02-27-2003, 09:08 PM
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#141 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NYC
Posts: 133
| You know you're a fencer when...
...any time you turn off a light switch or tap an elevator button, you give it a flick with your finger tip.
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02-27-2003, 11:39 PM
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#142 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 698
| In school one time Rayen came at me, trying to tickle me in the side...could tell she wasn't a fencer, because she went for 6/8 back and forth about three or four times right in a row...and I parried each, right in form...
I was absolutely ecstatic when another friend of mine moved to poke me: She actually pulled off a 4/8 disengage!! It was fast, and quite neat, I might add. It also worked! I was mightily impressed.
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02-28-2003, 02:38 PM
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#143 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kent, England
Posts: 232
| lol, me and my friends, when very bored during a particularly long-dragging lunchtime, sometimes 'finger-fence'. The object of which being to poke your opponant on the foil valid target area. We have right of way and everything. Much fun! (although our classmates think we're nuts... come to think of it- we are nuts  )
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03-01-2003, 11:25 PM
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#144 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Chicago/Providence
Posts: 69
| YKYAFW:
You find yourself falling asleep with your arm in the en garde postition, with your hand holding an invisible grip... | |
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03-07-2003, 11:17 AM
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#145 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Somewhere out there
Posts: 215
| Some things that happened to me:
I lunge at elevator buttons (provided no one else's around and I have an umbrella). Space permitting, I fleche.
At McDonalds' with my clubmates: I turn around after picking up my burger and yell, "Next on the piste!" to those standing behind me in the queue.
I attempt to poke my ticklish girlfriend in the side using coupes, sixte-octave disengages etc... too bad she's not a fencer.  | |
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03-07-2003, 11:29 AM
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#146 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New England/DC
Posts: 610
| your musculature is ridiculously lopsided | |
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03-07-2003, 12:36 PM
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#147 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Somewhere out there
Posts: 215
| Quote: Originally posted by a517dogg
your musculature is ridiculously lopsided | Not to mention having a butt of different sizes on either side 
And when you look like bursting the seams when you wear straight cut jeans/pants... | |
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03-07-2003, 01:32 PM
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#148 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Chelmsford, MA
Posts: 1,870
| Quote: Originally posted by angriff
Not to mention having a butt of different sizes on either side
And when you look like bursting the seams when you wear straight cut jeans/pants... | My coach while fencing in college, would bring a newspaper with him to class to put under one cheek just to level himself off 
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03-07-2003, 03:47 PM
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#149 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Green Bay, WI
Posts: 22
| You know you're a fencer if you've ever reflexively tried to parry a "high five."
Or if you ever had a hockey puck slam into the plexiglass right in front of your face and you didn't even blink. | |
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03-07-2003, 04:08 PM
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#150 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kent, England
Posts: 232
| Quote: |
Not to mention having a butt of different sizes on either side
| LMAO- now that I hadn't even considered as a possible downside of fencing! Darn, better make sure I keep both 'sides' in shape!
(and it'll be something I'll be watching for when I go watch the Invicta Open in a weekish )
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I wish there were some giant, economy-size asprin tablet that would work on international headaches. But there isn't. The only cure is patience with reason mixed in. - Lyndon B. Johnson.
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03-07-2003, 04:42 PM
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#151 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New England/DC
Posts: 610
| just dont be caught looking
waht will your explanation be: "sorry, i thought your left *** was bigger than your right ***" | |
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03-08-2003, 01:49 AM
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#152 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: under your stairs.......
Posts: 236
| HAHAHAHA im going to have to look at all the fencers butts tommorow (going to watch the oz memorial tournament) if they catch me lookin ill just wink and pretend im flirtin,lets just hope their girlfriends wont be there to kick my butt .......... 
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03-08-2003, 03:34 AM
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#153 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Arcata CA USA
Posts: 312
| Quote: Originally posted by jusplainfencing
...lets just hope their girlfriends wont be there to kick my butt .......... | If they do, make sure they kick the larger side (more padding that way). | |
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03-08-2003, 04:54 PM
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#154 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kent, England
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If they do, make sure they kick the larger side (more padding that way).
| rotfl!
So there is a positive side to this!!!
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I wish there were some giant, economy-size asprin tablet that would work on international headaches. But there isn't. The only cure is patience with reason mixed in. - Lyndon B. Johnson.
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03-08-2003, 06:37 PM
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#155 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: under your stairs.......
Posts: 236
| i went today and looked at all their butts......hmmmm
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my mom says I'm going to hell.....
I'm a girl dangit!
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03-19-2003, 12:37 AM
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#156 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Overland Park, KS
Posts: 291
| You know you're a fencer when... You instintively parry and lunge at a classmate who mocks you for being a fencer after holding up a ruler, saying "En garde, madamoiselle!" then you successfully make the perfect touch.  | |
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03-19-2003, 02:10 AM
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#157 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Where it's 72 degrees year round most of the time
Posts: 160
| You know your a "GOOD" fencer when you can get a Dollar for every penny from a fake Rolex Watch.................
Oh................ sorry wrong fencing subject. | |
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03-24-2003, 08:13 AM
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#158 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
Posts: 502
| ghj
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