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Post by GJEC on Nov 9, 2012 16:27:10 GMT -5
Just to prove I can find a fight anywhere ... I'd just been into a hardware store the other day then popped into Greggs to buy a loaf of bread. Squeezed past a big ugly twat in the door on his phone and joined the small queue. Next thing, big ugly twat stops his call and steps in front of me. (Me) Excuse me! (BUT) Wot!! (Me) There's a queue here mate. (BUT) Yeah. I woz ere before you. (Me) No mate, you were over there on the phone. (BUT) Wanna make something of it? (Me) Yes, I do ... (Shopgirl) Can I help you? (Me) I'll have a sliced bloomer please. While she served me I reached into my carrier bag and took a firm hold of my purchase, a nice heavy butterdish in a brick sized cardboard box. Plan A: If big ugly twat wants some I'm going to swing the loaf high then shove the butterdish down his throat. Paid for my loaf, turned round, big ugly twat nowhere to be seen. (Phew!) So I put this for two reasons: 1) There's always something you can use as a force multiplier, even a bloomer and a butterdish. 2) If someone p***es you off enough, 42 years of manners and respect wisely steps aside. Don't believe anyone who tells you courtesy will let you down at the moment of truth, if you've got bread and a butterdish, you're still dangerous. Gary
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Post by powerof0ne on Nov 9, 2012 23:59:17 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I've had to use improvised weapons a few times. In my experience, when it gets to the point of using improvised weapons, the only rule is, survive...no such thing as "fighting dirty," or even "fighting," it's animal instinct to survive, at that point. With that being said, I love using your story as a funny analogy of improvised weapons, Gary . Maybe I'm too nice, that I would only resort to weapons, when absolutely necessary. I have improvised weapons, or weapons on me, or very close to me 24/7...maybe I'm a bit paranoid, but I'd rather be prepared. Osu!
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Post by senshido on Nov 10, 2012 6:13:25 GMT -5
ha ha love it Gary!! maybe he had gone to get his mates to help him?
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Post by GJEC on Nov 10, 2012 6:47:48 GMT -5
A distinct possibility as the fair's on and he looked like a showman. I made a swift exit for that very reason. I'll fight if cornered but an orderly retreat is usually the more sensible option. Even when armed to the teeth ... Gary
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Post by meguro on Nov 10, 2012 17:12:55 GMT -5
I had to google "sliced bloomer" to understand your story,Gary. When I was a boy, bloomers were what the girls wore to gym class instead of shorts. I could not imagine what you'd want with those, or how you would defend yourself with them sliced. The notion of improvised weapons is as old as the opposable thumb. I blame the Okinawans for making us believe that an empty hand was better than a hand holding something.
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Post by GJEC on Nov 11, 2012 13:18:53 GMT -5
Bloomers means big pants here too. Thankfully it depends on location, I was in a bakers, not a lingerie shop. Gary
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Post by tmd on Nov 12, 2012 2:28:02 GMT -5
Getting pretty sick and tired of the general attitude of entitlement and a complete lack of respect in the UK, I think it is this combination that makes it fell like a much more aggressive place to live than it actually is. Thrown into that mix that we, as a Nation drink too much and it's not hard to see why, we see these sorts of incidents on the increase - Ben Costello, a 15 year old lad was killed a few years back after an argument in a Greggs That guy would feel like he was perfectly justified in speaking to you like a piece of crap and the right to not keep up with the queue but still hold his place, no "sorry mate I'm in the queue" just complete prat like behaviour and he'd have no idea why his behaviour would be received by you as unacceptable as that's how he talks to everyone.
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Post by wullie on Nov 25, 2012 5:20:28 GMT -5
that's butter dishes and sliced bloomers prohibited from carry on luggage on the plane now Gary
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2012 5:46:34 GMT -5
When I was a kid, my dad once told me if it doesn't look like you could take them one on one, pick up something and hit them with it. True to form, I was getting suckered into a fight with a bigger kid who lived a few doors down from me near a dumpster and I ended up smacking him on the head with a piece of pipe. My dad had to take him to get stitches and I got a butt whooping. The next day I was outside again by the playground, same kid comes at me again, this time I crack him on the head with a broken piece of brick. Again he went to the hospital and that's when my dad had to sit me down and explain you only use that tactic when it's your well being on the line and not for playground pride.
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Post by GJEC on Nov 25, 2012 14:44:06 GMT -5
Got to love 'Dad's advice'. Mine would've got me expelled at best or imprisoned at worst. Of course, at the same time my mother was telling me to keep out of trouble. That confused state - not wanting to let either down - meant I froze when I should've reacted and life was a bit awkward for a while. Until I decided it was no fun being a punchbag and to hell with the consequences. Gary
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Post by powerof0ne on Nov 25, 2012 16:54:53 GMT -5
My parents divorced at a very young age, I would see my Dad every other weekend, at best, until I was almost 16 (got kicked out of Stepdad and Mom's house, and sent to my Dad's). I bring this up because my Dad started teaching me karate when I was around 3, maybe even a bit earlier, and would continue lessons with me. My Dad didn't advocate I go bully or pick fights, but taught me that if someone disrespects you, that some times you need to show them they should respect you... My Mom was the complete opposite, first school yard, "after school by the tennis court" fight or whatever, that gets crowds of kids to come watch after school...came home with a black eye, gave the other kid, two...What does she do? She calls the principle, calls up all my friend's parents to find out who I fought, because I wouldn't tell, and insists me and the other kid have a face to face meeting. This really "helped out my rep" with my classmates LOL! My Dad was very upset with my Mom for doing this, because he knew how stupid that looked. I got suspended by the school, which is funny to me, give me 3 days to a week off from school, what a punishment when you're 12-17, etc. I once was in a school yard fight where the other kid attempted to strangle me with the chains from a swing. I think I was 11 at the time, and I managed to get out of it and remember being more mad than I ever was before in my life, and beat the crap out of the kid. My Dad gave me pretty solid advice when it came to defending myself, when and when not to fight, what to do...and when to run. Osu!
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