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Started by Admiral Yi, July 22, 2009, 03:15:40 PM

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The Brain

#750
September 25, 2009, 07:19:48 PM
It's not well known.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Agelastus

#751
September 25, 2009, 07:23:17 PM
I once again looked it up as I did not know.

All I can say is  :lmfao:.

That Musashi guy, he is "da man". :lol:
"Come grow old with me
The Best is yet to be
The last of life for which the first was made."

Viking

#752
September 25, 2009, 07:25:38 PM
Poison?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

jimmy olsen

#753
September 25, 2009, 07:29:07 PM
I'll give this another hour then give the answer.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

The Brain

#754
September 25, 2009, 07:30:58 PM
Did he use his enormous sexual power?
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

HisMajestyBOB

#755
September 25, 2009, 07:46:16 PM
Threw dust in his eyes?
Three lovely Prada points for HoI2 help

Viking

#756
September 25, 2009, 07:46:53 PM
In an attempt to use logic.

1) It's only a good question if he didn't use a sword.
2) Since I have heard of him and know he is a famous samurai famous for swordsmanship then he didn't cheat (though I did guess gun and poison).

So I'm guessing he used something humble and non-military to demonstrate his prowess. Possibly some form of agricultural instrument, like nunchucks (originally used for threshing wheat).

Pitchfork, no, Scythe, no, Staff, possible, Chopsticks, possible and cool.

Chopsticks?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

jimmy olsen

#757
September 25, 2009, 07:55:45 PM
You're on the right track.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point

Viking

#758
September 25, 2009, 07:59:35 PM
Bamboo staff?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

jimmy olsen

#759
September 25, 2009, 08:08:44 PM
Actually, he carved a massive bokken (wooden sword) out of an oar. He arrived at the duel late by boat, coming in at the peak of the incoming tide. Kojirō, a famous master who carried an unusually long sword, was pissed and they had words. "You can't beat me with that stick" etc. They fought and it turned out Musashi had timed his arrival well, the sun was in Kojirō's eyes and Musashi smashed his head in. He then fled from Kojirō's disciples on the outgoing tide.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point

Viking

#760
September 25, 2009, 08:11:33 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 25, 2009, 08:08:44 PM
Actually, he carved a massive bokken (wooden sword) out of an oar. He arrived at the duel late by boat, coming in at the peak of the incoming tide. Kojirō, a famous master who carried an unusually long sword, was pissed and they had words. "You can't beat me with that stick" etc. They fought and it turned out Musashi had timed his arrival well, the sun was in Kojirō's eyes and Musashi smashed his head in. He then fled from Kojirō's disciples on the outgoing tide.

What kind of duel is it when the loser's friends get to try and kill the winner?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

jimmy olsen

#761
September 25, 2009, 08:13:54 PM
Quote from: Viking on September 25, 2009, 08:11:33 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 25, 2009, 08:08:44 PM
Actually, he carved a massive bokken (wooden sword) out of an oar. He arrived at the duel late by boat, coming in at the peak of the incoming tide. Kojirō, a famous master who carried an unusually long sword, was pissed and they had words. "You can't beat me with that stick" etc. They fought and it turned out Musashi had timed his arrival well, the sun was in Kojirō's eyes and Musashi smashed his head in. He then fled from Kojirō's disciples on the outgoing tide.

What kind of duel is it when the loser's friends get to try and kill the winner?
Musashi is only regarded as a sword saint in retrospect, even he admits he was scum as a young man.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point

Eddie Teach

#762
September 25, 2009, 09:24:13 PM
I think Tim should be considered Japanese for Yi Rule purposes.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Agelastus

#763
September 26, 2009, 05:50:42 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 25, 2009, 09:24:13 PM
I think Tim should be considered Japanese for Yi Rule purposes.

An interest in anime and manga does not make him Japanese. :contract:
"Come grow old with me
The Best is yet to be
The last of life for which the first was made."

Razgovory

#764
September 26, 2009, 06:03:01 AM
Quote from: Agelastus on September 26, 2009, 05:50:42 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 25, 2009, 09:24:13 PM
I think Tim should be considered Japanese for Yi Rule purposes.

An interest in anime and manga does not make him Japanese. :contract:

It does make him subhuman though.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017
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