Dueling

xoxoxoBruce · 12-17-2007, 01:51 AM

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There were other ways to avoid a duel besides good seconds or deloping. When challenged to a duel, the challengee usually had his or her choice of weapons. One excellent way to avoid dueling was to choose weapons either ridiculous or obviously suicidal. Howitzers, shotguns at five paces, sledgehammers, forkfuls of pig dung, and cat urine have been chosen as duel weapons. Abe Lincoln chose long swords fought on a small sandbar, which gave the lanky Lincoln a notable advantage. The duel was called off.

If challenged, what weapons would you choose?

smoothmoniker · 12-17-2007, 03:39 AM

Fear, surprise, and a ruthless efficiency

12-17-2007, 05:43 AM

Jarts at 20 paces.

lookout123 · 12-17-2007, 09:41 AM

pianos

regular.joe · 12-17-2007, 10:06 AM

Remington 700 at 1000 yards. Both shooters must be prone.

Stormieweather · 12-17-2007, 11:20 AM

Wet bathtowels. Both duelists must be nude.

Clodfobble · 12-17-2007, 11:54 AM

Immune systems.

classicman · 12-17-2007, 02:50 PM

Water balloons at 20 paces!

SteveDallas · 12-17-2007, 03:28 PM

BASIC coding. (If I was up against someone who didn't know how to program, I'd beat them handily. If it was somebody with programming background, they would be repulsed by the GOTO statements.)

monster · 12-17-2007, 03:34 PM

Film Cameras. I can decapitate anyone with one shot at any range.

slang · 12-17-2007, 03:36 PM

Frozen durian.

Ooops, forgot who I was there for a minute.

LJ · 12-17-2007, 03:45 PM

banjos?

Spexxvet · 12-17-2007, 03:58 PM

Tongues - I only call out beautiful women.

Pie · 12-17-2007, 03:59 PM

Napalm?

Or brussel sprouts.

Cloud · 12-17-2007, 04:01 PM

Wands a la Harry Potter.

12-17-2007, 03:39 AM	#2
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Fear, surprise, and a ruthless efficiency __________________ to live and die in LA

12-17-2007, 09:41 AM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	pianos __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

12-17-2007, 10:06 AM	#5
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Remington 700 at 1000 yards. Both shooters must be prone. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

12-17-2007, 11:20 AM	#6
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Wet bathtowels. Both duelists must be nude. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

12-17-2007, 02:50 PM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Water balloons at 20 paces! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-17-2007, 05:43 AM	#3
NoBoxes Guest Posts: n/a	Jarts at 20 paces.

12-17-2007, 11:54 AM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Immune systems.

12-17-2007, 03:28 PM	#9
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	BASIC coding. (If I was up against someone who didn't know how to program, I'd beat them handily. If it was somebody with programming background, they would be repulsed by the GOTO statements.)

12-17-2007, 03:34 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Film Cameras. I can decapitate anyone with one shot at any range. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-17-2007, 03:36 PM	#11
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Frozen durian. Ooops, forgot who I was there for a minute.

12-17-2007, 03:45 PM	#12
LJ i am myself Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: via blackberry, maybe Posts: 750	banjos? __________________ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show ... -C.Dickens

12-17-2007, 03:58 PM	#13
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Tongues - I only call out beautiful women. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-17-2007, 03:59 PM	#14
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Napalm? Or brussel sprouts. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

12-17-2007, 04:01 PM	#15
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Wands a la Harry Potter. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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