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17 Reasons You Love RenFair (And You're Not Ashamed)
Ne'er was there anything so delightful! Except maybe switching to GEICO.
2. You never know who you'll meet.

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Mermaid on a trapeze? So Renaissance.
3. Even pets can participate!

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"Just call me the Dog Pirate Roberts."
5. You can eat a bunch of junk food and chalk it up to a cultural experience.

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All in the name of history.
6. Everything is deep fried...even the ice cream!

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And cheesecake. Oh, that cheesecake...
7. And the turkey legs are as big as your face.

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And even more delicious! (Wait, what?)
8. It's the only socially acceptable place to say "m'lady."

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And the only time you can walk around and exclaim, "Move, peasants!"
9. There's no sweeter victory than making it up the rope ladder and ringing that bell.

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10. You get to throw rotten tomatoes at people.

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Why? You don't know why, you just know that it feels right.
11. You can watch old-timey blacksmiths hard at work.

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14. There's delightfully farcical theater at every turn.

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Where you catch yourself laughing even harder than the kids in the audience.
15. And every kind of performer imaginable: acrobats, musicians, you name it!

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16. Sometimes there are goats.

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But that's just icing on the cake.
17. One word: jousting.

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There is no greater adrenaline rush.