We are freakin' EVERYWHERE!
POSTED BY: Niki2
UPDATED: Saturday, December 5, 2009 03:04
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I was at the shooting range on Sunday with a friend of mine, and I was wearing my "Serenity" logo tee. There was a father and son on the next lane, father teaching his son (maybe 15 or so) how to shoot. I was standing back, loading up a couple magazines, trying to stay out of the way, when the kid, who was doing the same thing, looked at my shirt and said, "Nice shirt!" I looked at him (we were both wearing hearing protection, so neither of us could hear each other very well) and said, "Browncoats!" He gave me a big thumbs-up and a grin, then we went back to shooting.
Yes, we really ARE everywhere.
Mike
Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde
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Fantastic. I'ts always so heartening to know we're out there keeping it alive, makes me feel good. I've had several run-ins with Browncoats, from the bag boy at the market to a couple in See's Candies store...but probably because I live in shorts, T-shirt (and halter top in Summer), it being CA, so I wear one or the other of my five different colored (!) Serenity/Firefly Ts or my husky Ts every day! Nothing like a little good advertising...had people like just the shirts and ask about them, too, and always enthusiastically sent 'em to Firefly!
But I might as well re-post what happened a while ago, just for those who missed it or get a smile out of it. It happened to my husband, who'hs a 71-year-old Admin Assistant, works in the same office room as the Accountant, who has the unpleasant habit of bringing his pre-teen son to work (they play video games loudly on his computer).
One day I'm on the phone to Jim and said something, I forget what, about Firefly. Jim responded (at 71 he was INSTANTLY in love with Firefly...would watch only one epi a weekend to make it last longer, and has re-watched all of 'em). He told me that after he hung up, the accountaint's son turned to him with a big grin and said "Browncoat?" Jim responded not really, his wife is, but a big fan. Kid replies "yeaaah, wow, great show!" This kid isn't yet 12--wonder where he saw it???
We're not only everywhere, we cover all age ranges, apparently! Shiny!
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If you find yourself on southern Oregon and see that same license plate frame on a Rav 4 it'll be me :)
Had someone with a custom plate "FIRFLY" come up beside me on I-5 a few months back honking and waving. Even in a small state like Oregon there's tons of Browncoats.
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This is a kinda similar story--About 2weeks after D*C I was in line behind a family of 4 at the grocery store. The mother was humming something familiar, but I couldn't immdiately place it. After a few seconds I realized she was humming "Where Do We Go From Here" from Buffy "Once More With Feeling". I smiled and waited till she got to the part where Giles says "TELL ME!" then sang it a little too loud. They started laughing and we got into a conversation about all things Whedon including Firefly. Turns out they too were at D*C and we had gone to several of the same events. We exchanged email and talk every once in a while and are planning to meet up next year.
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I was in my math class a couple of months ago, and me and my friend (a fellow browncoat of course) were chatting, and I threw into the conversation wash's "leaf on the wind" quote.
My teacher pauses, turns around and says "gorram shiny."
I was completely stunned, it had never even entered my head that he would watch firefly!
it was just so brilliant-- we refer to each other as 'fellow browncoats' now :D
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My school is full of Browncoats.
"Mom, he has her chip. He has her."
John Connor,"Born To Run", TSCC EP 2x22
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Last year, I was working a temp job in the warehouse at a coffee roasting company. One day I wore my CSTS shirt (08 logo) As I sat with a few of my co-workers, One (Brian) says, "Is that Serenity as in Firefly?"
Well boy howdy, I said yes and then Amanda who was also at the table chimed in with "I love that show!"
Hence, two more Browncoats.
At my current job, we got talking about TV shows and Doug mentioned he liked Chuck. Adam's Character in particular. I said, it's pretty close to another he played and his reply was Jayne wasn't that smart...
Yet another Browncoat.
My Boss had seen serenity so I loaned her my Firefly DVD's... Been a month and I ain't seen em' back yet.
I take that as a good sign.
Bri
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Briglad, man you need to try to get your Firefly back, i mean a MONTH!!! Dude when does the withdrawl come on. My dvd player started to act up, would not work for days, and i had major Fly withdrawl. Man how do you do it?
"Mom, he has her chip. He has her."
John Connor,"Born To Run", TSCC EP 2x22
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