[TML] Martial Arts

[Michael Jenkins]

On 01/03/2008, shadow at shadowgard.com <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:
> 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.

Yes, always a good one. Schlock has a strong preference for a gun with
an ominous hum.

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Michael Jenkins
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