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Old 05-18-2004, 02:48 PM   #1
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Metaphorical Weaponry

Okay, maybe I'm just enjoying this far too much.

So far, we seem to have Bullets of Queerness and Bullets of Straightness - do they maybe cancel each other out? And what exactly are they ammunition for? Can they be used only in Pistols of Sexuality (I believe there's a band called the Sex Pistols), or are they versatile ammunition that could be used in other things, such as the Six Shooters of Idiocy that were also mentioned?

Also, can anybody think of a better scope for my Rifle of Cynicism? Creativity doesn't seem to be doing the trick.

We've got the Helmet of Literalism to defend against the Bat of Pretend Ignorance; what can be used to protect against the Bazooka of Liberalism?
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Old 05-18-2004, 03:13 PM   #2
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I believe that the Telescope of Experience which sites the Rifle of Cynicism.
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The stilletto of sarcasm easily pierces the breastplate of irritating optimism, particularly when poisoned with the elixer of wit.
You won't pierce MY breastplate of irritating optimism, its protected by a shield of blissfull ignorance!
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So far, we seem to have Bullets of Queerness and Bullets of Straightness - do they maybe cancel each other out?
no. if you have two people, one shooting each gun, on either side of you, you're doubly dead. doesn't cancel.

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And what exactly are they ammunition for? Can they be used only in Pistols of Sexuality (I believe there's a band called the Sex Pistols), or are they versatile ammunition that could be used in other things, such as the Six Shooters of Idiocy that were also mentioned?
*cough* gender pistols
and yes, the sex pistols were a band...
(i'm young and i knew that, they're classic)

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Also, can anybody think of a better scope for my Rifle of Cynicism? Creativity doesn't seem to be doing the trick.
scope of jaded life outlook?

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We've got the Helmet of Literalism to defend against the Bat of Pretend Ignorance; what can be used to protect against the Bazooka of Liberalism?
the cocktail umbrella of conservatism?
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And, as fencers, we must always be sharpening the edge of that ever-useful Dagger of Sarcasm.
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and yes, the sex pistols were a band...
(i'm young and i knew that, they're classic)
Ah the Sex Pistols! They wet the bed of complacent conservatism with the weewee of anarchy, by getting their version of "God Save the Queen/the fascist regime...etc" to number one in thecharts the week of the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977 (the year I was born). Class.
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I dislike the Shield of Self Righteousnes [it's too shiny]. And, I've noticed a marked rise in use of the Polearm of Polemic.
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I'm fond of the Blunt Weapon of Reality and the Irresistable Juggernaut of History, which eventually subdue all ideologies.

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And finally the Net of Art, which forms meaning and wisdom out of knowledge, the Dart of Wit, which punctures self-importance, the Shield of Humility, which protects against pomposity, arrogance and fanaticism, and the Balm of Humor, which turns aside the taunts of the ill-informed and softens our own attacks...

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Also, can anybody think of a better scope for my Rifle of Cynicism? Creativity doesn't seem to be doing the trick.
I find the broad spectrum Scope of Irony does the trick.
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Also, can anybody think of a better scope for my Rifle of Cynicism?
The Leupold of Mordance?


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The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon, but the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.
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The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon, but the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.
I thought the pellet with the poison was in the chalice from the palace, the flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true.

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No, they both have iocane powder in them.
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