Pennsic is this big BIG two-week SCA camping event held in Pennsylvania every August. Previously, it would always have a small but loyal cadre of Lochacians in attendance, but this year and for the foreseeable future, that’s not going to be so. I mean, maybe there are some people ignorant and clueless enough to voluntarily travel to the Former USA during the Turd Reich, but I hope not. Their Majesties the Kings have already said they won’t be there, for obvious reasons!

So this came to me all of a sudden today, and it fits the tune of a weird little eighties Australian indy song called Nude School, by the Painters And Dockers.

April 2025

Oh… Sir Whatsit thinks he’s expected, he thinks he just has to go
He ain’t read all the papers, he says you can’t tell him no
But us, we’re a standing army, the definition’s pretty clear
We might attract attention, the one fate that I fear

Uh-huh (uh-huh), uh-huh (uh-huh), uh-huh (uh-huh)

Oh… We’re not going to Pennsic, the country’s gone insane
We’re too cunning for Pennsic, does Pennsic rot your brain?

Uh-huh (uh-huh), uh-huh (uh-huh), uh-huh (uh-huh)

Oh… Donny reckons he’s Caesar, he thinks he’s number one
He won’t last his term but the harm is all done
The ICE Gestapo’s hunting, you need to stay well hid
Don’t let them catch you, you’d die if they did

Uh-huh (uh-huh), uh-huh (uh-huh), uh-huh (uh-huh)

Oh… We’re not going to Pennsic, won’t fly the friendly skies
Stay a long way from Pennsic, ’cause Pennsic isn’t wise

Uh-huh (uh-huh), uh-huh (uh-huh), uh-huh (uh-huh)

Oh…

[Instrumental break played by undocumented transgender Latinos in pink pussy hats]

We’re not going to Pennsic, we’d rather stay away
Do any thing except Pennsic, find somewhere else to play
We’re not going to Pennsic, the country’s gone insane
We’re too cunning for Pennsic, does Pennsic rot your brain?
No-no-no, we’re not going to Pennsic
We’re not going to Pennsic
We’re not going to Pennsic
Does Pennsic rot your brain?
No-no-no, we’re not going to Pennsic
We’re not going to Pennsic