04-17-2007, 02:00 AM
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#1 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pasadena, CA
Posts: 15
| stupid questions asked by non-fencers
ok we ALL get these.
ive gotten some pretty atrocious ones in my time, and some that are fairly common. such as,
"do you get to STAB people?'
"do you stab people until someone tells you to stop?"
"do you use actual swords?"
and so on and so forth.
please tell me the worst questions you've gotten! | 
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04-17-2007, 02:42 AM
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#2 | | Question Game Queen
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Southern Canadia
Posts: 15,155
| "Are they sharp?" | |
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04-17-2007, 03:26 AM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Norcal
Posts: 443
| Do you walk around town with your sword challenging people to duels?
Do you have to slap somebody with a glove to initiate a duel?
Do you get to yell things like, "Parry, parry ---thrust!"?
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04-17-2007, 05:28 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Under the sea
Posts: 2,744
| "Ah, you do fencing. Are you some sort of poof?"
Actually, now you mention it, no, I'm not. Are you? 
"Do you have your own sword?"
Well, do you own your own golf bats? 
"You don't look rich..."
You don't look like a plonker, either... 
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04-17-2007, 06:18 AM
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#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Edinburgh, UK
Posts: 333
| Is there a body in that bag?
Ooh are your swords in your bag?
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Blackadder :But I thought we were fighting with swords.
Wellington : Swords! What do you think this is, the middle ages? Only girls fight with swords these days. | |
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04-17-2007, 06:26 AM
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#6 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden
Posts: 12,658
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Asprin  Is there a body in that bag?
Ooh are your swords in your bag? | Heh, that's way better than the man on the tram asking me how long I'd been "diving".
I know I should try to loose a bit of weight, but no, I don't need quite THAT a big bag for my bikini...  
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04-17-2007, 07:17 AM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden
Posts: 2,997
| Hi! Quote:
Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen I know I should try to loose a bit of weight, | No, you do not need to! 
Back to topic: I have been asked about Boris Onisjenko faar too many times.
Have a nice time!
Peter Gustafsson | |
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04-17-2007, 07:53 AM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Viva Nashvegas.
Posts: 2,169
| Me: "I am afraid of needles"
Non Fencer: "So wait. You are afraid of needles but you're not afraid of your swords? Aren't they similar?"
Me:
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04-17-2007, 08:09 AM
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Edinburgh, UK
Posts: 333
| Does it hurt?
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Blackadder :But I thought we were fighting with swords.
Wellington : Swords! What do you think this is, the middle ages? Only girls fight with swords these days. | |
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04-17-2007, 09:40 AM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 809
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Originally Posted by Asprin Is there a body in that bag? | Awww, my youth students ask me that all the time. I find it endearing. I tell them it's the bodies from my last youth class.
For my own contributions...
"Picket or chain link?"
"You fence? Really? Cuz I've been trying to get a good stereo but I really can't afford it. Can you help me?" | |
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04-17-2007, 09:40 AM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 6,226
| "Do you get to kill people?"
I'll kill you if you don't bugger off.
"What's fencing?"
Next.
"Is that real swordfighting?"
No, we use imaginary swords.
"Ooh, isn't it scary?"
Yes. I'm deathly afraid of little bits of metal. | |
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04-17-2007, 09:43 AM
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#12 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Live in Maine...Fence in New Hampshire
Posts: 1,092
| Quote:
Originally Posted by PeterGustafsson Hi!
No, you do not need to!
Back to topic: I have been asked about Boris Onisjenko faar too many times.
Have a nice time!
Peter Gustafsson | Peter...who is Boris Onisjenko? | |
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04-17-2007, 09:52 AM
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#13 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden
Posts: 12,658
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old Peter...who is Boris Onisjenko? | It's the swedish spelling of Boris Onischenko.
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04-17-2007, 10:29 AM
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#14 | | Madness?
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 1,950
| "Is it hard?"
Not right now. | |
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04-17-2007, 10:36 AM
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#15 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Illinois
Posts: 492
| "Electric foil? Do you get a shock if you get hit?" *pause* "Well, it should! That'd be cool!"
"So the jacket is white so that you can see the blood easier right?" | |
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04-17-2007, 10:50 AM
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#16 | | Question Game Queen
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Southern Canadia
Posts: 15,155
| Quote:
Originally Posted by DE_Strip_Tease Me: "I am afraid of needles"
Non Fencer: "So wait. You are afraid of needles but you're not afraid of your swords? Aren't they similar?"
Me: | I get this a lot too. (please pretend that is the old, more exasperated-looking smilie) People just don't get the difference between puncturing vs. poking, protective gear and masks vs. a needle puncturing the skin.... *sigh* | |
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04-17-2007, 10:51 AM
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#17 | | Friend of Fencing
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Being helpful in Breeland
Posts: 863
| Is Madonna here?
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04-17-2007, 10:58 AM
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#18 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden
Posts: 2,997
| Hi! Quote:
Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old Peter...who is Boris Onisjenko? | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Onischenko
Have a nice time!
Peter Gustafsson | |
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04-17-2007, 11:00 AM
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#19 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 6,226
| Yeah, "Do you get shocked?"
"What's a lame?" It's a metal jacket that you wear for electric scoring. "Whoooa! How can you move?!"
"Do you wear suits of armour?" | |
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04-17-2007, 01:25 PM
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#20 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NYC
Posts: 832
| "Oh so you play fencing?"
"No, I fence."
"Oh...."
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