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This ticket is for a whole group, see it says GROUP on it. Is smoking allowed inside? Have you seen a guy in blue jeans and a white T-shirt? (you may substitute any description you like here). How do I get your job? I need that ticket so I can get in tomorrow, it’s a two day ticket right? Is this ticket good for the whole festival? (or variations on the theme) How long did you train to become a Beefeater? The Forum Rules. a. k. a. 'Easy Ways to get on the Captain’s bad side' By posting in the forums you agree to abide by these rules. I am a board dictator. What I say goes. So, arguing with me, or a designated moderator, in regards to board policy or commenting in threads about moderated items is Easy Way number one. If I close your thread, don't start another thread to ask me why No spamming. There is an Edit button at the top of every one of your posts. Please use it rather than posting several times back to back. Trolling will not be tolerated. Personal attacks (or ‘Flaming’) are NOT acceptable under any circumstances. Once you've stated your opinion, if someone disagrees and states their own opinion, don't try to explain your stance further. You aren't going to change anyone's mind. Just let it go. Derogatory comments regarding race, religion, creed, gender, nationality, sexual preference or disability will not be tolerated. Doing anything that could be construed as annoying while I am absent from the boards and can not update, edit, delete, etc... then you're on the fast track to perma-banning. The Beefeaters and by extension the TRF are the reason this forum exists. If you have to b@# about them, at least be constructive. No l337 speak or Lazy Typing. I don't have the patience to even scroll pass that crap. It will not be tolerated. Please try to keep it to English as well. If it's illegal in the states, then talking about it here is not accepted. Violence in any form is not acceptable on these forums. 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Well, there are lots of bushes… OK, yes, there are 10 privies (bathrooms) inside with a total of 302 flush toilets, and 245 urinals for the guys. You can relax now. Back to top May I take your picture? Of course! It is what I live for! Back to top What do I do if I need to go to the car? This is usually followed by a lengthy explanation of why they need to go to the car. It's OK; just get a hand stamp when you exit. Also, you are not required to tell us all the details of what you did when you come back either. (Unless it was kinky, Bartrand likes to hear that sort of thing). Back to top Where's the nearest place to get a beer? I guess we just look like beer drinkers. Go inside. Stay to the right, it will be on your right side. It's called Merlin's Tavern. Tell the girls I said 'Hello'. Back to top Is that your real accent? Is that yours? Back to top Can I have a stub? Beefeaters do not have stubs. Back to top -but I need it to prove I was here! We are required to take the whole ticket. Perhaps you can find something else to prove you were here. I have heard that if you write a nice note to the main office they will send you a cancelled ticket after the season is over. Back to top Where's the gin? Out back. In a barrel. Where I drown people who think they are being clever by asking me 'Where's the gin?'. Back to top Where is the chapel? Inside. Back to top If I wear a costume do I get in for free? No. Back to top -but I did last year! No, you didn't. To the best of my knowledge the TRF has never allowed free entrance if you wore a costume. I know for a fact that that has not been the case since 1979, because Captain George has been working the front gate for that long. (You might remember him as 'Lord of the Gate', or at the least you probably remember the codpiece!). About ten years ago we let children in on Halloween weekend only, if they were in Halloween costume. Back to top Is that pike (that you carry) real? Yes, but the blade is a bit dull from bashing people in the head who ask silly questions. (When we patrol the courtyard we carry a pike) Back to top May I hold your pike? But my lady, I hardly know you! Seriously- We never let patrons hold the pike; they might bash us in the head for being silly. Back to top What kind of vine is that? (The front gate area is covered with beautiful vines). Actually there are three different vines growing together. There is Jack Bean Vine, or Purple Hyacinth Bean Vine (Dolichos Lablab), which has the small pink or purple flowers and purple bean pods, Coral Vine (Antigonon leptopus), which has small pink or coral flowers, and Filipino Morning Glory (Ipomoea), with the large blue flowers. Back to top Where did you get your uniform (costume)? It was issued to me by the King. Back to top It's great! Who made it? The TRF Beefeater’s uniforms (costumes) were designed and created, by hand, by Mrs. Eulice Vail. You may also have known her as the Grand Duchess. Our current incarnation of uniforms were hand made by the Amber, the frogprincess. You may know her. Back to top What do Beefeaters have under their skirts? Nothing you haven’t seen before, my lady, just a little bigger!! Back to top -May I look? Actually many ‘ladies’ fail to ask first before they look. And for the guys out there: “I don’t do hairy knuckles.” Back to top What's going on inside? A festival. (Yes, people actually come up to the gate and ask). Back to top This ticket is for a whole group, see it says GROUP on it. That means that the ticket was sold at the group discount. I’m never sure if I should be scared that someone really believes the ticket is for a vague ‘group of people’ or insulted that they think I would believe it. Back to top Is smoking allowed inside? Boy, you smokers sure are getting paranoid. Yes, smoking is allowed, and no, you may not bum a fag. Back to top Have you seen a guy in blue jeans and a white T-shirt? (you may substitute any description you like here). Probably. Do I remember seeing them? Probably not. Our average daily attendance is over 21,000 people a day. I'm good, but I'm not that good! Back to top How do I get your job? I suppose it is a matter of your timing. Turnover is very low, so you never know when we might need a new Beefeater. We usually find replacements through friends and relatives, but if you're really interested let one of us know in the off season, but I prefer referrals. There are, however, many other jobs to be had at the faire. If you have your heart set on playing one of the costumed characters you see, (the ones with the official performers medallions), you’ll have to audition. Auditions are held in the spring, usually May, and you have to be willing and able to attend rehearsals for eight weekends before faire opens. My advice to people wanting to find a job at the faire is to find someone who is doing a job you would like to do, and discreetly ask them who they work for, and how to find this person. If you can talk to their employer while they are not too busy during faire do it. If not, find out how to get a hold of them during the week. You can also contact the festival office; certain jobs are listed with them. Back to top I need that ticket so I can get in tomorrow, it’s a two day ticket right? Is this ticket good for the whole festival? (or variations on the theme) All tickets are good for one day only. They are printed with the dates that they are valid, and are good any one of those days. There are two day tickets, consisting of two halves, each half clearly marked for which one day, a Saturday or a Sunday, they are valid. All tickets are good for one day only. You must surrender your ticket to enter the festival grounds. Tickets are good for one day only. Yes, I know when you go to a movie theatre you get half the ticket back, but since movies haven't been invented yet, we keep the whole ticket! Back to top How long did you train to become a Beefeater? 15 minutes. No really- I showed up my first day, I was shown samples of that year’s tickets, told not to take any others, and not to let in coolers or pets. And ‘Oh, yes –Have fun!’ That was the sum of my training, and it’s been downhill ever since! Back to top The Forum Rules. a. k. a. 'Easy Ways to get on the Captain’s bad side' By posting in the forums you agree to abide by these rules. These rules may be ammended at any time, and at my pleasure. Back to top I am a board dictator. What I say goes. So, arguing with me, or a designated moderator, in regards to board policy or commenting in threads about moderated items is Easy Way number one. There is no such thing as the right to free speech here. These forums are not a democracy. Posters have no rights beyond the rights I give them. I know that sounds really cold and oppressive, so be it. It's the only way I can maintain the level of control and the quality of posting that these forums require. So, with that in mind, I can't really allow people to question the rules. The main policy then is: abide or leave. And, on a similar note: Back to top If I close your thread, don't start another thread to ask me why Commenting about moderated items, serves no purpose as moderation is between "you" and the forum’s staff. If I close your thread, don't start another thread to ask me why. When I lock a thread, I usually post a reply explaining why. If this explanation doesn't make sense to you, feel free to email me through the link provided on every page of this site. Do not post another thread asking me why I closed your thread, because you're just being a pain in the ass, so I'll close that thread too and you will be banned. Back to top No spamming. There is an Edit button at the top of every one of your posts. Please use it rather than posting several times back to back. As I've mentioned before, the forums are a busy place. So, for the sake of keeping it as clean and concise as possible, PLEASE edit your posts instead of posting several times back to back. You can't post the same thing multiple times on the board, or post the same thing over and over in a certain thread or forum, or continuously make posts that have no real content or relevance to what is being discussed. Spamming can even just be posting too much - as a general rule, don't post more than two or three threads in a forum within a reasonable length of time. Do not post more than twice in a row in the same thread. If you need to answer more than one person in the thread, please use the quote function and put it in one post. Run-of-the-mill commercial spam will be deleted out of hand, unless it’s funny, in which case I’ll just remove the links. Back to top Trolling will not be tolerated. Trolling is an Internet term that means you're not posting to actually start or participate in a good discussion, but simply to anger another member or group of members. Posting in order to bait other users, moderators or administrators will not be tolerated. If I tell you you are a Troll, then you are a Troll. Don't even try to argue with me about it. Back to top Personal attacks (or ‘Flaming’) are NOT acceptable under any circumstances. Flaming is the act of trying to unfairly disparage a person or a person's post by attacking the poster and not the post. It's not wrong to disagree with someone. But, on these forums, it's best to disagree by stating your own opinion and backing it up with fact. You shouldn't direct your responding post AT the person you disagree with. You shouldn't use bits of their posts to serve as proof or counter to your own. If your argument can't stand on its own legs without having to refer back to the post you took exception to, then your post is no more valid in our eyes than theirs was. READ THIS PART: Responding to a Flame is JUST as bad as having flamed someone yourself. If someone comes into a thread and posts comments that you deem "flaming" then don't draw attention to the chucklehead, report them. (Right beside the "Quote" and "Edit" buttons is a link to "report this post".) I will take care of them from there. There is an 'ignore' button. It is your friend. Use it. Back to top Once you've stated your opinion, if someone disagrees and states their own opinion, don't try to explain your stance further. You aren't going to change anyone's mind. Just let it go. This is the single most violated Easy Way Rule on these forums and at the same time it should be one of the easiest to follow. You see each person is just as entitled to their opinion as you are your own. So, after posting your opinion, they are just as entitled to post their own. The problem arises when you feel that by stating their opinion yours is somehow devalued. This is not the case. Try not to take it personally and don't respond to them to contradict them or to further explain your ideas. If you need to clarify your argument, then edit your initial post to provide more information. Don't waste forum space by repeating yourself. And for those who have an opposite opinion to the one initially posted, don't direct your comments AT the original poster. Just post your opinion, without referring to the original post or poster, and let it stand on its own merit. And, if the original poster responds to your post to clarify their position, report them to me. There is an 'ignore' button. It is your friend. Use it. Back to top Derogatory comments regarding race, religion, creed, gender, nationality, sexual preference or disability will not be tolerated. This forum does not discriminate against anyone! (Well, except ignorant, attention hungry chuckleheads that have nothing better to do with their lives than annoy other people.) Therefore, it is unacceptable to judge, condemn, or otherwise vilify or make fun of anyone that is not like you. If you can't make a point without degrading someone else, then you are NOT an element that I want on these boards. Everyone that comes here should feel safe and comfortable and free from the prejudice. If you disagree with this idea, then we don't want you here. Back to top Doing anything that could be construed as annoying while I am absent from the boards and can not update, edit, delete, etc... then you're on the fast track to perma-banning. This rule is based on the idea that someone is acting like a jackass because I'm away and they believe they won't be punished until I get back. I’ve better things to do with my time than baby sit these forums. Don’t think you’re getting away with something just because I don’t hit you with the ban stick right away. Back to top The Beefeaters and by extension the TRF are the reason this forum exists. If you have to b@# about them, at least be constructive. I can't stand seeing unconstructive criticism. It's worthless and serves no purpose whatsoever. That does not mean you can ONLY say nice things. It just means that if you want to benefit us, the TRF, and the community at large, then temper you criticism with examples of how to improve the situation, solve the problem, address the issue, etc. Back to top No l337 speak or Lazy Typing. I don't have the patience to even scroll pass that crap. It will not be tolerated. Please try to keep it to English as well. There are plenty of other places where this stuff is acceptable. But, here it is not. Here we value people who take their time and speak to us in an intelligent manner. There's all the time in the world for you to post. There's no sense in rushing yourself. Take your time. We'll wait. Also, don't put up full posts in other languages, be it binary or Latin. We don't want to look up what you're saying. Fragments, so long as they're defined, are fine. Back to top If it's illegal in the states, then talking about it here is not accepted. This should be a common sense rule but I’m posting it so no one can say I didn’t warn them. Because the servers are based in the states, then I qualify this rule based on laws within the states. That means I don't want to hear about theft, robbery, drugs, underage drinking, etc. Back to top Violence in any form is not acceptable on these forums. Delivering violent commentary, advising violent action, promoting violent behaviour, etc. are grounds for immediate banning. This is another rule that I feel is self-explanatory, and, hopefully I don't need to clarify or justify it. 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