The big problem with those is longevity- they tend to break down after 1 or 2 sessions of heavy use.
Better (and cheaper in the long run) are Ozark Trails blue foam Camping Pads.
Also, don’t use duct-tape on your Boffer weapons, it causes the foam to tear and makes them hurt more when you hit- double-sided carpet tape on the inside surfaces, or DAP contact cement works worlds better.
We don’t allow Rum-Cake a because it has rum
And one little slice knocks a kid on their bum.
Oh can yu imagine a sorrier disgrace?
Than a kid in the gutter with crumbs on his face?
if I remember correctly the alcohol in the rum would evaporate when cooked and the kids would be fine. Just in case anyone wanted to call the cops on Mom here.
I also happen to love Rum and Coke, I prefer to use cherry Coke or Vanilla coke to give it the extra sweetness. I prefer white rum to spiced since it is a lot smoother and more enjoyable as a leisurely drink.
I got drunk from a piece of homemade Italian rum cake when I was 9. I didn’t even make it to bed, just crashed on the couch. My parents couldn’t wake me for school the next day!
That has been studied. Short form: alcohol is so hydrophilic (water-loving) that the only way to get rid of all the alcohol is to get rid of all the water. So recipes with alcohol still have a fair amount of alcohol even after a lot of baking (just less).
We never eat fruitcake, for fruitcake has RUM!
And one little bite turns a man to a bum.
Oh can you imagine a sorrier sight~~~
than a man eating fruitcake until he gets tight!
(Also, “We never eat cookies, since cookies have YEAST
And one little bite turns a man to a beast.
Oh can you imagine a sorrier sin~~~
than a man in the gutter, with crumbs on his chin!”)
Pool noodles make effective jousting lances. Not that I’d know or anything…
I know people that makes pool noodles into boffer swords. Pretty nice ones too.
The big problem with those is longevity- they tend to break down after 1 or 2 sessions of heavy use.
Better (and cheaper in the long run) are Ozark Trails blue foam Camping Pads.
Also, don’t use duct-tape on your Boffer weapons, it causes the foam to tear and makes them hurt more when you hit- double-sided carpet tape on the inside surfaces, or DAP contact cement works worlds better.
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I’m thinking of making a sword out of solid hard rubber for the funzies actually. Not for use in practice, but just to say I have one.
“What could possibly go wrong?”
We don’t allow Rum-Cake a because it has rum
And one little slice knocks a kid on their bum.
Oh can yu imagine a sorrier disgrace?
Than a kid in the gutter with crumbs on his face?
Aaaand now I have that song stuck in my head. Thanks.
My grandmother once made rum cake, and forgot to add the rum. So she just poured it over the top at the end.
Best rum cake ever.
I have never actually had rum cake. Though my favorite alcoholic drink is rum and coke.
if I remember correctly the alcohol in the rum would evaporate when cooked and the kids would be fine. Just in case anyone wanted to call the cops on Mom here.
I also happen to love Rum and Coke, I prefer to use cherry Coke or Vanilla coke to give it the extra sweetness. I prefer white rum to spiced since it is a lot smoother and more enjoyable as a leisurely drink.
I got drunk from a piece of homemade Italian rum cake when I was 9. I didn’t even make it to bed, just crashed on the couch. My parents couldn’t wake me for school the next day!
That has been studied. Short form: alcohol is so hydrophilic (water-loving) that the only way to get rid of all the alcohol is to get rid of all the water. So recipes with alcohol still have a fair amount of alcohol even after a lot of baking (just less).
I think that’s the ‘correct’ way to make some kinds of it, so maybe she didn’t forget it at all…
I’m almost certain that’s how you’re supposed to make ‘proper’ fruitcake, in fact.
Ooo! I heard it as:
We never eat fruitcake, for fruitcake has RUM!
And one little bite turns a man to a bum.
Oh can you imagine a sorrier sight~~~
than a man eating fruitcake until he gets tight!
(Also, “We never eat cookies, since cookies have YEAST
And one little bite turns a man to a beast.
Oh can you imagine a sorrier sin~~~
than a man in the gutter, with crumbs on his chin!”)
“Hey, chicken fight!” Lenny and Squiggy, “Laverne & Shirley.”
“donts bes a wimps dad. ATTACKS!!!”
It makes me really happy to see these 2 getting used to being sisters
XD Aww. This is so cute. And so very,very needed. Maybe this won’t turn into anything completely bad after all. Despite the very rocky start.
I get the impression here that Andi is REALLY HAPPY for her daughter. I think it may be the first time she has seen her genuinely relaxed and happy.