You know you're a fencer when...part 3

[QueenofSwords89]

YKYAFW...
You see a stray penny lying in the hall at school and you lunge at it and try to kick it down the hall, then you hear laughing and you realize the entire english class across the way has been watching this with strange expressions on their faces, but you didn't notice because you were envisioning yourself on a strip and scoring a touch to win an important bout.

[slowgraffiti515]

ykyafw

for right handed people: your right side is noticeably more muscular than your left.

[Angwilwileth]

YKYAFW:

You check the oil on the car, and are suddenly posessed with the urge to fence with the dipstick.

[fencingfrog]

how could anyone miss this one?
all of your bruieses are small ish and round!! and they get really weird looks when you have a cluster of them on your arm and you and your friend start comparing war wounds. awkward situation with non fencers around.

[fencingfrog]

your bruises are smallish and round (mostly)

and comparing war wounds scares the non fencers. two separate things there. sorry.

[Fencergrl]

Originally Posted by fencingfrog

how could anyone miss this one?
all of your bruieses are small ish and round!!

Unless you fence sabre... not that I know anything about this!

Edit: I guess it's not really fencing... more running and screaming at each other, but Inq & Co. like to think of themselves as fencers.

[fencingfrog]

Unless you fence sabre... not that I know anything about this!

i dont either, but good point. thats probably one big bruise from the waist up.

[Fencergrl]

Long bruises along your weapon arm, usually made by a cruel coach when you don't go into a proper enguarde after a drill on a particular action…. Or so I heard.

[Elkhansaa]

hey thats not funny i actually do that!

[Larrison]

YKYAFW ..

The folks at work *know* not to give you a pointer before a presentation...


"And on this slide we see* [extend-lunge] *how sales have increased the last quarter, but in this product area* [parry counter 6, feint-disengage] *revenues have not met expectations.....*

[Phaeton]

Even if you are right handed, your right hand side shoudln't be significantly more muscular than your left, that's the purpose of in season maitenance...

[mackillian]

YKYAFW:

You come into work and a coworker who knows you fence and had fencing the night prior asks you, "Got any new bruises today?"

Or your coworkers can now differentiate between foil and epee bruises.

When called into a one-on-one with your supervisor, she skips straight over the fact that you were an hour late that morning and starts asking you about fencing. She asks if you actually get stabbed and you reply by taking the mechanical pencil from her hand and use it as a prop for demonstrating how the tip works on a foil or epee.

[fencingfrog]

YKYAFW

you finger fence at lunch...with a twist: you change target area to the arm, so you can reach. then you 'lunge', hit their watch with you thumb and it bleeds! very awkward during english class when people go 'what happened to you?'

[Happy Feat]

after 20 years of not even touching a blade, you finally get yourself to that club in the area, fence a few bouts...and instantly you are sucked back in, dreaming of compound attacks, fantasizing over moves you want to make the next time on the strip, purchasing tons of new foil stuff on-line, rearranging your schedule every week to suqeeze in some more club time, you just can't get enough--again.

[govsecrets]

whenever you hear the phrase "right of way" for driving or other things, you always think of fencing (foil and sabre that is)

[Beowulfman6]

You know you're an armorer when you start thinking things like;

"that lamp cord would make a good bodywire in a pinch"

"If I cut up a clear plastic dry bag (frequently used for paddle sports) I could make clear pads just like the LP ones, and it might save a little money."

"You cant see an atom, but billions of atoms together you can see; so how many tip screws do I have to drop under the bench before I can find them?"

"I wonder if this industrial strength gaffer tape would hold up better than tip tape?"

"If I were on a plane that crashed on a desert island, would I be able to salvage enough parts from the plane to assemble some rudimentary weapons and scoring equipment?"

Along the same lines: "If I were ever locked in a Lowes forever, I bet I could rig up some fencing equipment"

"That girl has nice thighs, I bet she would look good in a fencing uniform" (OK this has nothing to do with armory)

You develop the mentality than everything can be repaired; when stuff acts up around the house the first thing you do is grab the multi-meter.

[GorillaSmile]

You go to bed and are about to fall asleep and semi-dreaming about fencing and everytime you counter parry 6 your hand twitches.

[RebelFencer]

I've been told by multiple people that I fence In my sleep. Surprised the hell out of me.

[Josedariom]

when you practice short explosive lunges in the shower or in the elevator

[Durando]

Originally Posted by govsecrets

whenever you hear the phrase "right of way" for driving or other things, you always think of fencing (foil and sabre that is)

Or after moving to France and seeing the roadsign "Vous n'avez pas la priorité" (which simply means "yield") you say to yourself, "WTF? I'm an épéeist."