Munchkins

(The best from the discussion on rec.games.frp.live-action)

You know you should cut back on LARP...

...when you impulsively say the Ave Maria before dinner.
...when you feel naked attending a party without your finest sword.

...when you regularely ask bartenders for mead.
- - Petter Böckman

...when you spend more time on rec.games.frp.live-action than you do on your work, studies, or whatever it is you're really supposed to be doing with your time.
...when you buy liquor based on what you think your character would prefer.
- - Mark Ayen

...when the mugger's knife hits your chainmail.
...when you reach to make sure that your sword hilts won't snag in the door.

...when you realise that you're wearing a bandana over the tops of your ears.

...when you panic for a bit because your spell books are missing.

...when you take your undead familiar for a walk.

...when you cast 'Breathe under water' at the local swimming pool.

...when your eyes glow red in the dark.

...when you greet your friend with his in-character name/s:
"Hi Gweran - er - Rasputin - er - Bluebottle - er - Mike".

...when you wake up, jump out of bed, reach for a dagger and hold the (nonexistant) dagger at the throat of you mum, who was just going down the stairs.
- - C.L. Yeowart

...when you seriously consider taking a bank loan to buy woodland instead of a mortgage on a flat.
- - "Count von Sexbat"

...when you meet someone (that you've known for several months) out-of-character in the street or at the motorway services and have to ask them for their (real) name.
...when you go out to the Chippy for a takeaway and realise that your real money is with the rest of your "normal clothes" in your pack back at the LARP site.
- - Andrew Johnsson

...when the comment heard at every movie is:
"Those would be great sets to play in!"
- - James W. Hines

...when you rent a movie you know is going to be bad and say:
"I'm just watching for the costumes."
...when you go to the latest Indiana Jones/adventure movie and say:
"Oh, I've done that."
- - Kim M.

...when you go and see "First Knight" to laugh at the crap excuses for armour.
...when your Netscape "home" is set to rec.games.frp.live-action.
- - Marcus Hill

...when you go to see "Braveheart" with a friend, and you're both grimacing - her because of the violent combat scenes, and you because of the knitted "chainmail".
- - J.F. Scott

...when you can spot the latex and gaffer weapons "hidden" in the third rank of the battle scenes in "Braveheart" :-(
...when you go back to work/college after a long event and realise that you keep slipping back into your characters accent.

...when someone asks you a relatively simple question about a specific deity and you realise you have just given them a half hour lecture on in-game mythology.
- - Mike Horrill

...when you ask the bartender (or as you call him, Innkeep) of your local Student union for a goblet of wine because your sure thats what High Elves drink.
...when you think the local pub is the best place to look for a job.

...when you think the Police will believe that that 3 foot long shaft sticking out of the back of your bag is a tennis racket......(whoops).
- - Mike Smith

...when you spend hours trying to come up with a good, politically correct term to explain to your nearest and dearest what you are wasting your time and energy on. (so far, my best try is "Interactive Improvisation Theatre").
- - Kristiina Prauda

...when buying a car, your first consideration is whether it will hold your pole-arms.
- - Andrew A. Apold

...when you give up being a teetotaller and start drinking beer, just to be able to walk into an inn, slam your mug down on the table and yell "WENCH! ALE!", and actually mean it.
...when there are more people at your wedding in "period" garb than there are in "normal" clothes.

...when there are more weapons (real and boffer) than there are cameras at said wedding.

...when you spend more on your kilt (and accessories) than your wife-to-be does on her wedding dress.
- - Steve Murray

...when a blizzard is forecast and you rush out to go shopping - to make sure you have enough duct tape to last the storm.
...when you look at a porta-john (= baja-maja) in a state park and start analyzing how easy it would be to defend against orcs.

...when your medieval garbs starts taking up more drawer space than your regular clothes do.

...when you've bought enough PVC pipe that you're getting subscription cards to construction and industrial magazines sent to your house.
- - Richard Dansky

...when you:
- Try to kill your best mate
  'cause you know there's a war on.
  Try to Magic Blind your teacher
  and end up looking like a moron.
...when you:
- Try to take and kiss the hand
  of your girlfriend's mother.
  And then ignore your name
  and answer to another.
...when you:
- Always face the front door
  when drinking at the pub.
  Go and lose your game of golf
  'cause you brought the wrong club.
...when you:
- Try to Walk On Water
  and are surprised when you fail.
  Really irritates the muggers
  'cause you're wearing chainmail.
...when you:
- Are chatting to your friends
  and sounding like a Scot.
  Spend far too much time thinking
  that you're something you are not.
...when you:
- Spend time writing verse
  about overdoing LRP.
  Or spend an evening planning
  how you're going to murder me.
- - Daniel Williams

...when you realise that you spend more money on LARP clothes than on regular clothes....
- - Anders Klintholm

...when you ask the bartender if he takes (insert your LARP currency here) coins or gold pieces.
...when you write your name with runes - on official papers.

...when you do your homework/thesis/report on a piece of parchment.

...when you consider digging a moat in your front yard.

...when you address your kid sister with "fair maiden".

...when you show up at the Neighbourhood Watch with a crossbow.

...when you contribute to silly things like this...
- - Jonas Nelson