[TML] Martial Arts

[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 28 Feb 2008 at 17:39, Michael Jenkins wrote:

> On 28/02/2008, Richard Aiken <raikenclw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Mark Urbin <eclipse at urbin.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Very much a style thing.  The big magnum autoloader are loud and make
> >  > big holes in things.  Good to start off with.  A bit of shock and awe
> >  > and all that jazz.
> >
> > There's a couple of novels by Barney Cohen starring a noir-ish
> >  detective named Bockhorn.  There's a line in one of them ("Blood On
> >  The Moon" IIRC) that goes something like: "I pointed the magnum
> >  between his eyes and held it steady.  The needler actually does more
> >  damage, but the sheer size of the magnum has a delightful effect on
> >  the attitude of most people."
> 
> Reminds me of Douglas Adams' Kill-O-Zap gun, a gun which clearly has a
> right end and a wrong end to be on, with the person on the wrong end
> being made to feel particularly unhappy at that fact ...

Sargeant Schlock's favorite hand weapons. The ones with the "ominous 
hum" sound effect.

Anybody who *isn't* worried by a weapon with a muzzle you could stick 
your *fist* in and that can blow holes thru powered armor isn't 
really paying attention.

--
Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com