are posted, cosine will pay. Heavily.
Post by: cosine on January 23, 2007, 07:24:03 PM
No. No we do not.
If any pics are posted, cosine will pay. Heavily.
If any pics are posted, cosine will pay. Heavily.
Why? I bet a kilt with a tux is a handsome setup. Sounds like something I could be interested in in the future. Different, but still snappy and classy...
Post by: Strings on January 23, 2007, 07:35:00 PM
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on January 23, 2007, 07:41:50 PM
(if nothing else, to irritate fistful)...
See what happens when you mouth-off, fistful?
Post by: Matthew Carberry on January 23, 2007, 07:49:14 PM
Post by: Strings on January 23, 2007, 08:19:16 PM
See what happens when you goad me, fistful? It's all your fault...
Post by: cosine on January 23, 2007, 08:25:18 PM
I think it looks pretty cool, a tux over a kilt.
Edit: got it to work:
Post by: Strings on January 23, 2007, 08:27:29 PM
Post by: Matthew Carberry on January 23, 2007, 09:09:55 PM
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 24, 2007, 03:07:53 AM
Post by: Harold Tuttle on January 24, 2007, 04:07:24 AM
that have "THE HORROR, THE HORROR" across the back.