Congrats, Vortex. Auntiehood is fun.
Zoe: My man would never fall for that. Wash: Most of my head wishes I had.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Mar 24, 2005 8:54:51 pm PST #278 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Susan W. - Mar 24, 2005 9:46:34 pm PST #279 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Hivemind (or maybe just ita):
I need to render a man unconscious, preferably in such a way that he'll be out cold for a few hours. Scenario is as follows:
R attacks A with intent to rape. A fights back as best she can, though she doesn't have the fighting skills to make up for her lesser size and strength. And I'm toying with upping the stakes by having R pull a dagger on A, but I'm afraid that might lessen the options open to our rescuer, J.
J is the one who gets the privilege of rendering R unconscious. J is unarmed, though R is distracted enough struggling with A that it's possible that J could take R's pistol and knock him on the head with it. Only it strikes me that'd be a stupid thing to do, because if J could secure the pistol, all he'd have to do to make R back off is point it at him. So J is going to have to do this barehanded. Unless of course he used a convenient found object like a rock or a piece of firewood. That could work. Assume J knows what to do with his fists, but doesn't have any special martial arts skills that'd be eye-rollingly unbelievable for an Englishman born circa 1784. How does he need to hit R to knock him out? What part of the head does the blow need to strike, could a well-thrown punch do it or would it need to be the rock/brick/log, etc.?
Strix - Mar 25, 2005 1:55:25 am PST #280 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Temple with a fist could do it, but I'd go with a stick to the temple. Too hard, it could kill him, yeah, but people's heads are hard for a reason, and fist to the head is not all that reliable for unconsciousness-making.
Where is this scene taking place? Could there be a handy andiron or objet d'art?
DXMachina - Mar 25, 2005 2:35:35 am PST #281 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Congratulations, Auntie Vortex!
amych - Mar 25, 2005 2:38:28 am PST #282 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yay Auntie Vortex! Enjoy the spoilage!
Anne W. - Mar 25, 2005 2:43:13 am PST #283 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Congratulations, Auntie Vortex!
Laura - Mar 25, 2005 2:44:00 am PST #284 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Congrats Vortex! I'm Auntie to 13 now, and great-auntie to 4. I'm a suckie Aunt that doesn't remember birthdates and such. We are big with the random gifts and they still seem to love me though.
I couldn't get into either the basketball or the OC last night so I read until I fell asleep.
Laura - Mar 25, 2005 2:59:09 am PST #285 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
It officially bacame Spring here this week. I call it Spring when I go outside to walk the dog at 6AM and it is warmer outside than it was inside. Who says we don't have seasons?
Pix - Mar 25, 2005 3:09:30 am PST #286 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
t pokes thread
Anyone around? (Other than Laura, whose last post just made me so jealous that I'm tempted to go outside, pack a snowball, and mail it to her.)
(Just kidding. Love the Laura. Still jealous of her.)
Frankenbuddha - Mar 25, 2005 3:10:26 am PST #287 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Waves at fellow March hatah!