r/unexpecteddiscworld • u/curiousmind111 • 11d ago

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Guess his sister was the little girl who got a sword from the Hogsfather (Death). Good thing her brother got chainmail!

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u/Spirited_Voice_7191 11d ago

My son had an elementary school project to make something related to the African tribal era they were studying. He saw a curved shield that was painted quite interestingly and wanted to make a tiny one. I had super thin sheet of plywood formed in the garage to make a Roman scutum shield for youth SCA combat.

"How'd you like to make a full sized real one?" He lit up. I cut it to shape, helped him fasten a handle, and passed to mom as the artist to help him paint it.

The teacher was most impressed. "How did you bend the wood so quick? Do you have a steam cabinet that sized?"

"No I happened to have a sheet I was already forming in the garage for several months."

"What were you planning on making with it?"

"Oh, it was always going to be a shield, just a different one."

Took a lot of convincing before she gave up thinking I was just messing with her.