Anecdote 1

Er, I think you'll find that's a katana. Jeez.

I was leaving work for lunch yesterday and who should get on the elevator but a woman dressed in business attire, but, you know, carrying a broadsword (of course it was a broadsword - I didn't play all that D&D for nothing you know).

She was carrying it without the least self-consciousness - until I said out loud to my friend "is she carrying a broadsword?" Then she sort of turned away from my friend a bit.

Best of all, in direct compliance with my prayers, she did in fact get off the elevator on the floor where I work. Unfortunately she went to the right instead of the left, suggesting she works for the law firm over there.

I'm baffled, I admit.