Crown Royal bag!

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 02 Apr 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Zhritza	02 Apr 2002
Re: Liliana's signature, "If you keep your deck in a Crown Royale bag, you might be a redneck Tarot Reader" Would you believe that just last week I took home a Crown Royal bag when cleaning out the lost and found at my job -- thinking "Why shucks, I'll do that there fancy Llewellyn $13 bag one better!" Where have you people been all my life, anyway? :D

lunalafey	02 Apr 2002
I too, was VERY amused by Liliana's signature for several reasons. Let me explain, I am a bartender in a town full of rednecks and I keep my cards in a Crown Royal (Reserve, more like velvet instead of like felt) bag. But I am not a redneck, but I do wear cowboy boots. I have a bunch of these felt CR bags, I end up using them to take home my tips on a really good night. Any one want one ?

kayne	02 Apr 2002
Oh cool! I'd love one! Being outside America I didn't really get the sig but I kinda got the idea... What are Crown Royal bags?

Diana	02 Apr 2002
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Maan	02 Apr 2002
I'm really curious too!!!

raeanne	02 Apr 2002
Hi all, Crown Royal is a Canadian whiskey. It comes in a purple velvet bag. Here's the web site where you can view the bag: http://www.crownroyal.com Most rednecks that I know don't drink Crown Royal...they think it is too upiddy (arrogantly high class). :-)

All Is One	02 Apr 2002
I echo your statement "where have you people been all my life?": the minute I found this site I felt so shocked: amazing how many kindred spirits are out there in the universe! Re: the Crown Royale bags- I'm sure tons of us would like one, so if they are available, let us trade or ?? for them (love Liliana's sig) Alison

lunalafey	02 Apr 2002
I should have mentioned that the rednecks in my town drink the stuff like water, that's part of the reason why I have so many bags. In fact, last night I had to crack open a new bottle of Crown. I don't know about wiskey, I won the grand prize at our customer appriciation celebration, a bottle of Crown Reserve. One of the redneck elders swears by it, says it won't give ya' a hang over. I will stick to my Hornitos. I have rummaged up 3 bags so far, I'll find more as I unpack.

dolphingirl	02 Apr 2002
Hi I have always wanted one of these bags since I first heard of them, but since I am a tea totaler have not been able to get one if you get any extras please give me a holler. Although for xmas a friend of my boyfriends parents gave us a fancy set of pancake batter that came in a cloth bag and I yelled "Oh WOW A TAROT BAG GREAT!!!!" at which point I dumped the pancake batter out (with out giving it a second thought) and ran to show everyone my new bad. (I still don't understand why everyone laughed at me :( Samantha

destinyawaitsme	02 Apr 2002
Hehe unfortunately, I carry my cards in a Crown Royal bag, but I never wanted to admit to it since some think it's Tarot taboo! They are the perfect size! And it's free, it has some history behind it so I figured what would be a better bag for my Tarot cards than this? Besides I thought rednecks drink moonshine! (j/k) Like someone said before, Crown is a little to high class for a real redneck, trust me I'm from Arkansas...we've got the best of them all.

Liliana	02 Apr 2002
I was just playing off the "You might be a redneck" jokes, thats why i said redneck lol. Ill take a Crown Royal bag, being the originator of all this hubbub lol :)

truthsayer	03 Apr 2002
i've used crown royal bags for my tarot cards and other things for years b/c hubby is a devoted crown royal drinker. he's not a redneck either. ;) around here, most rednecks prefer beer or wild turkey or jack daniels. crown royal is smoother. when i was a teenager we had an inside joke that rednecks wore white underwear shirts as their good clothes, white socks with loafers and drank pabst blue ribbon beer. it was amazing how often this was true! it was a good litmus test on figuring out who not to date, too!! LOL once i mentioned casually on another site that i didn't buy expensive tarot bags b/c i had a solid stock of crown royal bags. WOW! what a negative response! the other posters kind of went off and said i was "harming the vibrations" of my cards. that my cards were picking up the influences of the spirits of alcohol and that would render my card interps as ineffective. i was in effect "getting my cards drunk". blah! blah! blah! at the time i was more impressionable so i quickly salvaged my decks from those horrid bags. now i've since decided that if i clear the bags before using them then they are no better or worse than any other bag. btw, i love the redneck jokes by jeff foxworthy, too. his autobiography was so funny. i loved the pranks he and his friends used to pull on each other like seeing who they could make throw up or riding down the road mooning ppl. some of the things he says is so true, too. particularly the contests men have about breaking their best time to get places and refusing to take bathroom breaks while traveling. my hubby still likes to brag about the great time he and a buddy made b/c they peed in a bottle and only stopped to buy gas. when we go on trips he really hates it when i insist on stopping b/c i mess up his "time". geez! i wish he'd get a life! his equipment doesn't work like mine as if he has to be told! LOL :D :D :p :p

RedWood	03 Apr 2002
Since I got my first tarot deck about 2 years ago.. (I never grew with tarot it was definately taboo)..I am 21 now..I have kept it in a crown royal bag..I live in Michigan, but I am from West Virginia..I am glad I am not the only one..I would not take the bag with me when I went out because some of the people would think I was crazy enough with tarot let alone a drinker because of the bag.. Sherry

All Is One	03 Apr 2002
I agree that some of the books and people get way too caught up in the little details and act as if dealing with tarot cards or things used in rituals is like keeping a kosher kitchen. Also- those people are often the misguided souls willing to shell out $30.00 for a small spell box, or other ridiculous amounts for similar items that can be found to hand so easily. There are sev. catalogs that cash in hugely on these people's belief that the more you pay, the more 'authentically magic' it is. Thanks for sharing that- I forgot how snobbish some can get, and I'm so glad I've not found that here.

MeeWah	03 Apr 2002
A member of my family occasionally drinks Crown Royal so the few bags he has are hung onto by him for RPG dice & other things. I have only been able to beg one measly bag from him. Like Truthsayer, have had it criticized. The first remarks usually consist of "I didn't know you drank". It is perfect in every way as a Tarot bag, & I do take it out of the house as it usually serves as the "travel bag" for cards. Liliana: Your sig is cute. Have wondered if it referred to all them redneck jokes. I like Jeff Foxworthy, too. He has an unerring instinct for his subject. There is a high population of rednecks locally but have not known of any who go for Crown Royal. It is considered upscale/pricey & there is far cheaper alcohol to do the same job--such as beer, MD 20 (MadDog), & other rot-gut stuff.

Emily	03 Apr 2002
I've never seen Crown Royal whiskey here in the UK but my husband is a whiskey drinker so I might ask him if he knows of the brand and if so could he get a bottle so I can have the bag lol :)

Kiama	03 Apr 2002
Right, I gotta get me one of those bags... But I'm in the UK!! How much does the whiskey and bag cost? What I was considering is sending somebody who could buy one the money for it, and let them keep the whiskey, cuz iI can't drink the stuff, and getting them to just send me the bag.... Kiama

blumoon	04 Apr 2002
Quote: Originally posted by lunalafey I have a bunch of these felt CR bags, I end up using them to take home my tips on a really good night. Any one want one ? i'd love one too :)

Major Tom	04 Apr 2002
I just love the image the phrase 'redneck tarot reader' conjures up. }) Yep. Love to get my hands on a Crown Royal bag!

arizonagirl	04 Apr 2002
I'm gonna ask my husband (a scotch drinker, usually) to get some Royal Crown. If it's expensive, maybe for our anniversary in May, and I can get a bag too. Hehe, hehe.

Pollux	06 Apr 2002
You live, You learn! ;) But if you use that bag, couldn't your deck get "drunk"?

Kiama	06 Apr 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Pollux But if you use that bag, couldn't your deck get "drunk"? LOL! Just trying to imagine what a drunk Tarot deck would be like! Kiama

Liliana	06 Apr 2002
Itd probably look like the Cosmic Tribe ;)

sarahenglish	06 Apr 2002
What fun this forum is! The other night I had a few cosmopolitans and was definitely overserved. The next day I was feeling quite poorly and a friend asked if I would do a 3 card reading for her. I felt so guilty handling my cards when I was in such a deteriorated state! Thank goodness she had a good reading. Hmmm wish there was such a thing as a Cosmopolitan bag, lol! You definitely would not be a redneck, but you might be a prissy snob lol!

Pollux	06 Apr 2002
LILI!!! IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK!!! :D *Pollux is still in stitches... :)*

kayne	07 Apr 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Liliana Itd probably look like the Cosmic Tribe ;) So that's why the Cosmic Tribe suits me so much :D *Kayne goes to pour himself another glass of red...* Not that I would EVER do a reading under the influence of alcohol.

lunalafey	07 Apr 2002
O.K. I have returned from my trip to the city only to see that every one wants one of these bags. Instead of me PM everyone, I'll post this. PM me the info I need to get a bag to you. I will go down the list and send them out. I can get bags for EVERYONE eventually. I should be able to talk my boss out of the bags from the next shippment we get. There will be 12 of these bags. Don't buy the wiskey if you are not going to drink it, it's expencive. As I said I'LL HAVE BAGS FOR EVERYONE, it will just take time.

kayne	08 Apr 2002
Wow Lunalafey! Thankyou :D You are such a generous person!

All Is One	09 Apr 2002
Just wanted to let you know that I'm in process on the medicine bag, and that if you had any specifics to add, please don't hesitate. BTW- You sure set off a riotous thread here, Very Cool! Alison

Zhritza	10 Apr 2002
Lunafey, you rock our little corner of the web so hard. Jeez, now that I know how exciting Crown Royal bags are, I have a weird desire to collect them... one just doesn't seem like enough suddenly... and I'm not even a whiskey person really... Haven't you guys done enough already, amplifying my deck-collecting addiction to previously unknown heights (or lows)? :D

Major Tom	10 Apr 2002
Quote: Originally posted by kayne Wow Lunalafey! Thankyou :D You are such a generous person! Thank you very much. :)

lunalafey	10 Apr 2002
I don't know how to do that big words thing but, You're welcome. They are on their way.... luna. How funny, flashback to the 80's..I remember some of my...here comes another sterotype.... punker friends using CR bags to carry stuff around, like a purse.

blumoon	10 Apr 2002
lunalafey you are one kind gal! thanks again :) Quote: Originally posted by Qolus Haven't you guys done enough already, amplifying my deck-collecting addiction to previously unknown heights (or lows)? :D i second that! as soon as i joined Aeclectic i knew i was in trouble LOL...i mentioned to my mum recently that i am collecting decks and she thought it strange that you would want more than one deck ROFL :)

Pollux	10 Apr 2002
LUNA LUNA LUNA!!!! LUNA FOR PRESIDENT!!!! :) I hope I am in that list! I want one too!!! :) I hope everything is OK then? ;) You got PMs too... :p My Aquarian is getting fed up with water*, it really wants to get Alcoholic now! (Acqua* means Water in Italian... from the Latin Aqua) The Alcoholic Tarot by Pollux - with the help of David Palladini... LOL

Liliana	10 Apr 2002
I hope mine is included, since I sentyou my address awhile ago :) Everyone can be jealous of my, as the initiator of all this i get the "extree fa-say" Select bag made out of velvet with little tassels woowoo hehe

kayne	11 Apr 2002
Liliana: I should say thankyou to you too! Who ever thought that a little thing like your sig would do so much good! :p A redneck tarot deck could result too... Just shows how truly inspirational you really are... ever consider changing your name to Liliana the Muse???

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