09-17-2006, 01:25 AM
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#221 | | Senior Member
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| Hooray hooray hooray! My coach gave me some of his old blades that just need rewiring! This means I will have at least four weapons to use once I get them all wired and fixed! That is a 400% increase in my current number of useable weapons!
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09-17-2006, 02:51 AM
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#222 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by Black Jeebus Hooray hooray hooray! My coach gave me some of his old blades that just need rewiring! This means I will have at least four weapons to use once I get them all wired and fixed! That is a 400% increase in my current number of useable weapons! | Hooray indeed! Too bad it's foil though...  
(Joking, congrats on your 'new' blades!  )
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09-17-2006, 08:08 PM
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| Yay for new blades!
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09-18-2006, 04:44 AM
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#224 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by Angwilwileth Yay for new blades! | Yes, épée blades! 
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09-18-2006, 05:23 AM
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#225 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Epees no more have blades than do fireplace pokers...the which they greatly resemble, by the way. 
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09-18-2006, 06:21 AM
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#226 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Epees no more have blades than do fireplace pokers...the which they greatly resemble, by the way. | ...said by the man who fights with drink sticks...
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09-18-2006, 05:50 PM
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| At least his weapon requires the participant to actually be awake (or should that be alive?)
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09-18-2006, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by D'Art At least his weapon requires the participant to actually be awake (or should that be alive?) | Well, if you call that life ... 
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09-18-2006, 06:01 PM
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| It is, just not as we know it.....
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09-19-2006, 05:42 AM
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#230 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Yes, just as the life of Elvis was not life as snails know it...
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09-20-2006, 01:09 PM
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#231 | | Senior Member
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| Boy we're a laconic group! 
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09-20-2006, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by CheekyCanuck Boy we're a laconic group! | I guess it's better than being a colonic group.
We can leave that distinction to the epeeists group.
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09-20-2006, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by OROD I guess it's better than being a colonic group.
We can leave that distinction to the epeeists group.
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Verbal diarrhea is a horrible affliction that affects most epeeist. 
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09-20-2006, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by CheekyCanuck Come on, show some compassion.
Verbal diarrhea is a horrible affliction that affects most poor epeeist. |
Yes, because I am pretty sure that most poor epeeists are foilists. That's why they took up foil.
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09-20-2006, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by latenight Yes, because I am pretty sure that most poor epeeists are foilists. That's why they took up foil. | You're fast for an epeeist, caught me before I could edit.
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09-20-2006, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by CheekyCanuck You're fast for an epeeist... | I dont think you can use "fast" and "epeeist" in the same sentence.
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09-20-2006, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by OROD I dont think you can use "fast" and "epeeist" in the same sentence.
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The fast foilist trounced the slow epeeist. 
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09-20-2006, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by CheekyCanuck Sure you can.
The fast foilist trounced the slow epeeist. | I stand corrected!
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09-20-2006, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by OROD I dont think you can use "fast" and "epeeist" in the same sentence.
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Although you can say,"The foilist was too fast........in bed"
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09-20-2006, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by latenight Although you can say,"The foilist was too fast........in bed" | No, I think that word you're looking for there is awesome! At least, that's what the girls tell me.
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