This "s#|+ vs Shineola" debate is proving to be a perfect illustration of the derailment to which I was referring. As a performer, I get paid to keep the show fun. Audience participation is something I encourage and enjoy. Braggarts and blowhards have their version of fun, so I have to play into that as well. I won't let my vanity toss off somone's poorly considered exuberance as "jealousy". I guess if I were giving a lecture on the proper use of denigrating colloquialisms, I should expect rejoining examples of such throughout. Some folks just can't help themselves. I've been a smith for 20 years and a performer for 2. I don't give demos to blacksmiths, they are just sometimes present. Local smiths in good spirits who enjoy the interaction with everyone and aren't just puffing their shirts usually get a job offer. For the most part, my audience has no indication that blacksmiths make anything other than swords and horseshoes or have something to do with MineCraft. The first smith I met was grossly egotistical and worked very hard during that initial (and only) conversation to discourage my interest in blacksmithing. I try not to become that man. The circumstances of my situation allow me to introduce blacksmithing to 20,000 people a year. The mosquito bites don't bother me, their itch fades every time I hear, "Mommy, I wanna be a Blacksmith". Just recently, I figured out that my favoirote thing to make is curiosity and crafting a trinket is, just like my hammer, mearly a tool in my employ. Thank you for the replies and the conversation.