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Ger O Shea's avatar

My vat of boiling oil has been bubbling away so we're sorted on that score. Anyone got their own siege machine?

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Ashley C.'s avatar

Who are we fighting? I’ll bring wine…..but that won’t be much help in a fight.

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Pia's avatar

I’ll bring wine and a longsword, does that help?

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Ashley C.'s avatar

Will you bring the Rock to wield it? I'll sit back, drink my wine and watch.......

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Gaby Jones's avatar

I’ve got a shit load of wood stashed in my garage from when we demolished our fence and then never bothered going to the tip. So we are good for a trebuchet!

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Leslee Covington's avatar

“Fetchez la vache!”

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Ger O Shea's avatar

Excellent. I'm sure there are blueprints on Google (other search engines are available)

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The Chronicler's avatar

I'm in! Castello Di Badia has my vote! With a name sounding like 'bad', the etc crew as castle mates, walking distance to the station for transport and a vineyard! What more is there to say... 🍷

The dungeon at Château de Farcheville sounds good for the annoying but hey a vineyard! Come on! Who needs a dungeon for the annoying, just drown them medieval style in a vat of the vineyard rough batch and blame the bad castle made you do it

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Julia Dietz's avatar

As an aside, I’ll bring the cool pool floats.

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Mandy Chestnut's avatar

Feel free to bring those on over to Castello di Badia for the pool party! :)

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CJ Johnson's avatar

count me in! I want to rent a castle and nerd out with other history geeks. I bet I can make mead. Let's do this.

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Ashley C.'s avatar

Good morning! There’s a fake castle a half hour from here in Napa that Disney is currently filming some show in. Rich Americans love building medieval castles- I think it’s a thing.

My vote would be the Spanish castle because I love the whole Al Andalus. Took a trip to Zaragoza a few years ago and loved the castle in town there (can’t remember the name).

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Lydia Rodgers's avatar

I see a reality show in the making…Dans Jones’ History, Etc. Community shows you how life in a castle looked like…or should have looked like? Or…would have looked like if everyone just sat around drinking wine all day? Can we all wear costumes and don medieval names and titles?

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Claire's avatar

Okay, I need to be on that show

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Kelley Sadler's avatar

Appoint me to your *radical* mostly women privy council and you've got yourself a deal, majesty.

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Jenny Logvinovich's avatar

Morning Dan! If anyone wants to chip in for a castle, count me in :D

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Gaby Jones's avatar

There’s a gorgeous castle somewhere in Scotland you can rent. It’s on its own island. Can’t remember it’s name though. I looked at it for when we were getting married (slight delusions of grandeur there!)

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Rona's avatar

Fantastic! Let's do that! I can bring the obligatory dogs - they aren't very good at guarding, but they do love a cuddle and are very cute.

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Karina Killey's avatar

I’ll bring my cats, they are excellent mousers. And my needlework plus sewing kit for running repairs on clothes and tapestries

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Jo's avatar

I'm in for any (except US) :D

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Mandy Chestnut's avatar

Poggibonsai here I come! Castello di Badia gets my vote. I just want to hang out in the library, gorge myself on San Felice Chianti Classico and Tagliatelle al tartufo, and lounge by that amazing pool surrounded by battlements and olive trees (a cannonball contest before sunset included of course). A little jaunt over to the medieval walled town of Monteriggioni would be nice.

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Karyn Elizabeth Ellis's avatar

yes, please

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Danielle Allen's avatar

I'd go to any of them, except the one in NY

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Sue's avatar

We can rent one for two weeks. It will be our fortnight

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Amanda Kemp's avatar

I vote the Italian one🍷

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