what's ur weapon?

[drippingwet]

Foil, epee or sabre?

[Saber-Psycho]

Oh. Most definitely foil....all the way......

[telkanuru]

My weapon is Truth. And it is self-evident.

[Inquartata]

My weapon is the hyphen. Would you like to borrow it, telk?

[JackSparrow]

Pirate Cutlass

[Inquartata]

What, your weapon is a fellow forumite?!

[greenchick]

Surprise! Surprise and fear!

... oh, come on, you know someone was going to to say it eventually.

[davtsung]

Me odor is a surprisingly strong weapon hidden deep within the well that is my fencing repertoire... it gets the job done when my foil fails.

[HillBilly]

I think "Ur" was an ancient city in babylon... So therefore your thread makes no sense. How would anyone know what weapon the citizns of Ur used? Since they were barbaric, perhaps the Saber. Evidence contrary to that is that the Babylonians invented writing, and Saberists don't know how to write. Perhaps foil? No! The citizens of Ur were probably NOT wusses that had prissy rules like "body only", and "I attacked first!" "nu-uh" "yeah-huh" etc. Therefore my vote was Epee. Q.E.D.

[esskreemr]

I think "Ur" was an ancient city in babylon... So therefore your thread makes no sense. How would anyone know what weapon the citizns of Ur used? Since they were barbaric, perhaps the Saber. Evidence contrary to that is that the Babylonians invented writing, and Saberists don't know how to write. Perhaps foil? No! The citizens of Ur were probably NOT wusses that had prissy rules like "body only", and "I attacked first!" "nu-uh" "yeah-huh" etc. Therefore my vote was Epee. Q.E.D.

Yeah sure, a bronze age civilization using a long, flexible, point-only weapon. Unlikely unless Sumeria/Mesopotamia was peopled by star farers.

[riceboy]

I think "Ur" was an ancient city in babylon... So therefore your thread makes no sense. How would anyone know what weapon the citizns of Ur used? Since they were barbaric, perhaps the Saber. Evidence contrary to that is that the Babylonians invented writing, and Saberists don't know how to write. Perhaps foil? No! The citizens of Ur were probably NOT wusses that had prissy rules like "body only", and "I attacked first!" "nu-uh" "yeah-huh" etc. Therefore my vote was Epee. Q.E.D.

Tongue firmly in cheek

If you read the title, the question was "Whats ur Weapon?". Now the word "Ur" meaning an ancient city in Babylon is a proper noun, so the question would have to be "What's Ur's Weapon?" or "Whats the weapon of Ur?" Now an epeeist, always quick to show his knowledge of everything, would immediately describe the ancient city of Ur. The saberist, being barely able to read anyway, would just see the three choices and pick the only one he could read "saber". Now as a foilist, I must use my vast intellect (and knowledge of right of way) to realize that "ur" is really a misspelling of "your" and answer correctly.

edit:
And the Historical Fencer in me says: "What about Rapier, Smallsword, Dueling Saber, Singlestick, Longsword, and Big Club?"

[melihop]

Foil.. beacuse.. its funnnnn!!!! And now as scary as the other weapons.. starting epee soon.. but i won't stick with it.. beacuse its scary! lol.. and my mom won't let me do saber!

[HillBilly]

Tongue firmly in cheek

If you read the title, the question was "Whats ur Weapon?". Now the word "Ur" meaning an ancient city in Babylon is a proper noun, so the question would have to be "What's Ur's Weapon?" or "Whats the weapon of Ur?" Now an epeeist, always quick to show his knowledge of everything, would immediately describe the ancient city of Ur. The saberist, being barely able to read anyway, would just see the three choices and pick the only one he could read "saber". Now as a foilist, I must use my vast intellect (and knowledge of right of way) to realize that "ur" is really a misspelling of "your" and answer correctly.

edit:
And the Historical Fencer in me says: "What about Rapier, Smallsword, Dueling Saber, Singlestick, Longsword, and Big Club?"

damn you foilists, always trying to pick a fight! I mean really, look at you guys: Can't even agree on the right of way of your OWN SPORT

Now the word "Ur" meaning an ancient city in Babylon is a proper noun, so the question would have to be "What's Ur's Weapon?" or "Whats the weapon of Ur?"

Ah, but maybe drippingwet is...

A saberist, and just doesn't know how to spell "Your"... A reason I say this is because he misspelled it Two times wrong. (TWO TIMES! How hard is it to hit the Y and the O button every once in a while? )

A foilist, which means that either A) he's using his "vast intellect" to start an argument, or B) it's a secret code that you foilists use because you think it's cool.

{snip} read "saber". {snip}

Periods, etc. go inside quotation marks, as a rule currently held in understandable english.

[drippingwet]

damn you foilists, always trying to pick a fight! I mean really, look at you guys: Can't even agree on the right of way of your OWN SPORT

Well I agree with RoW only in certain cases - basically whoever extends first get's RoW, beats shouldn't provide any RoW at all - particularly, especially and absolutely they shouldn't provide RoW after the culprit takes a coffee break (same goes for delayed ripostes). And why should an advance before the lunge give any RoW???????

Ah, but maybe drippingwet is...

A saberist, and just doesn't know how to spell "Your"... A reason I say this is because he misspelled it Two times wrong. (TWO TIMES! How hard is it to hit the Y and the O button every once in a while? )

A foilist, which means that either A) he's using his "vast intellect" to start an argument, or B) it's a secret code that you foilists use because you think it's cool.

I'm a foilist and proud of it. Foil is like a pile of stunning booshank!

And it was neither!

[riceboy]

damn you foilists, always trying to pick a fight! I mean really, look at you guys: Can't even agree on the right of way of your OWN SPORT

Remember I'm not a sport fencer, we Classical Fencers have a pretty good idea of what right of way is.

Periods, etc. go inside quotation marks, as a rule currently held in understandable english.

While we're on the subject of grammer:

{snip} A reason I say this is because he misspelled it Two times wrong.{snip}

So he misspelled "your" wrong two times? If there's a correct misspelling of "your" I'd like to know about it. Horay for double negatives.

[drippingwet]

damn you foilists, always trying to pick a fight! I mean really, look at you guys: Can't even agree on the right of way of your OWN SPORT

Well I agree with RoW only in certain cases - basically whoever extends first get's RoW, but with exceptions - like with lines. If attacker extends first but out of distance, and opponent puts out a line, there is no logic to the attacker still having RoW, cause he knows he will impale, even though he will hit aswell - no logic here (unless of course foil is just a game with any wild and wacky rules). Beats shouldn't provide any RoW at all - particularly, especially and absolutely they shouldn't provide RoW after the culprit takes a coffee break (same goes for delayed ripostes). And why should an advance before the lunge give any RoW???????

Ah, but maybe drippingwet is...

A saberist, and just doesn't know how to spell "Your"... A reason I say this is because he misspelled it Two times wrong. (TWO TIMES! How hard is it to hit the Y and the O button every once in a while? )

A foilist, which means that either A) he's using his "vast intellect" to start an argument, or B) it's a secret code that you foilists use because you think it's cool.

I'm a foilist and proud of it. Foil is like a rainbow gleaming with stunning booshank!

And it was neither!

[HillBilly]

So he misspelled "your" wrong two times? If there's a correct misspelling of "your" I'd like to know about it. Horay for double negatives.

Damn straight bucko! Double Negatives "rox yo' sox."

A classical fencer, now... Those "classys" are much different. More... Precise and steadfast in their ways. I hear you extend before you lunge, rather than extending and lunging at the same time? Rather quaint say I. Very intruiging. Speaking of quaint, do you use the black-ink-tips?

[riceboy]

Damn straight bucko! Double Negatives "rox yo' sox."

A classical fencer, now... Those "classys" are much different. More... Precise and steadfast in their ways. I hear you extend before you lunge, rather than extending and lunging at the same time? Rather quaint say I. Very intruiging. Speaking of quaint, do you use the black-ink-tips?

No, but for epee we do use the points d'arrat. Our epees have metal points on them, instead of little cute buttons.

[HillBilly]

Ow! You mangy S.O.B.s!

[drippingwet]

damn you foilists, always trying to pick a fight! I mean really, look at you guys: Can't even agree on the right of way of your OWN SPORT

Well I agree with RoW only in certain cases - basically whoever extends first get's RoW, but with exceptions - like with lines. If attacker extends first but out of distance, and opponent puts out a line, there is no logic to the attacker still having RoW, cause he knows he will impale, even though he will hit aswell - no logic here (unless of course foil is just a game with any wild and wacky rules). Beats shouldn't provide any RoW at all - particularly, especially and absolutely they shouldn't provide RoW after the culprit takes a coffee break (same goes for delayed ripostes). And why should an advance before the lunge give any RoW???????

Ah, but maybe drippingwet is...

A saberist, and just doesn't know how to spell "Your"... A reason I say this is because he misspelled it Two times wrong. (TWO TIMES! How hard is it to hit the Y and the O button every once in a while? )

A foilist, which means that either A) he's using his "vast intellect" to start an argument, or B) it's a secret code that you foilists use because you think it's cool.

I'm a foilist and proud of it. Foil is like a rainbow gleaming with stunning booshank!

And it was neither!