A man walked up to the counter at Burger King. He was quite tall and broad in the chest. He was wearing a leather tunic, knee-high handmade leather boots, a cape of bear fur, a war helmet, and was holding an enormous battle-axe in one hand and a wooden shield in the other. He slammed his fist on the counter and growled, "Meat!" The Burger King employee meekly asked, "How would you like it, sir?" The barbarian sat for a minute, thinking, then roars, "Cooked!"

Did I mention there was a Renaissance Festival in town?

Other variations include SCA members dressed in chain mail under trenchcoats being stabbed by would-be thieves who get a surprise when their knives have no effect; muggers who menace a similarly-attired person with a switchblade and who are confronted with the knight pulling out his broadsword; and a group of SCA knights coming home from practice seeing a lady on the streets being menaced by a group of toughs; the knights take out their weapons and scare off the would-be rapist, then leave anonymously. Additionally, one tale has the commander of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz calling all SCA members to suit up and report on deck; they have two hours of swordfighting practice dressed in armor. At the time, the Nimitz was being observed by a Russian spy ship, who certainly got an eyeful of the US's elite fighting forces.

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